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Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of a Lady-Friend through Soul-Cry Prayer

Published October 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM

1890s · 1898
Bedroom
A lady-friend·Author

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A lady suffering from three months of affliction, who had unsuccessfully prayed for healing, finally reached a state of intense spiritual communion and poured out her soul in prayer. Upon finishing, she discovered she was totally healed.

In Their Own Words

“One evening she was alone in her bed room, and she commenced to commune with her own soul—as the palmist expresses it—that is, she reasoned with herself about her desparate condition. Then she began to utter her feelings to her Heavenly Father, and she finished up with these very same soul cries or bosom agonies. Her whole soul was poured out before her God in prayer and supplication. She marveled at His tender merey and compassion; when her amen followed she discovered that she was totally healed. ... She wrote me a detailed account of it and the letter is now and ever will be in my keeping. — The Young Woman's Journal 9:4”

Sources & References

The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 9 no. 4 (April 1898). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/24264 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)

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Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission1890sUnited States

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Questions about this account

Who was involved in this account?
The account involves A lady-friend, Author. Each person named here also has a witness page collecting the other accounts involving them.
When did this account take place?
The account is set in 1898, in the 1890s.
Where did this account take place?
It took place in Bedroom.
What kind of miracle is this?
It is filed as a Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission account reported in United States.
Where does this account come from?
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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