Mr. Hurst's Conversion to the Gospel
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Mr. Hurst, an individual previously known as a 'most violent opponent to the truth' and who had threatened to kick Elder Beauchamp out of his house, was persuaded to read the works of the Church. Following this, he became an 'altered man' and began longingly awaiting baptism into the covenant.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 32, No. 22, 31 May 1870, p. 347):
Mr. Hurst, who was a most violent opponent to the truth, and who had threatened to kick Elder Beauchamp out of his house, was persuaded to read the works of the Church, and is now an altered man, and is longingly awaiting baptism into the covenant.
In Their Own Words
“Since I last wrote we have induced one who has been a most violent opponent to the truth to read some of the works of the Church. Nov he is an altered man— instead of still threatening as he did to kick Elder Beauchamp out of his house if he dared to set foot in it, he is longing for the time to come when he may be admitted into the bonds of the covenant. This man has two brothers in Logan, Cache County, who joined the Charch in Sydney or Melbourne some 14 years ago. His name is Hurst, and since the time his brothers joined he has said everything he could against Mormonism, but now thanks God he is one with us. — Millennial Star 32:22”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 31 May 1870 (Vol. 32, No. 22). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1870-05-31_32_22 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 32, No. 22, 31 May 1870, p. 347 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1870-05-31_32_22
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