"Commit thy way unto the...

Anna Mahler

"Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."

The truth of these words of the Psalmist has been proved to me many times, and through faith in the omnipotent divine presence of, God both loved ones and I have been lifted out of darkness.

When I heard the name "Christian Science" for the first time, I was lonely, out of work, and deeply affected by a sudden mental shock. My own family were far away, and I was among strangers in a foreign country. I tried to commit suicide; but our dear Father-Mother God was looking after me. I found I was not left without hope and without love, for help came unexpectedly, just in time to save my life.

I was staying at the time in a small boardinghouse, remaining in my room all day, deeply prostrated. The landlady did her best to comfort me. She said a friend of hers would be coming to stay in the room next to mine; that this new boarder came from India, and would have much to tell about her travels. But I had no wish to make new acquaintances; I had no more interest in life.

I heard the new boarder singing while she was unpacking her luggage. The song seemed to relieve me of my sorrow and heavy heart, and comforted me. Every day she sang the same song in the morning and in the evening, and I found myself waiting for it until I was impelled one morning to open the door and meet this stranger as she was leaving her room. I asked her what the hymn was she had been singing daily. I said, in my despair, "You seem to be so joyful and I am so brokenhearted!" Her reply was, "It is a Christian Science hymn." I knew nothing about Christian Science, but I asked her to tell me what the words of this hymn were. I realize now that my healing took place the very moment the light and love of these powerful words of our beloved Leader's hymn entered my consciousness (Poems, p. 4):

"O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight!
Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight."

Up to that time, my activities had been devoted to helping the suffering through medical assistance. I had worked with doctors and watched their sincere efforts in their research for a cure of cancer by radium applications. The presentation of Christian Science as a means of healing mankind appealed to me and aroused my interest, but I very much doubted that the simple perusal of a book would bring to the sick the cure of all their troubles.

I was invited by my new acquaintance to attend a Wednesday evening meeting, where she told me I could hear testimonies of healing. I shall always remember the deep impression that meeting made upon me. Many testimonies were given, and the words of Luke came to my heart. "When the Son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth?" One of the testimonies given that evening was so profoundly sincere and striking that I decided at once to investigate Christian Science, and from the very day I started the study of Mrs. Eddy's revelation of the true teaching of our great Master, Christ Jesus, I have been lifted out of all my troubles.

I had the great joy of bringing the truth to my dear family, and of seeing the signs of God's presence in many wonderful healings. Christian Science teaches us to listen for the voice of God, trust in Him, and bear witness to His power and love, which deliver the captives of material sense.

God has been my guide, my deliverer, for many years. I am grateful to be a member of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and to have had class instruction from a faithful teacher. God has given me the great privilege and joy of working in His vineyard, of helping a group of sincere Christian Scientists form a Christian Science Society, which is now recognized as a branch of The Mother Church.

No words are adequate to express my profound gratitude for the truth as revealed by Mary Baker Eddy in all her books. Deeds alone can express our gratitude to her for her faithful labor, self-abnegation, and love of God.— (Miss) Anna Mahler, Geneva, Switzerland.

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