Healing of a Child from Lye Poisoning
Published October 13, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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Millennial Star Research
A child in Loa, Utah, had accidentally ingested lye and was reduced to a skeleton from inability to eat. Elder Joseph Eckersley and a companion administered to the child, who subsequently returned to health.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 64, No. 48, 27 November 1902):
A child in Loa, Utah, had accidentally swallowed some lye, and was reduced to a skeleton from inability to eat. Elder Joseph Eckersley and a companion administered to the child, who subsequently returned to health.
In Their Own Words
“A few years ago a quantity of lye was taken accidentally by a child living at Loa, Utah... As it was unable to eat, it soon wasted away, until it became hardly more than a skeleton. In company with another Elder the writer by request called to see the little one. We anointed it with oil and laid hands upon its head, administering the ordinance for the healing of the sick. With the faith that was exercised the little one was restored to health. — Millennial Star 64:48”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 27 November 1902 (Vol. 64, No. 48). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1902-11-27_64_48 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 64, No. 48, 27 November 1902 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1902-11-27_64_48
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