Heber C. Kimball and Vilate Rebuked Evil Spirit - Animals and Livestock Protected

“One night while we were living in the Bozier house, we were awakened by our mother who was struggling as though nearly choked to death. Father asked her what was the matter. When she could speak, she replied that she dreamt that a personage came and seized her by the throat and was choking her. He lit a candle and saw that her eyes were sunken and her nose pinched in, as though she were in the last stage of cholera. He laid his hands upon her head and rebuked the spirit in the name of Jesus, and by the power of the Holy Priesthood commanded it to depart. In a moment afterwards, some half a dozen children in other parts of the house were heard crying as if in great distress. The cattle began to bellow and low, the horses to neigh and whinny, the dogs barked, hogs squealed, and the fowls and everything around were in great commotion. It seemed as though the powers of darkness had been let loose, and that the whole animal creation was in a state of terror. Father stood in the midst of the room, and by the power of the Priesthood, he commanded the evil spirits to depart, and in a few moments all was quiet, and the children ceased their crying and went to sleep, and the animals became still. It was a night long to be remembered by us, and we felt that we had been delivered from the power of the adversary.”

— Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Life Incidents