Death / Near Death / Revival

Healing of Feramorz L. Young on the Plains

Published October 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM

1880s
The plains

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Millennial Star Research

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During the journey on the plains, a brother was thought to have died, but after having hands laid upon him, he spoke and described a vision where he saw Joseph and Hyrum Smith and received a mission to the spirit world, subsequently requesting the brethren not to hold him back from that mission.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 43, No. 45, 7 November 1881, page 708):

I will relate an incident that occurred on the plains. A brother was taken sick, and he seemed to be dying. He was laid out, and the brethren gathered around him and prayed for him, and administered to him, but he seemed to be dead. After a while he opened his eyes, and he said, 'I have been in the spirit world, and I have seen Joseph and Hyrum, and I have received a mission to the spirit world, and I do not want you to keep me back from my mission.' He was very anxious to go. He had seen the glory of the other world, and he had seen the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum, and he had received a mission there, and he felt that he had a right to go and fulfill it. He was very much disappointed when he was brought back to life.

In Their Own Words

“President Taylor related an incident on the plains, when a brother was supposed to have died, but when hands were laid upon him he spoke and said he had been in vision, had seen Joseph and Hyrum, had received a mission to the spirit world, and did not want the brethren to keep him back from his mission. — Millennial Star 43:45”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 7 November 1881 (Vol. 43, No. 45). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1881-11-07_43_45 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 43, No. 45, 7 November 1881, page 708 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1881-11-07_43_45

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