Elder David B. Haight describes the confirmation he received in the prayer following President Spencer W. Kimball's receiving the priesthood revelation.

Date
May 1996
Type
Periodical
Source
David B. Haight
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

David B. Haight, "This work is true." Ensign 26, May 1996, 22–23, accessed April 26, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
Ensign
People
Spencer W. Kimball, First Presidency, David B. Haight, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Audience
General Public
Transcription

I would hope someday that our great-grandson Mark and others of our posterity would have similar spiritual experiences and that they would feel the spiritual power and influence of the gospel. I hope that Mark and others will have opportunities such as I had when I was in the temple when President Spencer W. Kimball received the revelation regarding the priesthood. I was there. I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards. We just left quietly to go back to the office. No one could say anything because of the heavenly spiritual experience.

But just a few hours after the announcement was made to the press, I was assigned to attend a stake conference in Detroit, Michigan. When my plane landed in Chicago, I noticed an edition of the Chicago Tribune on the newsstand. The headline in the paper said, "Mormons Give Blacks Priesthood." And the subheading said, "President Kimball Claims to Have Received a Revelation." I bought a copy of the newspaper. I stared at one word in that subheading--claims. It stood out to me just like it was in red neon. As I waled along the hallway to make my plane connection, I thought, Here I am now in Chicago walking through this busy airport, yet I was a witness to this revelation. I was there. I witnessed it. I felt that heavnly influence. I was part of it. Little did the editor of the newspaper realize the truth of that revelation when he wrote,". . . Claimes to Have Received a Revelation." Little did he know, or the printer, or the man who put the ink on the press, or the one who delivered the newspaper--little did any of them know that it was truly a revelation from God. Little did they know what I knew because I was a witness to it.

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