Through Science and Health I was shown how to overcome great fear in having six jaw teeth extracted. Error said the demonstration could not be made, as I had very little understanding, not having had the advantage of class instruction.
But I was unwilling to call upon any one for help, as I have been trying to do my own work for several months. My fear of the operation was very unpleasant to me, as I had always been considered very plucky in the old way With the determination to find the remedy the thought came, If God will destroy this sense of pain for me through another Scientist, I am positive he will do so for me if I rely on I Him alone; and my glance fell upon these lines, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs. 3:5). Why should I want to lean on any other, when I had the understanding which comes from Him?
But I knew that fear must be removed to make the demonstration. So I picked up Science and Health, feeling sure of finding the remedy, and I was not disappointed. When I came to page 489, I read, beginning "Divine Truth takes away this physical sense of error," etc. Before I had finished, the fear was destroyed, and after reading the 91st Psalm started for the dentist's office.
