Healing of Brother William Hunter through the Priesthood
Published October 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Brother William Hunter, a young man of faith living in Leamington, suffered from bronchitis which developed into consumption. By August 8th, 1901, a physician pronounced one lung entirely lost and the other almost gone, stating Hunter would die by the next day. Elders Lunt and Newan administered to him on the evening of the 8th. The next morning, the doctor and nurse expected death before 11 a.m. However, at 10 a.m., Hunter received a sudden surge of power, sat up, began calling out, and eventually ate food and fell into a calm sleep. When he awoke, he was nearly pain-free and breathing regularly. The doctor later examined him, expressed shock at the change, and declared, 'Why, you have a lung after all!' Hunter made a full recovery.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 63, No. 34 (22 August 1901), p. 541):
Brother William Hunter, of the Leamington Branch, who has been suffering from bronchitis, which developed into consumption, was administered to by Elders Lunt and Newan on the evening of August 8. The doctor had previously stated that one lung was entirely gone, and the other almost so, and that he could not live until the next day. The next morning the doctor and nurse expected him to pass away before 11 a.m. At 10 a.m., however, he received a sudden surge of power, sat up, and began to call out. He eventually ate some food and fell into a calm sleep. When he awoke he was nearly free from pain and breathing regularly. The doctor, upon examining him, was much surprised at the change, and said, 'Why, you have a lung after all!' Brother Hunter is now on the road to recovery.
In Their Own Words
“The happy recipient of this great testimony was Brother William Hunter, a young man of great faith, and good standing in the Church. Since last February Brother Hunter has been a constant sufferer, his ailments starting with bronchitis and later developing intoconsumption. ... On Thursday the 8th inst., the doctor told him that he had lost one lung entirely, that the other was almost gone, and that he could not possibly live longer than the next day, as the fragment of his lung that remained was gradually succumbing to the dread disease. ... Accordingly a message was sent to Elders Lunt and Newan of Coventry, who responded immediately and administered to him the same evening. The next morning at nine o'clock the nurse and the doctor came in, and after examination told Brother and Sister Hunter that their son would pass to the great beyond before eleven o'clock... At 10 o'clock, however, a superhuman power was given him, and sitting up in bed he began calling quite loudly. ... When he awoke he felt quite well; his breathing was regular, and his body almost relieved of pain. ... A short time after the occurrence, the doctor called to see if he was dead, when to his surprise he found that a most wonderful change had come over him. He then began to make an examination of his lungs, not knowing what had transpired, and after completing it said, ‘Why, you have a lung after all!’ — Millennial Star 63:34”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 22 August 1901 (Vol. 63, No. 34). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1901-08-22_63_34 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 63, No. 34 (22 August 1901), p. 541 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1901-08-22_63_34
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