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Resisting Temptation Scientifically
Many who are the victims of vice are longing to be rid of the grievous burden. And many who are indulging in what are generally regarded as less harmful sins are equally desirous of permanent freedom. What would not the enfeebled sensualist give to experience the liberty of purity? What would not the alcohol addict give to have the shackles of this enemy to his moral and spiritual freedom stricken from him? The tobacco user, also, what relief he would experience were this oftentimes stubborn habit broken for him!
Can indulgence in material sensuousness be scientifically resisted? It can. The writer knew a man who, some years ago, was healed of a serious physical condition through study of the Christian Science textbook. The one healed rejoiced in his healing; and his gratitude was proportionally great. But something remained unhealed: he still was an inveterate user of tobacco. The smoking habit seemed to hang round his neck like a millstone; and the millstone became heavier when, through further study of Science and Health, he became aware of Mrs. Eddy's thought on the use of intoxicating drinks and tobacco, namely, that it was "not in harmony with Christian Science" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 454).

October 3, 1936 issue
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"The grand necessity of existence"
ELMER F. BACKER
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Sheltering Wings
HELEN ANDREWS NIXON
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Spiritual Influx and Influence
A. PERCY SOMERS-COCKS
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An Open Door
ELIZABETH G. MC KINSTRY
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The Widow's Mite
HARRY L. SITOMER
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"Feed my sheep"
HERBERT B. NICHOLS
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Manna
BERNICE BEAL
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Prayer
ELEANOR BRADLEY
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Love's Offering to Love
FLORA W. PENNEY
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Thousands of individuals in every part of the world testify...
John W. Watkins, Committee on Publication for the State of Florida,
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In your last issue you include a report of the second...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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In your issue of November 27 you gave a generous amount...
Israel Pickens, Committee on Publication for the State of Alabama,
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It is an interesting fact that many people have the mistaken...
William G. Biederman, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia,
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From a letter dated 1908
MARY BAKER EDDY
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Resisting Temptation Scientifically
Duncan Sinclair
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A Good Doorkeeper
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from Hermann Briege, Onee Jarvis Cleveland, Cavour L. Truesdale, Eleanor M. Adams, Paul P. Scott
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When I became interested in Christian Science, about...
Phoebe Steinman
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It is with profound gratitude that I testify to the guiding,...
Ruby Laird Feagan
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As a small child I was very religious, and loved to go to...
Lois R. Griswold
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With a sense of deep gratitude to God for the demonstrable...
Walter Henerasky with contributions from Elisabeth Henerasky
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Ofttimes school problems arise with young children, and...
Emma W. Marshall
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I have received so much spiritual help and so many...
Leonard A. Young with contributions from Ethel M. Young
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"It is our ignorance of God, the divine Principle, which...
Bernice M. Carlson
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Harvest Song
ETHEL MUNRO GOSS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from William W. Sweet, Roger Babson, Amos Alonzo Stagg