Orson F. Whitney's Miraculous Healing and Prophetic Fulfillment

“TWO Elders, fellow laborers in the British Mission, were sitting upon the front stoop of the mission house in Liverpool, England. One of them was an invalid, recently out of the hospital, where he had undergone a serious operation, followed by a relapse that had brought him to death's door. He was weak, despondent, and full of foreboding. Said the invalid to his friend, as they sat there that dismal afternoon: 'I wonder if I shall ever walk again. I wonder if I shall ever write again, or speak again in public.' The friend was silent for a moment, as if pondering or praying over the matter. Presently he spoke: 'You shall do all that and more. The Lord is going to raise you up. You shall return home in safety, mingle with your friends, sit with your brethren in council, and preach the Gospel as formerly.' He added: 'You and I will yet attend Stake conferences together, as we have done in the past.' 'God grant it,' responded the invalid, fervently. Sunday, May 18, 1924, the now fully restored Elder—who, as the reader has already guessed, is the writer of this sketch—attended the Cottonwood Stake Conference, held in the Granite Stake Tabernacle; and with him went his faithful friend and former missionary companion, Elder William A. Morton, secretary of the Church Genealogical Society. The former, addressing the congregation that Sabbath morning, referred to the prophecy and its fulfillment, Elder Morton bearing testimony to the prophetic promise to which reference has been made.”

— Orson F. Whitney, The Young Woman's Journal