T. B. Marsh, Moved by the Spirit, Prophesies John C. McLellin's Apostasy in Jackson County (1833)
Published October 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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In a meeting in Jackson County in 1833, T.B. Marsh, moved by the Spirit, prophesied that John C. McLellin would betray the Church and take the revelations given to the people to the world to destroy it. Two other men bore testimony to the same prediction, which was later fulfilled when McLellin joined with Sidney Rigdon to attack the Church.
In Their Own Words
“I remember in one of these meetings it was made known by prophecy and revelation, through T. B. Marsh, as the spirit gave utterance, that McLellin would carry the things the Lord was revealing to his people, to the world, and would use his influence against the church to destroy it. McLellin wondered why T. B. Marsh uttered words against him:—Then another arose and bore testimony to what Marsh had foretold, by the same spirit; and a third arose and testified also, and we marveled! we sorrowed! we wondered!—and we have lived to see it fulfilled to the very letter. McLellin has been one of the most bitter enemies of the church, and has used all his influence to destroy it, and has been one of the most active agents in the hands of the devil to stir up the people to mobocracy and murder.”
— Heber C. Kimball, Times and Seasons, Vol. 6, No. 8
Sources & References
Times and Seasons (Commerce, later Nauvoo, Illinois, November 1839–February 1846), 1 May 1845 (Vol. 6, No. 8). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1845-05-01_6_8 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: Times and Seasons, 1 May 1845, Vol. 6, No. 8, p. 893 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1845-05-01_6_8
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