Heber J. Grant's Recovery from Surgery and Illness

Heber J. Grant testified that after undergoing a serious surgical operation which medical professionals claimed was impossible to survive, he recovered following the administration and blessings of the brethren of the Priesthood. He further testified that he had been saved from death by pneumonia, contrary to the predictions of life insurance company physicians, and that he had been healed from other afflictions through the faith and prayers of the Priesthood.

In a discourse delivered on March 13, 1898, Grant identified the specific location of his recovery as a hospital, noting that he had known by the inspiration of the Spirit of God before entering the facility that he would recover. He further recounted that he had been healed of other afflictions, specifically mentioning that God healed his children when they were afflicted in Washington and that his daughter was raised up from a bed of illness after a spiritual medium had erroneously predicted her death.