James Needham's healing from sickness during his mission
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Millennial Star Research
James Needham, serving a mission in Faversham, Kent, experienced significant sickness after leaving his home in Utah. Through the prayer of faith and the administration of holy ordinances, he was healed and enabled to visit the Saints in his area.
In Their Own Words
“I am happy to say I am enjoying my mission in this my native land ; although I have had to endure sickness to a great extent since I have been here, 1 have never lost sight of the promises made me by the servants of God ere I left my happy home in the west. By the prayer of faith and the holy ordinances, I have been healed and have been enabled, with but one exception, to visit all the Saints. — Millennial Star 30:41”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 10 October 1868 (Vol. 30, No. 41). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1868-10-10_30_41 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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