Healing of an Unnamed Man in the Sandwich Islands
Published October 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Millennial Star Research
A man with a withered arm was healed after an Elder of the Church instructed him to believe in Jesus Christ and then anointed him with oil and laid hands upon him three times.
Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 25 June 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 26), p. 412):
A man with a withered arm was being to evade them by going to places of secret resort: Being found by an Elder of the Church, he pleaded for assistance, and was told if he would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ he should be healed, saying he would exercise all the faith he could. The Elder anointed him with oil and laid hands upon him three times. He was restored to health, and went around among the natives astonished, and wished to know what doctor had healed him.
In Their Own Words
“A man with a withered arm was being to evade them by going to places of secret resort: Being found by an Elder of the Church, he pleaded for assistance, and was told if he would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ he should be healed, saying he would exercise all the faith he could. The Elder anointed him with oil and laid hands upon him three times. He was restored to health, and went around among the natives astonished, and wished to know what doctor had healed him. — Millennial Star 34:26”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 25 June 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 26). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-06-25_34_26 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 25 June 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 26), p. 412 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-06-25_34_26
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