Healing of Henry Heinle's Mother

“I reached there the day after Christmas, and the news which I received almost broke my heart—my mother had lost her reason and was in an asylum, where she was being fed artificially. I found her reduced almost to a skeleton. She was afraid of me. I perceived that she was possessed of an evil spirit. I asked permission of the doctors to take her home. They told me it was impossible, that she was a raving maniac and would never recover. I told them I would take the responsibility. They finally consented, and I took her to my sister's house. I offered up a fervent prayer to the Lord for her; then I anointed her with oil and rebuked the evil spirit in the name of Jesus Christ, and blessed my mother. I had to return to my field of labor in Dublin. The first letter I received on my return to Dublin brought me the good news that mother was getting well. I am thankful that I am able to say that for the past year she has been able to attend to her household duties.”

— Henry Heinle, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 69, No. 49