Healing and Gift of Tongues of a Sister in Glasgow

“I was once called to visit a sister in Glasgow, who was said to be possessed of an evil spirit. When I arrived at the house, I found the room crowded with people, and the lady in a state of frenzy, such as I had never before witnessed. She was foaming at the mouth, her eyes were rolling in their sockets, and she was making the most unearthly noises. It seemed as if she were climbing the walls, and it required the strength of several persons to keep her from injuring herself. I felt that the power of the adversary was there, and that it was a case that required the exercise of the Priesthood. I requested the people to leave the room, which they did, with the exception of one or two who were needed to assist me. As soon as I could get the lady quieted a little, I poured consecrated oil upon her head, and that without stint, and in the name of Jesus of Nazareth rebuked the power that was rending her, when she was instantly released from his grasp, but sank down exhausted, limp and pale, more like one dead; indeed, for a few moments, it seemed as if she had actually passed away. But as I stood with bated breath and feelings more easily imagined than described, her lips moved and almost in a whisper said, I want to sing. Knowing the lady to be a beautiful singer, and the relief to my feelings so great at hearing her voice again, I exclaimed with vehemence, Sing on. She sang, low and sweet, like an echo from some far-off holy shrine, but in a strange tongue. The tune was new to me—I had never heard it before, nor have I, to my knowledge, heard it since. She ceased singing, but in a moment or two resumed again in the same tune, but in her native tongue. The words were a beautiful testimony of the truth of the Gospel, and of the power of God that had been manifested in her behalf. She then opened her eyes, and looking at me, said, Brother, I am well. She arose from the bed, and was soon able to attend to her household duties, and from that time she was never troubled again.”

— Anonymous Elder, as recorded in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 64, No. 32