Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of Mrs. Emily Houseman from fits and mental illness

Published October 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM

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Mrs. Emily Houseman suffered from headaches, mental instability, and frequent fits (up to nine a day). Two physicians concluded she could not be restored to health. After her husband repented of his bitterness toward the Church, he invited Elders Joseph Larson and E. L. Black to administer to her. After their administration and encouragement, she slept well through the night and was relieved of her condition.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 58, No. 36, 3 September 1896, p. 573):

Mrs. Emily Houseman, of this place, had been suffering for some time with severe headaches, mental instability, and frequent fits, sometimes having as many as nine in one day. Two physicians had been called in, and after a thorough examination, they concluded that she could not be restored to health. Her husband, who had been very bitter against the Church, finally repented of his sins, and invited Elders Joseph Larson and E. L. Black to administer to his wife. They did so, and after giving her some good advice, they left. She slept well through the night, and from that time on she has been entirely relieved of her condition.

In Their Own Words

““A .Mrs. Emily Houseman had been ailing for some time with an unknown trouble. The outward: evidences were headache all the time, unsound in mind and having fite (as many as nine a day, at times.) She had two bysicians examine her... They said nothing could be done to restore her health. H.,informed her husband and requested to see the Elders to heal her, and begged to have them sent for... her husband repented, for he formerly had been very bitter toward us, and brought Elders Joseph Larson and E. L. Black. Several people gathered to witness the administration... Being informed by Elder Black that she would sleep that night and that no one need sit up, as had been usual, she had unreserved faith in what:he said. ‘And 0 it was... She slept well till sunrise.” — Millennial Star 58:36”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 3 September 1896 (Vol. 58, No. 36). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-09-03_58_36 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 58, No. 36, 3 September 1896, p. 573 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-09-03_58_36

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