Saints in Sheffield See a Visiting Elder in Dreams Before His Arrival (1847)

“On the 23rd of February, I left Liverpool for Sheffield, in company with Elder M. Sirrine. We arrived in Sheffield about seven o'clock in the evening, and proceeded to the residence of Elder L. N. Scovil. On entering the residence of our friend, a further smile of complacency played over the countenances of our new acquaintances, which was not explained till the morning following. The solution then appeared to be that one of the inmates had seen and described our person, before arrival, as accurately as though we had been in their presence before. In the silent slumberings of the night, that spirit that was promised by the mouth of the prophet Joel to the obedient sons and daughters of men, opened the eyes of the understanding in a dream, and introduced our person, while as yet we had not gone beyond the precincts of Liverpool. Thus, the servants of God who are at a distance are seen by the power of his spirit as though they were brought nigh. On our return from Sheffield, we called at the residence of Elder Sirrine, where we were recognized in the same way by those who had never seen us before, and who had been favoured with a similar manifestation of the Spirit of God.”

— Unsigned report (likely by the visiting elder), The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star