Healing of Mrs. Breadford through Administration
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Elder Thergood found Mrs. Breadford in great distress and unable to move. After he and his companion administered to her, she was able to eat and move about, and was found doing well upon his return visit.
In Their Own Words
“On November 21, I visited a Mrs. Breadford and found her helpless. She was sitting in a chair and appeared to be much distressed. I told her we were Elders of the Church and we would anoint with oil. She asked me to pray for her. I told her I would if she had the authority to officiate in the name of the Lord. As soon as the ordinance was performed she got up and walked about the room. When I returned she was eating her dinner. I stayed with her for some time and when I left she was feeling well.”
— Elder Thergood, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 January 1897 (Vol. 59, No. 3). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1897-01-21_59_3 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 59, No. 3, 21 January 1897, p. 45 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1897-01-21_59_3
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