Archaeological and Historical Evidence

 << Mary Ellen Jensen (Ella) was born on August 3, 1871-1957. At the age of 20 in 1891, Ella contracted scarlet fever. Her condition gradually deteriorated until she required almost constant care for several weeks. Many kind neighbors would take turns in her care to relieve her parents during the night. On one such night Ella awoke calling for her comb, brush, and scissors “to get ready, for they are coming to get me at 10 in the morning.” Ella further explained, “Uncle Hans Jensen and the messengers are coming. I am going to die, and they are coming at 10 to get me and take me away.” As she was so weak, she asked for help in the preparations. Her parents attempted to calm her and encourage her to rest, but she was persistent saying her Uncle Hans who was dead had appeared to her and told her that the messengers would be there at 10:00 to conduct her into the spirit world.

Ella’s brother Bud was sent to get Mrs. Nelson, the nearest medical attendant. As Ella wanted to see family to bid them goodbye, her father gathered all including her Grandma Sarah Josephine Jensen. At 9:30 a.m. and upon Bud’s return, Ella put her arms around her brother’s neck, kissed him, and fell back onto the pillow. Her father holding her hand felt her pulse stop. It was now 10:00 a.m. The heart-broken parents wept and grieved at the loss of their beautiful daughter and decided for Jacob to go into town and inform Apostle Snow to make arrangements for the funeral.

Apostle Snow was speaking at the Brigham Tabernacle and upon receiving the note telling of Ella’s death, Apostle Snow explained he must be excused to visit people in great sorrow. Requesting to have Rudger Clawson from the Box Elder Stake accompany him, they departed with Jacob. Apostle Snow asked for consecrated oil and asked Rudger Clawson to anoint Ella. Apostle Snow then sealed the anointing. He said, “Dear Ella, I command you in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, to come back and live; your mission is not ended. You shall live to perform a great mission to rear a large family and to be a comfort to your parents and friends.”

After Apostle Snow had finished the blessing, he turned to Jacob and Althea and said, “Now do not mourn or grieve any more. It will be all right. Brother Clawson and I are busy and must go. We cannot stay, but you just be patient and wait and do not mourn because it will be all right.” As already stated, it was 10:00 in the morning when Ella died. It was not long after 12:00 noon when Apostle Snow and Rudger Clawson left our home after the administration. All at once Ella opened her eyes. She looked about the room but still looked for someone else; and the first thing she said was, “Where is he? Where is He?” Jacob and Althea asked, “Who? Where is who?” “Why, Apostle Snow,” she replied. “He called me back.”

Ella had been restored to life through the power of the Melchizedek Priesthood administered at the hands of Apostle Lorenzo Snow and Rudger Clawson. This was truly a miracle for the Jensen family. Ella had been dead for more than three hours and was now restored to life to fulfill her mission on the earth.

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