Joseph Richards Warned of Wrong Road in Dream
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While traveling toward Chunar, Elder Joseph Richards was informed in a dream of the night before that they were taking the wrong road, which prevented them from continuing on the incorrect path.
Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):
We were unsuccessful in obtaining an opening to preach, although the editor of the Benares Recorder made some efforts to get us a room to lecture in. Being impressed with the belief that Chunar would furnish a key for the future of the place, we walked there, going a distance of 46 miles further up, to Burdwan, taking the wrong road, of which J. R. was informed in a dream the night before, the right road being only 16 miles.
In Their Own Words
“We were unsuccessful in obtaining an opening to preach, although the editor of the Benares Recorder made some efforts to get us a room to lecture in. Being impressed with the belief that Chunar would furnish a key for the future of the place, we walked there, going a distance of 46 miles further up, to Burdwan, taking the wrong road, of which J. R. was informed in a dream the night before, the right road being only 16 miles. — Millennial Star 15:21”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 May 1853 (Vol. 15, No. 21). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1853-05-21_15_21 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 15, No. 21, 21 May 1853 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1853-05-21_15_21
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