A voice heard during the Manti Temple dedicatory prayer
Published October 6, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While Lorenzo Snow was offering the dedicatory prayer at the Manti Temple, during a pause, a soft, melodious voice was heard by Lewis Anderson saying, 'Hallelujah, hallelujah, the Lord be praised.'
In Their Own Words
“While the dedicatory prayer was being offered by Brother Lorenzo Snow, near the middle of the prayer, during a pause, the words Hallelujah, hallelujah, the Lord be praised,” was uttered by a voice in a very soft melodious tone, heard by Brother, Lewis Anderson, one of our assistant recorders here. — Millennial Star 50:33”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 13 August 1888 (Vol. 50, No. 33). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1888-08-13_50_33 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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