A Saint Seized with Violent Fever Aboard the Ship Erin's Queen Is Healed by the Prayer of Faith and Anointing at Sea (1848)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During the voyage to New Orleans on the ship Erin's Queen, an unnamed brother was seized with a violent fever, but was healed by the prayer of faith and anointing with oil.
In Their Own Words
“One of the brethren was seized with a violent fever, but was healed by the prayer of faith and anointing with oil. — Millennial Star 11:1”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 January 1849 (Vol. 11, No. 1). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-01-01_11_1 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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