Healing of an Afflicted Church Member in Ireland
Published October 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Contributed by
Todd Morgan
Beaumont, CA, 92223
An LDS missionary working in Ireland recounts a specific instance where he and his fellow laborers administered to a member of the Church who was so severely afflicted in his back that he could not dress himself. After being anointed with oil and receiving a blessing, the man was able to rise and dress himself.
In Their Own Words
“While I have been here in your own nation I have seen men raised from beds of suffering. One member of our Church was so seriously afflicted in the back that he could not dress himself. I and my fellow-laborers went and anointed the afflicted with oil and administered unto him and he got up and dressed himself. That is only one case out of a number that I have witnessed. I have taken part in healing on many occasions. God has given me power to cure disease and rebuke evil spirits. I have seen the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and I know that the power of God is with this people, and that the signs follow them that believe, as they did in the days of the Apostles of old.”
— Elder J. H. Kelson, Millennial Star 52:2
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1890-01-13 (Vol. 52, No. 2). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1890-01-13_52_2 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 52, No. 2, January 13, 1890, page 23 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1890-01-13_52_2
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