Beautiful and terrific as was the scenery, it will not fully compare with the time when the sun shall become black like sack-cloth of hair, the moon like blood, and the stars fall to the earth–Rev. The appearance was beautiful, grand, and sublime beyond description and it seemed as if the artillery and fireworks of eternity were set in motion to enchant and entertain the Saints, and terrify and awe the sinners of the earth. Some of the long trains of light following the meteoric stars, were visible for some seconds these streaks would curl and twist up like serpents writhing. These seemed to vanish when they fell behind the trees, or came near the ground. The appearance of these signs varied in different sections of the country: in Zion, all heaven seemed enwrapped in splendid fire works, as if every star in the broad expanse, had been suddenly hurled from its course, and sent lawless through the wilds of ether: some at times appeared like bright shooting meteors, with long trains of light following in their course, and in numbers resembled large drops of rain in sunshine. In the midst of this shower of fire, I was led to exclaim, how marvelous are thy works O Lord! I thank thee for thy mercy unto thy servant, save me in thy kingdom for Christ’s sake: Amen. I arose, and to my great joy, beheld the stars fall from heaven like a shower of hail stones a literal fulfillment of the word of God as recorded in the holy scriptures as a sure sign that the coming of Christ is close at hand. I was awakened by Brother Davis knocking at my door, and calling me to arise and behold the signs in the heavens. Some of our enemies thought the day of judgment had come and were very much frightened but the Saints rejoiced…” 2 Prophet Joseph Smith Joseph Smith’s account of the 1833 meteor shower, as written in the Times and Seasons (Vol. They came down almost as thick as snowflakes and could be seen until the daylight hid them from sight. “The next day we crossed the river into Clay County…. God frightened the mob by this one of the signs of the last days so that great fear came upon the people, and the mob fled saying that the judgment day had come.” 1 Eliza Lyman And what makes it still more interesting was that a mob had assembled in Missouri to mob the Latter-day Saints who had just been driven from Jackson County, Missouri, and were in their tents, canopies, wagons and etc. It appeared to me as some of the meteors, or stars, came down near to the surface of Silver Lake, on the banks of which I stood. If ever stars in the heavens had been on the move, it could not have excelled the sight.

No fear entered my mind, but joy rather than awe this was in the fall, September I believe.

“I witnessed the falling stars–which was the grandest and most sublime sight eye ever beheld.

This meteor shower occurred on the 13th of November, 1833.

Night of the meteor game