Sister Mary Harrah's vision of Jesus and peaceful death
Published October 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Evening and Morning Star Research
Sister Mary Harrah, a member of the Church of Christ, was in her final moments. She spoke of kindred spirits waiting to escort her, declared she was dying and shouted 'glory to my Jesus, even so Lord Jesus come quickly,' before resting her head on the breast of her Redeemer and passing away without a sigh.
Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Evening and the Morning Star, Vol. 2, No. 18 (March 1834)):
She died yesterday morning after a consuming illness of about six weeks. She had a full assurance of the promise of Him who is able to save, and who gave himself a ransom for her soul. In her last moments, when kindred spirits waited around to escort her spirit to the mansions of rest, she said, 'I am dying—glory to my Jesus, even so Lord Jesus come quickly:' then on the breast of her Redeemer she reposed her weary head, and without a sigh or struggle, yielded her life out sweetly there.
In Their Own Words
“She died yesterday morning after a consuming illness of about six weeks. She had a full assurance of the promise of Him who is able to save, and who gave himself a ransom for her soul. In her last moments, when kindred spirits waited around to escort her spirit to the mansions of rest, she said, 'I am dying—glory to my Jesus, even so Lord Jesus come quickly:' then on the breast of her Redeemer she reposed her weary head, and without a sigh or struggle, yielded her life out sweetly there. — The Evening and the Morning Star 2:18”
Sources & References
The Evening and the Morning Star (Independence, Missouri, and Kirtland, Ohio, 1832-1834), March 1834 (Vol. 2, No. 18). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_evening-and-morning-star_1834-03_2_18 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Evening and the Morning Star, Vol. 2, No. 18 (March 1834) https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_evening-and-morning-star_1834-03_2_18
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