Two Elders' Provisioned Dinner through Answered Prayer
Published October 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Two Elders from the Stuttgart Conference traveled without purse or scrip. After receiving a 'mark' from a woman to buy food, they ordered dinner at a restaurant. When paying, they discovered the waiter returned their tip, making the cost of the meal exactly the amount they had been given. They attributed this to divine providence and offered a silent prayer of thanksgiving.
In Their Own Words
“The Elders told him who they were, and handed him tracts number 1 and 2. After reading a part of number 1, he asked what they cost, and when informed that they were free, he left 20 pfennig on the table. The brethren thanked him kindly, called the waiter, and were informed that the two dinners cost 1 mark 20 pfennig. They gave the 1 mark 20 pfennig, and also 20 pfennig (which had also been given to one of the Elders) for the usual ‘tip,’ but to the surprise of both the brethren, the waiter thanked them kindly and returned the ‘tip,’ thus making the dinner cost them just the ‘mark’ that was given to them for that purpose. The Elders offered up a silent prayer of thanksgiving to the giver of all good, and continued their journey, bearing their testimonies, and distributing tracts.”
— Millennial Star, Vol. 63, No. 12
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 March 1901 (Vol. 63, No. 12). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1901-03-21_63_12 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 21 March 1901, p. 189 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1901-03-21_63_12
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