Previous to my healing in Christian Science, I was seldom without a cigarette in my hand and to me the healing of this habit was very wonderful because I was so beautifully protected from the questioning of friends, not one of them noticing until weeks afterward that I was not smoking. I always knew that it would be necessary to overcome this habit if I wished to progress in Science, but I was so completely in bondage to it that when I attempted to stop it— which I did several times for a week or so, and always with a practitioner working for me—I could not seem to think intelligently or drive a car correctly. I prayed often and sincerely for healing, but I finally got to the point where I was truly discouraged. Then I had a physical difficulty which would not yield. I continued smoking until the third morning, when on lighting a cigarette I almost fainted and was barely able to reach my bed. It was then I discovered that I must take my stand for Truth; and with the loving understanding of a practitioner the false appetite was wiped out so completely that it now seems that it was never a part of me, as in reality it was not. Needless to say, the physical condition yielded directly.
I shall never cease to be grateful for this deliverance and for the patient healing work done by the several practitioners at various times during this struggle. I am also happy to add that I have joined The Mother Church and a branch church since this healing was accomplished.
In conclusion I should like to quote Mrs. Eddy's words in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 160), which mean a great deal to me, "To live so as to keep human consciousness in constant relation with the divine, the spiritual, and the eternal, is to individualize infinite power; and this is Christian Science."— Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
