Child of Camp Members Healed of Evil Spirit
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Millennial Star Research
A child in the camp was seized by an evil spirit that twisted the child's face out of shape and caused suffering. Elders laid hands on the child, rebuked the spirit in the name of Jesus, and the spirit departed.
In Their Own Words
“In the evening, one of the children of the camp was seized by an evil spirit, which drew the child’s face quite out of shape, and produced great suffering. The Elders rebuked the spirit and it departed. — Millennial Star 16:15”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 April 1854 (Vol. 16, No. 15). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1854-04-15_16_15 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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