Oliver B. Huntington Witnesses Instantaneous Healing of Sister Singleton

Oliver Boardman Huntington (1823–1907), one of the Church's most prolific early diarists and historians, recorded a remarkable healing that stands out even among many he witnessed.

In the summer of 1878, Sister Singleton sent for Huntington and two brethren to come and administer to her. She believed she was dying — so peculiar and excessive was her suffering. Her son Hubert Peter Boice initially served as voice during the administration. She was no better when they finished.

They administered again. This time Oliver B. Huntington was mouth. He had all three men lift their left hand and repeat sentences after him while their right hands rested on her head in a united prayer of faith.

Huntington recorded: 'Before we were done praying she ceased to groan being healed by the power of God, through faith in his son Jesus Christ. She praised God most wonderfully for her miraculous delivery from death.'

Huntington added: 'I often had faith given me to the healing of the sick, but in no case was the power of God so wonderfully and suddenly made manifest as in that of Sister Singleton.'