Cholera-Stricken Laborers Thomas Jenkinson and John Yates Recover After Elders Administer to Them (1849)

In 1849, Thomas Jenkinson, a laborer, was attacked by cholera while at work. David Lupworth and Joseph Marsh administered to him; Jenkinson said the pain left as soon as they took their hands off him, and he got up, dressed, and returned to work the next morning. In a separate reported incident that same year, John Yates, a collier of Upholland, Lancashire, was taken very ill on Monday, August 27, apparently with cholera. At his request, David Lupworth went to him with Joseph Marsh and priest Thomas Yates. They laid hands on Yates and rebuked the disease in the name of Jesus Christ; he improved enough to return to work the following morning.