A Dying Sister at Macclesfield Rises Healed the Moment Hands Are Laid On (1843)

“In September 1, 1843, being on a pleasure excursion, I returned home by way of Macclesfield, where I had the pleasure of attending the conference held in that year. The business of the conference having been gone through, I was requested to visit a sister who had not been able to turn herself in bed for nearly a month, to which I readily consented. In the room in which the sick woman lay were 7 persons of both sexes,—evidently brought together to witness the last and final struggle of death over life; and, perhaps, to offer condolence to the other members of the family. Having offered up prayer on her behalf, I laid my hands on her; she instantly changed her position,—yea, more, she spoke; she said she could now walk as well as any one of those present. I visited her next morning, and found her sitting by the fire; she told me she had got up by seven o'clock, made the fire, cleaned the house, and washed the dishes. She also informed me that her complaint was an inflammation of the womb, and that her medical attendant had pronounced her case incurable.”

— John Albiston, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star