Healing of Sister Mary Hendricks in Lewiston

“I feel it is my duty to relate to you the remarkable case of healing that took place at Lewiston, Utah, on March 4, of the present year, (1905). I was called to the bedside of my husband’s sister, who was suffering intensely from la grippe and other complications, that caused her tongue to become paralyzed and her eyes blind, so that light could not be discerned from darkness, and her jaws were locked. She had been in this condition for thirty-five hours, and the family were very anxious, as she seemed to be sinking rapidly. Her husband, Brother B. A. Hendricks, was almost heart-broken, and did not know what to do. He sent for two of his nearest neighbor brethren, Stake President William H. Lewis, and Elder Goudy Hogan. These brethren, together with her husband and her brother, J. R. Stoddard, of Richmond, her eldest daughter and three smaller children, Sister Mattie Harris Pond and myself knelt humbly around her bedside. President Lewis offered prayer in her behalf, after which the holy ordinance was administered, Elder Goudy Hogan anointing the head, jaws, and neck, President Lewis sealing the anointing. In earnest supplication he asked the Lord to open her eyes, unlock her jaws, and unloose the paralyzed tongue. As soon as the Amen was uttered, Sister Hendricks arose in her bed, leaned on her elbow, and with tears of joy asked the brethren to “pray again and thank the Lord for restoring her sight and giving her utterance, for she was healed and was perfectly well. She then sat up and ate a hearty meal, and has been well ever since. We feel that this is a testimony to the power of the Priesthood, and we wish to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel, and the power of God made manifest in these latter days.”

— Fannie Stoddard, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star