Thomas Rees's Son Healed of Broken Legs in Cyfarthfa Colliery
Published October 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Thomas Rees's eleven-year-old son was crushed between trams at the Cyfarthfa Colliery, resulting in broken bones in his leg. After a local doctor set the leg and applied splints, Rees administered to the boy using the ordinance of anointing with oil as described in James 5:14. The boy experienced immediate relief from pain and claimed to be well. Three days later, the doctor examined the boy and was surprised to find the bones had already knitted. Despite the doctor's insistence on keeping the splints on, the boy recovered fully and returned to work. The account notes that the boy had suffered a similar break and miraculous healing two years prior.
In Their Own Words
“Two months ago, my eleven-year-old boy was crushed between the trams in Cyfarthfa Colliery, so that the bones of his leg were broken in two places. He was carried to my house; and, according to the rules of the works, the doctor hired by the works came there soon, and set the bones in place, and put splints around the leg. The doctor said the bones were broken in two places. Soon after the doctor left I administered to the boy the divine ordinance according to the scriptures (see James v, 14, &c.), and he was eased of all pain at that time, and the boy testified that he was completely well, and earnestly begged to take off the splints and get up from his bed; but we refused him this, lest we be punished by the doctors, as we and several other Saints who had been divinely healed had been threatened. The third day the doctor visited him again; and after looking at the leg, with great surprise he testified that the bones had knitted already. Again the doctor admitted that the bones had been broken in two places, and that he had never seen such healing before; for he did not know of the administration of the ordinance. — Prophwyd y Jubili (Prophet of the Jubilee), April, 1848 (English translation by Ronald D. Dennis)”
Sources & References
Ronald D. Dennis, trans. and ed., Prophet of the Jubilee (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997), April, 1848 issue. https://rsc.byu.edu/prophet-jubilee/april-1848 — the complete facsimile translation of the three volumes (1846–1848) is also accessible through the Welsh Saints Project, Brigham Young University: https://welshsaints.byu.edu/Resource_Info.aspx?id=24377 (account extracted verbatim from the published English translation; research confidence: high)
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