Healing and Success in the Ministry of Elder Henry G. Boyle
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Elder Henry G. Boyle, while serving as a missionary in Virginia and North Carolina between 1867 and 1869, witnessed divine manifestations in fulfillment of promises given by President Brigham Young. These manifestations included the healing of the sick, the restoration of the lame to walk, and the blind to see. He also reported receiving inspired answers to every question and guidance that resulted in blessings.
In Their Own Words
“The advice our beloved President gave us in his discourse of instructions to the Elders going abroad on missions, delivered the 14th of April, 1867, we have tried to follow out. We did truly come forth weeping, bearing precious seed, and, in fulfilment of the promise he then made to the Elders, the sick have been healed, the lame made to walk, and the blind to see, and no question has ever been asked us that we were not able to answer; no necessity for counsel or advice has occurred which has found us unprepared to give it, with a blessing following those who adhered to it; and the wicked that have opposed the work here have been confounded and put to shame.”
— Henry G. Boyle, in a 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), 14 August 1869 (Vol. 31, No. 33). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1869-08-14_31_33 (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. 31, No. 33 (14 August 1869), p. 526 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1869-08-14_31_33
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