"Citizens of the world, accept the 'glorious liberty of the children of God,' and be free! This is your divine right" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 227). Applying this statement to my life brought my first instantaneous healing.
In my teens I became entranced with cigarettes and liquor. I had been attending the Christian Science Sunday School from an early age but didn't want to apply the truths I had heard to these problems.
For several years, part of each winter, I suffered from tonsillitis. My last year in college I was isolated for two weeks in the infirmary with this condition, given everything medical methods could offer, and finally released. During this time I also tried to give up the smoking habit, unsuccessfully.
