John Forssgreen's Miracle of Protection During Arrest
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Millennial Star Research
After preaching near Gefle, a city marshall arrested John Forssgreen, taking him by the collar and attempting to strike him in the face; however, the marshall missed and hit his own face instead.
In Their Own Words
“Rumours of this meeting had reached the ears of the clergy, who at the next meeting watched him in the bushes, together with the police. After meeting, the city marshall came to him and took him by the collar, shook him a little and wanted to strike his face, but made a mistake and hit his own.— Millennial Star 12:18”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 September 1850 (Vol. 12, No. 18). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1850-09-15_12_18 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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