Martha H. Tingey's witness of the power of prayer in administration by women
Published October 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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President Martha H. Tingey explains that women have a right to anoint with oil and lay on hands in the name of Jesus Christ to administer to the sick. She asserts that she and others can testify of instances where children have been healed through their administration and where they have been guided by the Lord to provide promises and blessings that were verified word for word.
In Their Own Words
“We who are here on this stand, and many others in this congregation, I know, can testify that their own children have been healed under their hands, and they have also been led of the Lord to give promises and blessings unto their sisters, which have been realized and verified, word for word. — The Young Woman's Journal 22:8”
Sources & References
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 22 no. 8 (August 1911). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/16668 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)
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