Healing of the wife of Thos. S. Brown through administration
Published October 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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After a period of missionary success, Mrs. Brown became severely ill. Although her husband had not yet joined the Church, he expressed faith that if the Elders administered to her, she would recover. The Elders were summoned, and after administering the ordinance, she was healed immediately and rose from her bed.
In Their Own Words
“If you will bear with me, I will relate one more remarkable case of healing. Mrs. Brown was taken very ill, and her neighbors were quite alarmed about it. Brother Brown had not joined the Church, and, consequently Brother Brown did not think we would administer to her, and they had given up all hopes of her recovery; but she said, if she could see Brother Holt, or even touch his cane, she should be well. Brother Brown sent his son on horseback to bring me. He met us on the way, related the circumstance, and we hurried to the house. As soon as she saw me she said she should be all right. We then administered the ordinance to her. She was healed immediately, arose from her bed and prepared supper for us.”
— Elder (unnamed author), The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 11 February 1884 (Vol. 46, No. 6). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1884-02-11_46_6 (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. 46, No. 6, 11 February 1884, p. 94 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1884-02-11_46_6
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