Testimony of Healing July 7, 1962 Issue

Mrs. Eddy writes in the textbook,...

David Brandmark with contributions from Jewel Brandmark

Mrs. Eddy writes in the textbook, Science and Health (p. 1), "Desire is prayer." When I sincerely took up the study of Christian Science and attended the church services regularly, a desire for church membership came to me. Many wrong thoughts had first to be corrected, and the smoking and drinking habits had to be overcome. A friend, who later became my wife, recommended I visit her teacher in Christian Science. This I did.

We had a brief, amicable discussion, touching on various questions, and the teacher stressed one point in particular with regard to my smoking. She asked whether I would believe it if I were told that I was a member of an opposite political party or of a race other than my own.

This line of thought was what I needed to break the mesmerism that for thirty years had told me I enjoyed smoking. I was healed of the habit instantaneously! In like manner the habit of social drinking fell away. I became a member of The Mother Church and of a branch church, and the priceless privilege of class instruction followed.

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