Testimony of Healing August 6, 1910 Issue

On Aug, 1, 1906, I was cured in one treatment of all...

Torrance Parker

On Aug, 1, 1906, I was cured in one treatment of all desire for smoking. At that time I had been a confirmed smoker for about fifteen years, the amount of tobacco used being limited only by the opportunities I could make. It had been my custom every fall to "swear off" for a month: I had stubbornly kept each attempt by sheer will-power, and at the expense of much nervous energy and amiability. During each of these struggles the desire would be with me constantly, and at the end would be stronger than ever. Christian Science operated in an entirely different way. There was no nervous upset, no conscious effort of the will on my part; I simply discovered that I no longer cared for tobacco, and from that day to this I have not once had the slightest desire to smoke. If occasion requires, I can ride in a smoking-car or sit with men who are smoking, without having any desire aroused or without being unduly annoyed thereby.

I am not a Christian Scientist in the active sense of the word, indeed I realize that I know very little about it; but I am glad to state these facts in justice and gratitude, and in the hope that they may furnish encouragement to others.

Torrance Parker, Belmont, Mass.

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