Patriarch John Young’s healing after being 'nigh unto death' at the Bluffs
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Patriarch John Young testifies that when he was sick at the Bluffs and near death, President Brigham Young told him that if he would rise up and go to the Valley, he should live many years. Young reports this prophecy was fulfilled 'to the very letter'.
In Their Own Words
“My brother Brigham has been the Joseph of his father’s family, and to this people he has been a Moses in connection with brother Heber, who has been long associated with him. He told me when I was sick at the Bluffs, and nigh unto death, that if I would rise up and go to the Valley I should live many years. Has it been fulfilled? It has, to the very letter, and I have been privileged with the enjoyment of the blessings of the Saints of God. — Millennial Star 24:48”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 29 November 1862 (Vol. 24, No. 48). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1862-11-29_24_48 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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