John Murdock Speaks in Tongues Through the Power of the Spirit
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Millennial Star Research
John Murdock reports that he has been blessed by the Lord to speak the praises of God and the mysteries of the kingdom in other tongues through the internal operation of the Spirit of God, without any external physical manifestations or unbecoming behavior.
Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):
I rejoice that our heavenly Father hath blessed you greatly, as He has also me, in enabling me to speak the praises of God and the mysteries of the kingdom in other tongues according to the promise: and this without throwing me down or wallowing me on the ground, or any thing unbecoming or immoral; also, without any external operation of the system, but it is the internal operation and power of the Spirit of God.
In Their Own Words
“I rejoice that our heavenly Father hath blessed you greatly, as He has also me, in enabling me to speak the praises of God and the mysteries of the kingdom in other tongues according to the promise: and this without throwing me down or wallowing me on the ground, or any thing unbecoming or immoral; also, without any external operation of the system, but it is the internal operation and power of the Spirit of God. — Millennial Star 14:24”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 7 August 1852 (Vol. 14, No. 24). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1852-08-07_14_24 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 14, No. 24, 7 August 1852 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1852-08-07_14_24
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