Healing of William Blackhurst in Preston
Published October 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder Brigham Young and Elder Taylor visited William Blackhurst, a brother who had recently returned from America, and found him unwell. They administered to him and he began to recover.
In Their Own Words
—6.—We went to Longton and saw brother William Blackhurst; from America. Found him unwell and administered to him. He brought us good news from our families. — Millennial Star 25:50
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 12 December 1863 (Vol. 25, No. 50). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1863-12-12_25_50 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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