Patriarch Jonathan C. Cutler's Divinely Commanded Attendance
Published October 21, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Patriarch Jonathan C. Cutler felt prompted to attend a meeting after a voice commanded him to do so while he was praying. He obeyed and considered the experience a great blessing.
In Their Own Words
“Before rising from my bed this morning, when offering a prayer of thanksgiving to my Father in heaven in silence for His protection over me during the night, my mind was planning for this day’s work, when a voice said to me, Attend the gathering at 8:30 of the Mutual Improvement; go there fasting, with heart full of prayer, and you will receive a great blessing from this gathering. I obeyed the voice which spoke to me, and I am very grateful to be here in your presence this morning.”
— Jonathan C. Cutler, The Young Woman's Journal 27:10
Sources & References
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 27 no. 10 (October 1916). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/19096 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 27 no. 10 (October 1916) https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/19096
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