Robert Mason Healed the Sick and Cast Out Devils by Faith — Wilford Woodruff's Youthful Witness

Robert Mason, though not holding the formal Priesthood, exercised faith and prayer to cast out devils and heal his family and friends, which Wilford Woodruff witnessed personally as a youth.

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

I was acquainted with a man by the name of Robert Mason, in the town of Farmington, Connecticut. He was a man of great faith, and he lived in the fear of God. He was a man who was not connected with any religious denomination, but he believed in the Bible, and he believed in the power of God, and he believed that God would hear the prayers of the righteous. He used to say that he had no right to administer in the ordinances of the Gospel, for he had not received the authority from God; but he believed that if he had faith, he could pray for the sick, and they would be healed. I have seen him lay his hands upon the sick, and pray for them in the name of Jesus Christ, and they have been healed. I have seen him cast out devils in the name of Jesus Christ, by the laying on of hands and the prayer of faith. But, said he, I have no right to administer in the ordinances of the Gospel, neither has any man unless he receives it by revelation from God out of heaven, as did the ancients. But if my family or friends are sick, I have the right to lay hands upon them, and pray for them in the name of Jesus Christ, and if we can get faith to be healed, it is our privilege; and I will here say that many were healed through his faith and prayers, and that, too, within my knowledge.