Orson F. Whitney's Miraculous Tempering of Icy Water

“As I stepped into the stream, a pang shot through me, as if aimed at my very heart. Mrs. Reese was still on the bank, and I thought, “Surely she cannot endure this.” Silently I asked the Lord to temper the water, that we might both endure it, and that she might not back out. Instantly there was a change, either in the water or in me; for I felt the cold no more, nor did she complain of it. The brave little woman, who had dared so much for love of the truth, was accordingly immersed in that icy stream, and came out of it none the worse. It was a cold, bleak day in the late autumn of 1878, and the creek, fed by mountain springs, was as frigid as the melting snows could make it. I had been preaching in Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Agnes Sharp Reese, a convert to the faith, had requested baptism at my hands. We had walked some distance to the place selected, and the air was biting, and the water, as I have said, was icy cold. I felt that a miracle had been wrought in our behalf, and I thanked God for His goodness in thus tempering the elements to the needs of His children.”

— Orson F. Whitney, as quoted in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 67, No. 9