Healing of Brother Hodgson's wife through administration
Published October 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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The wife of Brother Hodgson, who is an elderly woman, had been ill since Brother Limbert visited them when he was a boy. After being administered to by the Elders, she experienced immediate relief and was healed of her long-standing ailment.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 46, No. 17, 28 April 1884, p. 271):
The wife of Brother Hodgson, who is an elderly woman, had been ill since Brother Limbert visited them when he was a boy. After being administered to by the Elders, she experienced immediate relief and was healed of her long-standing ailment.
In Their Own Words
“Brother Hodgson’s wife, who is in her old age, was administered to by the Elders, which was the same as Brother Limbert when he was a boy, and she has had ever since immediate relief from her illness. — Millennial Star 46:17”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 28 April 1884 (Vol. 46, No. 17). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1884-04-28_46_17 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 46, No. 17, 28 April 1884, p. 271 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1884-04-28_46_17
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