Mrs. Wilson's Dream and Recognition of Missionaries
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While hearing about the Latter-day Saint missionaries, Mrs. Wilson revealed she had previously seen the Prophet Joseph Smith praying in the woods in a dream long ago. When shown a picture of the Salt Lake Temple window featuring this event, she expressed great recognition. Furthermore, when the missionaries read a blessing promising that angels would go before them, she testified that she had seen them in a vision coming from America to preach the Gospel. She and her two daughters were later baptized.
In Their Own Words
“Mrs. Wilson, for that is her name, invited us to her home, and in accepting the invitation we took with us some views of Utah. In the illustration of the Salt Lake Temple is a picture on one of the windows showing the Prophet Joseph Smith receiving his first vision. When Mrs. Wilson saw this she shed tears of joy and said, 'I saw in a dream that man praying in the woods, a long time ago.' As the conversation continued, Elder N read his blessing received when he was set apart for his mission. Among other promises made him was one that 'Angels should go before him.' When the lady heard this, she testified again saying, That is true; Angels have been here, and I saw you two men coming from America to preach the Gospel. — Millennial Star 60:47”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 24 November 1898 (Vol. 60, No. 47). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1898-11-24_60_47 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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