Healing of Ann Farnes

“In the month of June, 1884, there was a sister very sick, who had at different times bled profusely from the lungs. One day she was much worse than usual. I called to see her, and she was telling her two daughters who were present what to do about their temple work. I asked her if she would like some of the sisters to wash and anoint her. She answered, yes. I went for your mother, Lucy B. Young, Elizabeth Townsend and Susan Martineau. Arriving at the house we found her in a dying condition; we knelt and prayed and then washed and anointed her. The Spirit rested mightily on Aunt Lucy B. and she commanded her in the name of the Lord to arise and be made whole. She arose to her feet and walked a few steps. She again commanded her to sit down in the name of the Lord and be healed every whit. Sister Ann Farnes was at that time eighty-one years of age, and she thanked God for His mercies manifested to her, for she was healed and called for something to eat, and in a few days went to the temple of God and did the work for her dead mother; being very deaf, Aunt Lucy took her through, and it was no trouble for her to hear.”

— Susannah J. Smith, The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 2 no. 1