“Brother Fordham Arose from His Bed” As told by Wilford Woodruff. Before starting on our missions to England, we were under the necessity of settling our families. A place called Commerce, afterwards named Nauvoo, was selected as the place at which our people should settle. I left Quincy in companyContinue Reading

Heber J. Grant’s brother raised from the dead Hyrum Grant, my brother, had yellow jaundice which turned to black jaundice. He became as black as my coat. He weighed slightly more than seventy pounds, and was in a most terrible condition. A doctor Van Cott, as I remember it, wasContinue Reading

The Conversion of Mrs. Bader Two missionaries had been enjoying a beautiful spring day until they knocked on the door of Mrs. Bader.  She hadn’t noticed the lovely day, and it soon became apparent that she didn’t feel there was anything of beauty in the whole world. As soon asContinue Reading

Raised from the Dead This story, true in every particular, shows the fulfillment of a prophecy made upon the head of Lorenzo Snow when he received a patriarchal blessing under the hands of the Prophet’s father, Joseph Smith, Senior. It was given in the Kirtland Temple, and among other thingsContinue Reading

Brigham Young’s address to the Saints October 5, 1856 When Brigham Young heard that the many of the Saints who left with handcarts had left late in the season and that snows were coming early that year in 1856, he gave the following address to the Saints in General ConferenceContinue Reading

Understanding the Fall brings a deeper appreciation for the Atonement of Christ One cannot fully appreciate the need for medication until he is aware of a malady. One does not pant after the cooling draught until he has nearly died of thirst. In the same way, as President Ezra TaftContinue Reading

How do you want to be remembered? Many years ago, a man was reading his morning newspaper. To his surprise and shock, he read his name in the obituary column. The newspapers had mistakenly reported the death of his brother for him! He was shocked to read news headline aboutContinue Reading

Will the Holy Ghost ever get a body? What we do know is that, “The Father has a tangible body and the Holy Ghost does not.” [Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, Vol. 5 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1966), 126.] Does this mean the Holy Ghost isContinue Reading

Orson F. Whitney’s vision of the Savior As a young missionary, Elder Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931), who later served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, had a dream so powerful that it changed his life forever. He later wrote: “One night I dreamed … that I was in theContinue Reading

John Murdock’s experience with the Savior John Murdock, who was boarding with the Prophet during the spring of 1833, described in his journal the experience he had while attending one of the meetings in the Prophet’s home: The Prophet told us if we could humble ourselves before God, and exerciseContinue Reading