Emma Smith's Healing Through Baptism
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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Emma Smith was severely ill with fever in October 1842. Despite being under the care of Joseph Smith, she grew worse and was baptized twice in the river, which provided her with much-needed relief and improvement in her condition.
In Their Own Words
“Emma continued very sick. I was with her all day. Tuesday, 4th. Emma was a little better. I attended with her all the day, but at night she grew worse. Many fears were entertained that she would not recover. She was baptized twice in the river, which evidently did her much good. She grew worse again at night, and continued very sick indeed. — Millennial Star 20:6”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 6 February 1858 (Vol. 20, No. 6). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1858-02-06_20_6 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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