Healing of the Blind Son of John Morris
Published October 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Zion's Trumpet Research
In December 1849, a two-year-old son of John Morris, a carpenter in Cardiff, was totally blind due to a severe cold, a condition confirmed by a local physician. Four elders from the Cardiff branch, including James Ellis, were called to administer to the child. Upon being anointed with oil and prayed over, the child was immediately able to see again, and fully recovered within days. The parents, John and Elizabeth Morris, confirmed the account.
In Their Own Words
“Mr. editor,—Last December, I was called, together with three other elders, from the Cardiff branch, to administer to a small boy, two years old, who was totally blind, and proclaimed to be such by a responsible physician of the town. He was the son of John Morris, a carpenter, near Little Frederick St., Cardiff; and it appears that a frightful cold was the cause of his blindness. At the request of his parents, we anointed him with oil and prayed; and the result was, that right then and there he began to see again, and before many days had passed he could see as well as anyone. The foregoing witness is true, and whoever wishes additional information may call upon me. I am, yours truly, Tredegar Road, Cardiff. J ames ellis. P. S.—“We, the father and mother of the child, hereby testify that the foregoing account is true, and we are grateful to God for his goodness. “J oHn morris , “elizaBetH morris .” — Udgorn Seion (Zion's Trumpet), March 1850 (English translation by Ronald D. Dennis)”
Sources & References
Ronald D. Dennis, trans. and ed., Zion's Trumpet: 1850 Welsh Mormon Periodical (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University), March 1850 issue. https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/Zions_Trumpet_1850/March.pdf (account extracted verbatim from the published English translation PDF; research confidence: high)
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