Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of Mrs. Cribbs through priesthood administration

Published October 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM

1890s
Southern States

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Millennial Star Research

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Mrs. Cribbs was ill for five weeks with fainting spells and fits. Despite medical treatment from two doctors, her condition worsened until she was near death. Elders Heber C. Blood and his companion were called to the settlement to administer to her. After the administration, she felt immediate improvement, and although she experienced a brief setback, a second administration resulted in a wonderful recovery, and she arose the next day.

In Their Own Words

“I wish to make mention to you that again the power of God has been made manifest, instantly, under our administration. It was in the case of a Mrs. Cribbs, who has been very ill for about five weeks. She was taken down very suddenly by fainting spells, or rather fits, and continued to grow worse, until she was reduced to a mere skeleton, and the doctors stated to those outside the family circle that they could do nothing to help her. All had given up in despair. About that time Elder Heber C. Blood and myself arrived in their little settlement, and the family being up in arms for us to come at once and administer to her. We did so, and she at once felt much better, but was taken worse again next day, and we administered again. A wonderful change for the better took place immediately, and that day she arose.”

— Heber C. Blood and companion, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 3 September 1896 (Vol. 58, No. 36). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-09-03_58_36 (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. 58, No. 36, September 3, 1896, p. 574 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-09-03_58_36

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