Elder Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young's Miraculous Recovery and Departure

While suffering from ague in Nauvoo, Brigham Young fainted and fell while attempting to walk. Charles Hubbard assisted Heber C. Kimball in lifting him to bed. Kimball, initially doubting Young would recover, received a sudden, inspired revelation that Young would live and they would start their mission to England the next morning, which they did.

In his signed reminiscence published by Orson F. Whitney, Charles Hubbard clarifies the geographic context of the event, noting that he was on the opposite side of the river from Nauvoo when he heard Heber C. Kimball's call to assist. Hubbard recounts that after they placed Brigham Young upon the bed and administered to him, Young regained consciousness, leading to the miraculous exchange between the two men regarding their upcoming departure.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, Chapter XXXVII (1888)):

Brother Kimball, not having strength to lift him, called to me just across the river, to come and help assist Brother Brigham into the house. After placing him upon the bed, we administered to him and he recovered consciousness. When I left Brother Heber followed me to the door and said: ‘Charlie, I doubt very much if Brigham ever rises from that bed.’ But he had no sooner uttered the words than he spoke up as with another voice and said, ‘He shall live and shall start upon this mission with me tomorrow morning.’ And they did start the very next morning on their mission to England.