I started using tobacco during my early schooldays. Later the craving became so strong that I wished to discontinue using it. At one time while visiting friends who had just finished harvesting their wheat crop, the thought came to me that perhaps if I chewed wheat when the desire was strong the craving for tobacco would cease. It did stop after a couple of weeks, and in less than a year I began to think I had given up one of the most satisfying habits I could experience. But error won out and I started using tobacco again. I chewed tobacco at work and, when away from work I smoked. I was a slave to the habit.
One day I overheard a neighbor telling about the help she received when a Christian Science practitioner visited her home. I had read in the newspaper about a new Christian Science church edifice being erected. That was the extent of my knowledge of this religion. I went to a Sunday service and then attended the testimony meeting on the following Wednesday evening. The testimonies I heard caused me to think it would be interesting to know what brought about such healings. Shortly afterward I purchased a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. The purchase of this book and of the Bible was the best investment I ever made. Before I had finished reading Science and Health the desire for tobacco and also social drinking left me.
The light has grown steadily brighter. Revelation came to me bringing things to pass which I would not have believed possible if I did not have some understanding of Truth. With the help of a practitioner I was healed of a carbuncle on my neck. God directs those who seek His aid. I have experienced other healings, some through the help of a practitioner and others through my own understanding.
