Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of a Chinese convert in Hawaii

Published October 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM

1870s · 1871
Hawaii

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Millennial Star Research

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An unnamed Chinese man, described as likely the first of his nation to receive the Gospel in the region, was lying at the point of death and given up by doctors as a hopeless case. A Hawaiian Elder visited him and promised him restoration if he would be baptized. He was baptized and immediately restored to health.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

Many indisputable testimonies of healing were given, and among the number was that of a Chinaman who has just been baptized, and I suppose the first one of his nation who received the Gospel. He was lying at the point of death, and given up by the doctors as a hopeless case, when one of our Hawaiian Elders visited him and promised him restoration to health if he would be baptized, which he did and he was immediately restored.

In Their Own Words

“Many indisputable testimonies of healing were given, and among the number was that of a Chinaman who has just been baptized, and I suppose the first one of his nation who received the Gospel. He was lying at the point of death, and given up by the doctors as a hopeless case, when one of our Hawaiian Elders visited him and promised him restoration to health if he would be baptized, which he did and he was immediately restored. — Millennial Star 33:49”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 5 December 1871 (Vol. 33, No. 49). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1871-12-05_33_49 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 33, No. 49 (5 December 1871) https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1871-12-05_33_49

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