Healing of a little girl from fits
Published October 5, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Contributed by
Millennial Star Research
A little girl was seized with fits that caused her limbs to draw up and quiver, and her eyes turned as if she were dying. The Elders administered to her, and through the power of faith, she was instantly healed.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 43, No. 4, 24 January 1881):
A little girl was seized with fits that caused her limbs to draw up and quiver, and her eyes turned as if she were dying. The Elders administered to her, and through the power of faith, she was instantly healed.
In Their Own Words
“Another instance of healing was in the case of a little girl who had been seized with fits, in which her limbs were drawn up and caused to quiver, and her eyes turned as if she were dying. The Elders present administered to her, and, through the power of faith, she was instantly healed. — Millennial Star 43:4”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 24 January 1881 (Vol. 43, No. 4). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1881-01-24_43_4 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 43, No. 4, 24 January 1881 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1881-01-24_43_4
Related Miracles
Similar miracle types and stories from the 1880s.
Miracle of the Week
One remarkable, documented account in your inbox every Monday, drawn from the full archive.