A Consumption-Stricken Wife Given Days to Live Is Restored After Repenting and Receiving the Ordinances at Crewe (1849)

“There is one thing, dear brother, I wish to name to you. There is a brother in Crewe whose wife was formerly a member in our church, but for some reason or another she had been cut off altogether from their society. In a short time afterwards, she was heavily afflicted with what is called a hasty consumption. She was attended by several of the doctors, who all gave in their 1 that she could not live many days. To all appearances she was going rapidly. Her husband, of course, was greatly distressed to see her, and felt wishful that some of the elders of the church should visit her. They did so, and spoke plainly to her of the situation she was then in. They told her that she should be restored to health again, providing she would render obedience to the commands of the Most High God, a take council from those who are sent in these last days to proclaim salvation to all who would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. She then said that she should like us to attend to the ordinance of the church, and that if she was restored she would again unite with the Saints, and go down into the water and be baptized for the remission of her sins. We then laid our hands upon her, and pronounced the promised blessings to all who live faithful beforeGod. Well, what es been the result? Why, in a short time she was perfectly restored to health again, to the astonishment of all. The doctor himself declared that it was 3 miracle, and told her to live for ever. The name of the above family is Griffith, and they reside in Crewe.”

— Millennial Star 11:12