Cholera-stricken travelers in an unnamed company are healed by the administration of Elders
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While traveling the plains to California, members of a company were attacked by cholera. Rather than using worldly medicine, they called for the Elders of the church as instructed in the scriptures. The Elders prayed over them and anointed them with oil in the name of the Lord, and the sick were saved, even while they were surrounded by the ravages of cholera in other camps.
In Their Own Words
“Several of our company were attacked with disease; but feeling unskilful in using medicine prepared by strangers, and knowing that God had not changed, and, furthermore, believing the scriptures which read thus: “is any sick among you, let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith shall save the sick.” They laid on hands and all recovered, though we were daily meeting and passing sight through cholera in its most fearful stages. — Millennial Star 12:19”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 October 1850 (Vol. 12, No. 19). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1850-10-01_12_19 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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