Healing of the daughter of Elder Henry Thomas in Merthyr
Published October 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Elder John A. Lewis, a missionary, was visiting Elder Henry Thomas in Merthyr. His daughter was very low in a fever and had been given up by the doctor. Elder Lewis encouraged the father not to give up, and they administered to her with oil in the name of the Lord. Elder Lewis pronounced the blessing of life upon her and promised she would get well and go to the House of the Lord. From that time she began to recover and subsequently became healthy.
In Their Own Words
“In one of my visits I went to the house of Elder Henry Thomas in Merthyr. I found his daughter Mary very low in a fever. I learned that she was given up by the doctor. I said to her father I don't give her up. Anoint her with oil in the name of the Lord. He did so; and we laid hands upon her head and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pronounced the blessings of life upon her. I told her she would get well and would live to go into the House of the Lord and there receive her blessings for time and all eternity. From the time of laying our hands upon her head she got better. I have seen her several times since and she is as healthy as ever she was.”
— John A. Lewis, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 34, No. 45
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 5 November 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 45). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-11-05_34_45 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 5 November 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 45), page 718 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-11-05_34_45
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