Jacob Gates on the Spiritual Outpouring on the Congregation when D&C 132 was First Read in London (December 26, 1852)
We met at an early house in the
Freemasons’ Hall. The morning was taken up partly with business and partly with
instruction. The afternoon after the meeting was opened, I arose and addressed
the people to prepare them for the reading of the revelation given to Joseph Smith
in Nauvoo on July 12, 1843, on the plurality of wives. After I had spoken some
time, the Spirit of God poured out upon me copiously. The same spirit seemed to
prevail on the whole congregation. Its influence was wonderful. At the close of
my remarks, I asked the people if they felt prepared to receive anything, and
if they were, to say “Amen.” Such a response was never heard before. The whole
house rang with the voices of twelve or fourteen hundred people. I then called
upon James Marsdon to read. He arose and read distinctly while the people
listened with breathless silence. Thus, for the time was this revelation read
in the great city of London. (Jacob Gates, Journal, December 26, 1852, in The
Journals of Jacob Gates, ed. KC Kern, 275-76)
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