Lucy Grant Cannon's Miraculous Healing from Whooping Cough

As an infant of about eight months living in Tooele, Lucy Grant Cannon became critically ill with whooping cough. Her father, Heber J. Grant, called the Stake Patriarch, John Rowberry, to administer a blessing. The Patriarch told the father to write down the blessing, which included the specific promise that she would be healed of the disease that was preying upon her and receive strength and animation to her lungs, allowing her to grow up to be a mother in Israel.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 34 no. 9 (September 1923)):

Shortly after Lucy’s birth her father was called to preside over the Tooele stake of Zion so the family moved to Tooele. While there she took very ill with whooping cough. Her father called in Brother John Rowberry, the Patriacrh of the Stake to give her a blessing. He said, “You have a very sick child. You think your daughter will die, don’t you?” “Yes, she will die unless the Lord heals her,” answered her father, “You don’t need to worry,” said the Patriarch, “obtain a pencil and paper and write what I have to say:” “I seal upon thee the blessing of life and strength to thy body that thou shalt grow up to perfection in all of thy parts and become a mother in Israel in due time, and the Spirit of the Most High shall rest upon thee. Thou shalt bear in mind the instructions of thy mother and appreciate the counsel and blessing of thy father and I seal upon thee the blessing of faith to be healed when thou art sick and rebuke the disease that is now preying upon thee. Thou shalt receive strength and animation to thy lungs. Thou shalt be healed of this affliction.”