Article June 10, 1944 Issue

Trusting and Healing

ROBERT JOHN ROBERTS

When the study and practice of Christian Science are commenced, it is not uncommon for students to discover that what they formerly regarded as harmless habits are errors of thought entirely foreign to the way of life revealed by this Science. The tobacco habit, for instance, may be an early obstacle in the course of spiritual progress, and to some this barrier appears like a veritable mountain in their path.

One student was able to discontinue the social drinking habit with comparative ease, but when he endeavored to put a stop to the practice of smoking, the error was tenacious. Many efforts were made to overcome the habit by will power, but these availed nothing. Each attempt resulted in an unhappy sense of losing something and gaining nothing in return.

Eventually, however, he was given the opportunity to overcome the difficulty through love of spiritual activity, for he saw that this habit was impeding his usefulness and progress. The student was obliged to ask himself which he loved more, the beauty of spiritual-mindedness or bondage to the tobacco habit?

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