I wish to express my gratitude for a demonstration I had over a year ago, for to me it was a great proof that in Truth we have "no pain or sorrow." I went to the dentist's to have my teeth examined, and found there were twelve to be extracted. He wished to do the work at once, but I was not prepared for that, as the operation meant a mental warfare for me. I agreed to return the next day. Before starting out the next morning, while I was reading Science and Health, a line from one of our hymns came to me: "In Thee I have no pain or sorrow." Clinging to that thought as a drowning man to a straw, I went alone to the dentist. When he asked me if I would take anything to deaden the pain, I said, "Nothing at all." Knowing that I was a Christian Scientist he did not urge me, but began extracting the teeth. With every one that was drawn I clung more closely to that thought: "In Thee I have no pain or sorrow," until all were drawn, among them several roots, but I had no pain. When the dentist had finished he was quite surprised to find only a tiny speck of blood on my face, and also that I had not made a sound during the operation. The peace of God which passeth all understanding seemed to fill the place. After leaving the office I attended to some necessary shopping without any sense of weakness. My gums healed quickly and gave me no trouble whatever. When we trust with a childlike faith in God, becoming as a little child, it is then that God's power is revealed to us.
This experience is only one of many which make me thankful for Christian Science. It is indeed the true and living way.— Berlin, Ont.
