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Sarah, These Are the Two Men:
The Conversion of George Prince
George Prince was born in England in 1815. In 1837, he married Sophia Bowman. Then in 1841, life changed dramatically. Queen Victoria was offering large tracts of land in the English Colony of South Africa to all who would go and settle. George and Sophia Prince took the offer and settled on the Orange River near Cape of Good Hope.
Years passed and one day George was returning from a journey delivering fruit with his son. According to the family records:
“One evening at the end of a hard day’s travel as he was making his rounds to see that everything was all right for the night, someone called him by the name of ‘George.’ He turned and beheld a personage clothed in a long white robe, who told him that the Gospel had been restored and would be brought to him by two men, warning him to heed their teachings and accept them. He was told that he would know the men immediately upon seeing them. The gathering of Israel was also explained to him and urged that it should be done speedily lest part of his family be left behind.”
George shared the dream with his family—his wife remarking, “You are as visionary as Abraham of old, George.”
Years passed and one day, Billy was outside playing when he saw two men coming up the path toward the house. He recognized them from his father’s description. They were here.
“They were the same, to the most minute detail of dress and clothing. Billy lost no time making for the house to acquaint his father with their coming. George arose, announcing to his wife, ‘Sarah, these are the two men,’ and went forward to greet the servants of God.”
The Prince Family was baptized February 11, 1855—some of the first converts in South Africa.
In 1860, Father, Mother, and 8 children journeyed from South Africa to America aboard the ship Alacrity. It is said that when George looked upon the Salt Lake Valley for the first time, he missed the lush jungles of South Africa and commented to his wife, “I wish we were back in Africa.” Nevertheless, the Prince family went on, eventually settling in Southern Utah and serving the Church and community faithfully.
In 1879, George called all his family to the Temple in St. George. All came and were sealed as a family. George Prince passed away January 22, 1905, at the age of 90.
By the most miraculous and varied means the Lord has whispered to, prepared, and gathered his elect from the most remote parts of the earth, and they have come and are still coming. When the curtain is rolled back and we are able to see clearly, the gathering of Israel is going to stand on par as miraculous and marvelous and events as Moses leading the children of Israel through the Red Sea on dry ground.
Sources: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/KW68-PZF
