Mary Ann Williams's Prayer for the Conversion of Eliza G.
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Mary Ann Williams prayed to God that she might be given the opportunity to see her friend Eliza G. alone in order to share the message of the Latter-day Saints, and the prayer was answered.
In Their Own Words
“M. A. Many a time I have made it a matter of prayer to my heavenly Father, that He would give me the opportunity to see you alone, and now I think it presents itself before me. — Millennial Star 16:3”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 January 1854 (Vol. 16, No. 3). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1854-01-21_16_3 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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