Wilford Woodruff's Prophetic Warning in Honly
Published October 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Times and Seasons Research
During a meeting in Honly, Wilford Woodruff was manifested by the Lord that it would be the last time he would minister to that specific congregation for many days, which surprised the people as they expected him to stay longer.
In Their Own Words
“I arose to speak before a large congregation in Honly, on the 1st day of the month, and the Lord manifested unto me that it would be the last time I should warn that people for many days, and as I arose and informed the people it would be the last time they would hear my voice for many days, they marveled, for they expected, as well as myself, when I entered the house, I should spend months in their midst; but the ways and thoughts of God are not like our ways and thoughts in every respect. I left the place and went to another part of the vineyard, and the Lord opened a door for me to preach the gospel in a region of country where the people had not heard it, and I was enabled to bring many into the kingdom of God.”
— Wilford Woodruff, Times and Seasons, Vol. 2, No. 9
Sources & References
Times and Seasons (Commerce, later Nauvoo, Illinois, November 1839–February 1846), 1 March 1841 (Vol. 2, No. 9). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-03-01_2_9 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: Times and Seasons, 1 March 1841, Vol. 2, No. 9, p. 343 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-03-01_2_9
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