Testimony of Healing August 10, 1907 Issue

In thinking over what Christian Science has done for...

Emma Gilbert Titus with contributions from Emma Ruth Price

In thinking over what Christian Science has done for me, I came to the conclusion that it was time for me to give it out to the world. It is just two years since I became interested in Science. I had been an invalid for eight years, and had tried every remedy that was recommended. I was in bed part of the time, never able to walk any distance during all the eight years. I was in a hospital and underwent an operation, took vapor baths, also a course in physical exercise, and had treatment from different doctors, until it seemed that everything had been tried. The doctors then said there was only one thing left to do, and three of them advised a very serious operation. I was anxious to get well, but dreaded another operation and had the feeling that I would be no better after it; in fact, I had reached the place where I felt sure no one but God could help me, for everything else had failed.

Just at this time I remembered what a lady had told me a few months before, that Christian Science had done much both for herself and her husband. I lived a long way from any Scientists, but I wrote to a friend in the city that I had decided to try Christian Science, and asked her to find a practitioner, lay my case before her, and let me know what I was to do. In about ten days I heard from the practitioner, and she also sent me a copy of Science and Health with the request that I should read it and put aside all material remedies; also to read the 91st Psalm very often, and try to understand it as best I could. It took me quite a while to get even a slight understanding of it, but it came little by little. I prayed to God to give me understanding, for it was the beginning of a new life to me, and I now know what a lot of nothingness I had to get rid of. I never read anything in my life that interested me as Science and Health did, and I would find myself wishing that no one would come in to hinder me from reading. In about a month I went a hundred miles to visit the practitioner, and was helped at once. After the fourth treatment I walked two miles without any discomfort, something I had not been able to do for over eight years. I began to realize that I had found God and the truth at last. A great longing filled my heart with the desire to know more of this God who had done so much for me, and I have been seeking and striving ever since. Sometimes my progress seems slow, and again I can realize that I am moving in great strides and have reached the point where I can say that "I rejoice in tribulation," for it brings me closer to God every time and I am enabled to prove His goodness.

It is now two years since I gave up all kinds of medicine, and my little girl seven years old has taken no medicine since I got an understanding of Science. She goes to Science and Health or "Miscellaneous Writings" if anything is wrong with her. We are both perfectly well and strong. This is the kind of Christianity that meets every need. It helps us to love our neighbor as ourself and to rejoice always. It helps us to know that we have nothing to fear and much to love and be thankful for. I am thankful even for the eight years' tribulation which led me to seek this light. I am thankful for the Sentinel and Journal. I often count the days until they come and how I do enjoy the testimonies! In expressing my gratitude to Mrs. Eddy, words fail me. She has done so much for the world and for me. All I can say is, God bless her.—Emma Gilbert Titus, Grand Marais, Minn.

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