Wilford Woodruff Testimonial - Cholera Plague Stayed Through Covenant
Published March 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Contributed by
Todd Morgan
Beaumont, CA, 92223
Wilford Woodruff documented a remarkable deliverance from cholera plague at Zion's Camp. He recorded: 'Joseph called the brethren together and told them if they would humble themselves before the Lord, and covenant to keep his commandments and obey his counsel, the plague should be stayed from that hour, and there should not be another case of cholera in the camp. The brethren covenanted to do this, and the plague was stayed, and there was not another case in camp.' This remarkable intervention demonstrated the Lord's power over disease.
In Their Own Words
“The Prophet called the brethren together at Lyman Wight's and told them the cholera had been sent in fulfillment of his prediction. Nearly all had suffered from it, and fourteen had died. Joseph said that if we would now humble ourselves, the cholera would be stayed. We covenanted with uplifted hands to keep the commandments of God, and the cholera was stayed from that hour; not another case appeared among the Saints.”
— Wilford Woodruff, 'History of His Life' (1909), account of June 25, 1834
Sources & References
Wilford Woodruff's account as published in Matthias F. Cowley, comp., “Wilford Woodruff: History of His Life and Labors” (1909), full public text at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47703/47703-h/47703-h.htm ; corroborated in Joseph Smith, History of the Church 2:111–120 (full e-text at https://www.cumorah.com/articles/eTextLib/314/History%20of%20the%20Church,%20Vol.%202 ) — research note: after the cholera scourge prophesied by Joseph Smith fell upon the camp at Rush Creek in fulfillment of his warning, thirteen to fourteen of the marchers died; when the surviving brethren gathered at Lyman Wight's and covenanted with uplifted hands to keep the commandments of God, the plague was stayed from that hour and not another case appeared among the Saints.
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