John Mason, an Invalid Rheumatic Unable to Move, Dances on the Floor Within Five Minutes as Elder Willden Rubs His Limbs in Prayer (1847)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Millennial Star Research
John Mason, an invalid from long-term rheumatism, was unable to move. Elder Willden rubbed his limbs while praying, and Mason danced on the floor within five minutes.
Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):
A man, named John Mason, alarmed me in the night with crying out with pain, from a long illness of rheumatics; I went into his house and carried him up stairs, for he could not help himself; he desired me to rub his afflicted limbs; I did so, asking the Lord, privately, to remove the pain, and it was done, for in five minutes he danced on the floor, telling his wife that he was better and ailed nothing.
In Their Own Words
“A man, named John Mason, alarmed me in the night with crying out with pain, from a long illness of rheumatics; I went into his house and carried him up stairs, for he could not help himself; he desired me to rub his afflicted limbs ; I did so, asking the Lord, privately, to remove the pain, and it was done, for in five minutes he danced on the floor, telling his wife that he was better and ailed nothing. — Millennial Star 11:17”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 September 1849 (Vol. 11, No. 17). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-09-01_11_17 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 11, No. 17, 1 September 1849, page 267 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-09-01_11_17
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