Healing of an Afflicted Woman in Helena
Published October 13, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Two Latter-day Saint Elders met a woman in Helena, Montana, who had been suffering for twelve years. She listened to their message, expressed faith, and asked to be administered to. After the Elders performed the ordinance, the landlady of the house angrily forced them to leave. Ten days later, the Elders encountered the woman again and she confirmed she was completely healed of her pain and weakness. The landlady, having witnessed the recovery, asked the Elders for forgiveness.
In Their Own Words
“Not long since, two of our Elders in the town of Helena, Montana, were conversing with a poor, disconsolate woman, who had been dreadfully afflicted for twelve years. They earnestly besought her to hear their message, to which she harkened with rapt attendion. As she listened, faith sprang up in her heart, and she told the Elders she believed every principle they taught her, and begged them to administer to her, which they did. After they had performed the ordinance the landlady of the house came into the room, and with great fury drove them out of the house. Ten days afterwards, they met the woman to whom they had administered, in company with her landlady, as they were passing along the street, and she testified that she had been healed under their hands, and had felt neither the former pain nor attendant weakness since. Be it said to the credit of the woman who had driven them out of the house, that she asked their forgiveness ; testified that the woman had been healed under their hands, and made them welcome guests to her house thereafter. — Millennial Star 66:16”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 April 1904 (Vol. 66, No. 16). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1904-04-21_66_16 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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