For many years the testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals have been a source of comfort and inspiration to me.
Although I was brought up in Christian Science and attended Sunday School until reaching twenty years of age, I depended largely on my mother's willing and consecrated work to handle the few problems I had. Years later, when I was completely on my own, with no human help near at hand, I began to realize what actually takes place in a Christian Science healing, and found myself gaining a clearer understanding of God.
At that time I was a heavy smoker. But, side by side with my dependence on nicotine was growing an increased desire for spiritual things, particularly affiliation with The Mother Church. Realizing that, as the Bible tells us, we "cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt. 6:24), I determined to ask for help from my aunt, a Christian Science practitioner, in overcoming this enslaving habit.
