Jacob Hamblin Prayed for Rain

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Jacob Hamblin, an early Latter-day Saint had a special talent to help foster peace between the Settlers and the Native Americans. There were many struggles between the two groups and Jacob was a gifted negotiator who helped calm both Natives and Settlers. Both groups had deep help beliefs about the other, which caused many problems.

While working with a group of Native Americans Jacob promised that rain would come to their town of Southern Utah, if the Natives worked with the Saints. Jacob felt prompted to offer this promise to the Native Americans but knew only God could come through with this great promise. That area of Southern Utah had struggled with water and eventually ran out of water with no rain in sight.

Jacob sought the help of Heavenly Father in bringing the promise of rain to the group of Natives and the settlers.

A dam was built in the area of Santa Clara Utah and it dried up, the water had failed. The Natives came to Jacob Hamblin upset saying "You promised us water if we would help built a dam and plant corn. What about the promise now the creek is dry? What will we do for something to eat next winter?"

The chief said the Natives would call on their medicine man to ask him to ask for rain, the chief went on to say that he never saw rain at this moon, so rain coming seemed very unlikely. Even with rain unlikely during this season Jacob knew that God could make it rain, if it was His will. It is evident that Heavenly Fathers cared about the relationship between the Natives and the Pioneers and wanted the two groups to help one another.

Jacob went and prayed to the God of Abraham to forgive him for making such promises of rain. Telling God it had been unwise of him to promise the Natives water for their crops, and asked for help from God to make it rain, to not lose the trust of the Natives over this promise he made.

While still on his knees, on a clear, cloudless morning, heavy drops of rain fell on his back for about three seconds. Jacob knew it was a sign that his prayers had been answered. He went and told the Natives that the rain would come. He then went back to the brethren and told them they would have all the water they wanted.

The next day a gentle rain started to fall. The water rose to its ordinary stage in the creek and it was clear water. They watered their crops all that they wished and both the settlers and the Natives acknowledged the events to be a special providence.

Jacob said he believed that more corn and squash was grown that year than ever before or since on the same number of acres. From that time, the Natives believed that Latter-day Saints had great power over the clouds. Jacob said they labored to teach the Natives that it was a gift from God but it was difficult.

The life of Jacob Hamblin was full of miraculous experiences and very difficult situations. It was a thankless job to work to foster peace between two volatile groups, but Jacob felt called to the work. With the help of Heavenly Father Jacob Hamblin receive this great blessings, including rain in Southern Utah during the dry months. He asked God to produce a great miracle, and God granted this miracle.

Jacob Hamblin loved the Native people and saw how the two groups could prosper in the hard climate by working together. Jacob Hamblin worked with a loving Heavenly Father to bring miracles to the people of Southern Utah.

Elder Gérald Caussé in April 2026 said:

"...as we extend Christlike love to each person we serve, our eyes are opened to their divine potential. We begin to see them as the Lord sees them—mortal souls with the capacity to become exalted beings through the Savior’s restoring power and grace.

As we care for each soul, we help connect them to the Savior, inviting them to be healed and transformed through His atoning blood. In return, our own lives are blessed—we become more like the Savior and are filled with great joy.

My dear brothers and sisters, as one of His special witnesses, I testify that our Savior, Jesus Christ, loves us more than we can ever imagine. In the words of the hymn, “For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.”'

Reference:

Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer : Disclosing Interpositions of ... Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes p 37-38

"Love All; Love Each" April 2026 general conference Love All; Love Each By Elder Gérald Caussé April 2026 general conference