Parley P. Pratt Healed of Fever and Ague Through Laying On of Hands

From early February 1832 until late June 1832, Parley P. Pratt was 'very sick of fever and ague' while ministering among the churches in Jackson County, Missouri. This sickness afflicted him for an extended period, seriously impeding his missionary work. About the middle of February, Parley attended a conference in Jackson County presided over by Bishop Edward Partridge. At this conference, a miraculous event occurred: Parley 'was healed by the laying on of hands.' This healing through the priesthood power restored him to health with sufficient strength that 'the next day [he] started my return mission in company with John Murdock and others.' This divine healing demonstrated the reality of the priesthood's power to heal the sick and provided Parley with renewed vigor to continue his missionary labors. After a 'tedious journey of a thousand miles,' he and his companions 'arrived in Kirtland, Ohio, in May 1832, having preached by the way with some success.'

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

I was now taken sick with the fever and ague, owing to the exposures of the climate through which we had travelled. I suffered extremely for several months; being brought very low with fever, and with other afflictions. In February, 1832, a Conference was held by Bishop Partridge and the Elders remaining in this part of the country. To this Conference I was determined to go, though very feeble and almost unable to sit up. I was assisted on to a horse, and rode twelve miles. I kept my bed during the Conference; but at the close, several Elders being about to take their journey to Ohio, I determined to go with them. I requested the Elders, therefore, to lay their hands on me and pray. They did so. I was instantly healed, and the next morning started, in company with Elder Levi Hancock, a journey of twelve hundred miles on foot. I gained strength at every step, and the second evening, after wading through the snow about six inches deep for some ten miles, I was enabled to address a congregation for the first time in several months.