George Banes, His Lame Arm So Bad He Could Scarcely Feed Himself, Is Healed and Baptized After Henry George Lays Hands on Him at Hickleton (1849)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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George Banes, a non-member, had a lame arm so severe he could scarcely feed himself. After Henry George laid hands on him and prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, he was healed and able to work as a chairmaker. He was baptized shortly thereafter.
In Their Own Words
“On the 8th of July, a man, not a member of our church, called George Banes, residing at Hegworth, having a lame arm, so that he could scarcely feed himself, I laid hands on him and prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, and he was healed so that he could follow his trade, being a chairmaker and bottomer. On the 17th he was baptized. — Millennial Star 11:18”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 September 1849 (Vol. 11, No. 18). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-09-15_11_18 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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