As one who had attended Sunday School, but then slipped...

Eugene F. Corbin

As one who had attended Sunday School, but then slipped away from Christian Science, I was greatly troubled by the ravages of nicotine addiction and cigarette smoking. The more I tried to quit, the more tobacco won. It appeared to be a hopeless problem.

Later, while I was talking to a Christian Science practitioner about other matters, she asked me whether there was a desire on my part to stop smoking; if so, would Christian Science treatment be agreeable? My eager response was "Yes."

Within ten minutes the consecrated prayer of this practitioner was having results. Away went every vestige of my desire for tobacco, just that quickly, and never returned.

Does Christian Science heal? You can truly count on it. My overcoming of that dependence on nicotine paved the way for me to understand that the healing power of Truth is "an immanent, eternal Science," as Science and Health tells its readers (see p.150).

Other habits fell away, also the result of prayer, including elimination of my use of liquor. The results of practicing what that book teaches have been for me the eradication of discord in my life, which has been replaced with the care God gives. This care is evident to us when we turn our lives over to Him. Success in business followed, as well as a good marriage.

Christian Science has blessed me with the experience of being born again, and gratitude knows no bounds.

Eugene F. Corbin
Sacramento, California

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