Elder Pickup Restores a Dying Child at Bollington Through the Laying On of Hands (1848)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Contributed by
Millennial Star Research
While visiting the Bollington branch, Elder Pickup was approached by a woman whose young child was sick and expected to die. Elder Pickup anointed and laid his hands on the child, and the child was restored to health.
In Their Own Words
“On one of his visits, a woman had spoken to him concerning her young child, saying she believed it would die. He asked if she would allow him to lay his hands upon the child; she said yes. He did so, and the child was restored; a few days after she had been baptized. — Millennial Star 10:11”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 June 1848 (Vol. 10, No. 11). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1848-06-01_10_11 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
Related Miracles
Similar miracle types and stories from the 1840s.
Miracle of the Week
One remarkable, documented account in your inbox every Monday, drawn from the full archive.