Elder Joh. U. Alder's miraculous healing and strengthening to attend the Swiss and German Mission Conference
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder Joh. U. Alder, while feeling quite unwell, considered it his duty to attend the Conference in Reisbach. Despite his condition, he felt the Lord gave him the strength to travel safely to Zurich and he felt richly repaid for his efforts by the manifestation of the power of the holy Priesthood at the meeting.
In Their Own Words
“Elder Joh. U. Alder said, though being quite unwell, he had, nevertheless, considered it his duty to attend this Conference, and the Lord had given him strength to reach Ziirich in safety; and now he felt already richly repaid for his efforts in realizing the power of the holy Priesthood, as manifested in their midst this morning, for all hearts felt elevated, and it was as if the spirit of revelation had fallen upon all of them, and showed them a joyful and happy time of the growth of the Gospel seed from henceforth. — Millennial Star 30:33”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 August 1868 (Vol. 30, No. 33). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1868-08-15_30_33 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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