In his journal for July 22, 1839, Wilford Woodruff recorded the following example of a miraculous healing:
22 Joseph was in Montrose & it
was a day of Gods power. There was many Sick among the Saints on both sides of the river &
Joseph went through the midst of them taking them by the hand & in a loud
voice Commanding them in the name of Jesus Christ to arise from their beds
& be made whole & they leaped from their beds made whole by the power
of God. Elder Eligah Fordham was one among the number & he with the rest of
the sick rose from his bed & followed Joseph from house to house & it
was truly a time of rejoicing.