Eliza R. Snow - Young Women's Spiritual Gifts: Healing, Prophecy, Angelic Protection

In an April 17, 1875 discourse to the Thirteenth Ward Young Ladies, Eliza R. Snow taught profound truths about the spiritual gifts available to faithful young women. She declared: 'the faith of the daughters of Zion will heal the Sick, and if these who are now before me will step forward and complete their education in Christ, we shall have prophetesses among them and great and mighty works will be done.' Snow testified that 'the Spirit of God will be over them, and angels watch round them.' She referenced the Kirtland Temple where the Spirit manifested 'as a mighty rushing wind' in the day of Pentecost, declaring these miraculous gifts were available to the young women present.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in Minutes of the Thirteenth Ward Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association, April 17, 1875, The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow, Church Historian's Press):

Sister Eliza R. Snow said she was pleased to meet with the young ladies. She spoke of the importance of the organization of the Young Ladies' Retrenchment Associations. She said the faith of the daughters of Zion will heal the sick, and if these who are now before me will step forward and complete their education in Christ, we shall have prophetesses among them and great and mighty works will be done. She said the Spirit of God will be over them, and angels watch round them. She referred to the Kirtland Temple, where the Spirit was manifested as a mighty rushing wind, and said that the same gifts are for the young ladies of this day if they will live for them.