Healing of the Saints in St. George through Prayer
Published October 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During a time of widespread sickness involving measles, pneumonia, and other lung complaints in St. George, D. T. McAllister called on the people to stop their gatherings and ask the Lord to stay the hand of the destroyer. Following this, reports indicated that the people began to improve.
In Their Own Words
“I am glad to know that you are well and happy. We have had a very sickly time in this city. The measles and pneumonia and other lung complaints, and fevers, with distressing coughs, have afflicted our children, and those more advanced in years have not escaped. The holidays opened and closed with funerals. I called on the people to close or stop their several gatherings and ask the Lord to stay the hand of the destroyer, and at this date, so far as I can learn, all are improving, thank the Lord.”
— John D. T. McAllister, letter to the editor, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 5 March 1883 (Vol. 45, No. 10). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1883-03-05_45_10 (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. 45, No. 10, March 5, 1883, p. 158 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1883-03-05_45_10
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