Testimony of Healing April 13, 1899 Issue

Tobacco Habit Cured

M. K. Fleming

I believe it is not only proper, but our duty, to acknowledge benefits received, from whatever source they may come, and in making this acknowledgment, it is with the thought it may meet the eye of some one who is bound with the same chains of slavery that I was bound with.

I had been a smoker for more than forty years, with perhaps three or four intervals of from one to six months when I "swore off." All lovers of the weed well know what this swearing off means, and with what pleasures the habit is renewed at the expiration of the time, if not sooner. I had more than once determined to stop, and with the intention of making it permanent, but the desire was with me all the time, and I finally gave up all effort to overcome it.

A little more than one year ago I became interested in Christian Science and my wife suggested that the study might cure me of the tobacco habit if I would try. I said, "No; I will not try again to quit it. If the study of Science and Health removes the appetite for tobacco, it will be good evidence that there is something in it, and I will give it the opportunity." I had procured a copy of Science and Health in July, 1897, and was reading more or less every day. On Saturday, November 6, I had as usual smoked all the afternoon,—it being half holiday, and I was at home. On Sunday morning the appetite was gone and I had no desire whatever to smoke, and am glad to say I am sure it has gone forever.

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