Raising William Huntington from the Dead

“About the month of August, 1856, William D. Huntington and I went into Hobble Creek Canyon to get a tree or log suitable for making drums. After we had finished our labor, we sat down on the log to rest. We began to talk about the Church, and the life and labors of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He said that in Nauvoo he lived in the family of and worked for Joseph Smith at the time the Prophet had such a wonderful time with the sick, when nearly everybody was stricken down and he himself was among the afflicted, and was one of those who were healed by Joseph. He said he had been sick for some weeks, and had become so helpless that he could not move. He said he was lying on his bed, and he felt that he was dying. He said he could see his own body, and he could see the people in the room, and he could see the Prophet Joseph Smith come into the room. He said he saw the Prophet go to the bedside of several of the sick and heal them. He said he saw the Prophet come to his bedside, and he heard him say, 'In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to live.' He said he felt the power of God go through his body, and he felt the life come back into his limbs, and he sat up in his bed. He said he was healed instantly. In a short time all felt more familiar, and conversation upon the scene that transpired followed. William related his experiences, and the friends theirs. Joseph listened to the conversation and in his turn remarked that they had just witnessed as great a miracle as Jesus did while on the earth. They had seen the dead brought to life. At the close of his narrative to me William Huntington remarked: 'Now I have told you the truth, and here I am a live man, sitting by the side of you on this log, and I testify that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God.'”

— Levi Curtis, 'Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith'