Healing of Sister Mary J. Price from Scarlet Fever
Published October 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Sister Mary J. Price of Oak Cottage, near Cleobury Mortimer, was stricken with scarlet fever on January 31, 1907. She remained in bed until the following Monday without eating. On that day, two Elders of the Birmingham conference visited. She requested them to administer to her, and after they laid their hands upon her and rebuked the fever, she felt better immediately and had no further weakness or illness.
In Their Own Words
“The following is from Sister Mary J. Price, of Oak Cottage, near Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England: "A few weeks ago I was stricken down with scarlet fever. I was taken ill on Thursday, January 31st, and was in bed till the following Monday, without tasting food. On that day two Elders of the Birmingham conference came to see my father, brothers and sisters, and to take part in a social which had been prepared for my sister and myself prior to our leaving for Utah. I felt that I would like to get up and enjoy myself with the others. I had faith that if the Elders would administer to me I would get well. So I got up and dressed and came down stairs, when the servants of the Lord laid their hands upon me and rebuked the fever. I felt better immediately, and have not felt any weakness or illness since."”
— Mary J. Price, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 69, No. 11
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 69, No. 11 (1907). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6911eng (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. 69, No. 11 (1907), p. 174 https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6911eng
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