CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
was not dignified by that name, nor specifically organized for that purpose. It was the natural outgrowth of the fact that the men in the camps and their friends and families at home turned to Christian Science to smooth out all the difficulties presented by the war—and they were many and various. In this work the main office in Boston was naturally the clearing house through which these calls for help were sent out, to be taken care of by workers in the camps or overseas.
For example, on October 7, 1918, a telegram was received in the Boston office stating that a young man in Camp Eustis, Virginia, was ill. His family desired our Worker there to visit him and report to them. Our Committee at once wired the Worker in Camp Eustis and in a day or so he reported the young man as being practically well again. This message was at once forwarded to the uncle who had sent the inquiry and from him we received the following grateful reply:
“My wife and myself wish to express our gratitude for the loving help that was extended to our nephew by the Welfare Worker at Camp Eustis, Virginia. We wired you on October 6 that he was ill and asked for your assistance which was promptly given. Our nephew has expressed to us his delight in receiving the pocket-size Bible which completed his pocket equipment for study. During the many months in which we have been contributing to the Welfare fund we did not realize how close to home the Welfare work might come and you can therefore appreciate the satisfaction we now have, in knowing that we had some part in carrying on this wonderful work from which we received such loving cooperation in the time of need.”
This service was not limited to Christian Scientists, of course. On one occasion a call came over the phone
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