Thomas Crawshaw's Wife, Stricken Speechless by a Stroke, Speaks Normally by Ten That Night and Does Housework the Next Day at Bury (1849)

Thomas Crawshaw's wife suffered a stroke that rendered her unable to speak. John Robinson and Elder Platt anointed her and prayed for her recovery. She was able to speak normally by 10:00 PM that same night and was performing housework the following day.

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

On returning from my work about six o'clock at night, I turned into a brother’s house by the name of Thomas Crawshaw. On entering the house I was told that his wife had been taken with a kind of a stroke, which suddenly deprived her of her speech. I went up stairs, and found it to be the case; she seemed very much troubled, and wanted to make something known to me, but was unable. Her son’s wife had sent for the doctor, but as luck would have it he was not in. Seeing that the case was a serious one I immediately laid hands upon her; I then told her husband to get some oil. In the meanwhile I sent for Elder Platt, who had some oil with him. I gave her some, and Elder Platt and myself laid hands on her again: we both of us prayed over her that God would again restore her speech. After consoling her a little we left her. Her husband came for me again about ten o’clock; I went, and astonishing to say she could talk as well as ever she could in her life. She told me that she felt the power of God go through her system while we were anointing her, and that she felt better from that moment. She was up the next day and attended to her household duties as usual.