Miraculous Healing of the Son of Colonel Green

Colonel Green's seventeen-year-old son became delirious and raving with a fever. Doctors considered him incurable. Two Mormon Elders, Bevan and Roskelley, who were staying at the Colonel's home, were asked to administer to the boy. After the administration, the boy fell asleep and was better the next morning. Despite this, the father continued giving the prescribed medicine, which the Elders suspected was harmful. The boy relapsed, and the Elders were called to administer again; the result was the same. Finally, after the third administration, the boy was placed entirely in the care of the Elders, who helped him recover, and he eventually regained his health despite the doctor's prognosis.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 5, no. 9 (June 1894), p. 423):

In Lee Valley, Hawkins county, Tennessee, a Colonel Green had a son seventeen years of age, who was taken with a fever, and became delirious and raving. The doctors said he could not live. Elders John A. Bevan and James Roskelley were staying at the Colonel's house, and were asked to administer to the boy. They did so, and he fell asleep, and was much better the next morning. The father, however, continued to give the boy the medicine the doctors had prescribed, which the Elders felt was doing him harm. The boy grew worse, and the Elders were again called to administer to him, with the same result as before. Finally, after the third administration, the boy was left entirely in the care of the Elders, and he recovered, and is now in good health, notwithstanding the doctors' prognosis.