CAMP WELFARE COMMITTEE
every Sunday, for which privilege we are all very grateful. The above books have come just in time to meet a need that was beginning to make itself felt.
“We are also very grateful for the plentiful supply of Christian Science literature provided for us through the work of the Christian Science Camp Welfare Committee for Texas. The Monitor is especially appreciated by many of the boys who are not interested in Christian Science, as this paper always contains only reliable news.”
Another reports on a service as follows:
“Yes, we held our first service last night (Sunday) and it was a good one too for we held it in the stables near J.'s shack, just four of us.”
From another point in Texas comes this:
“Four soldiers in the quarantine barracks of the depot brigade read the lesson together. When they found that they could not get through the lines to attend the regular services at camp they got together and held a service of their own.”
The result of this training in camps in this country was made manifest as the time drew nearer for the passage of troops overseas. At the ports of embarkation the Workers met dozens of men who had served as readers at the various camps throughout the country and each of them felt a sense of responsibility in seeing that the work was carried on when the troops arrived in Europe. Quarterlies and little hymnals were asked for and provided in order that the services might be conducted on the transports going over.
One soldier writes:
“Upon my arrival in my final training camp I made inquiries as to whether there were any Scientists or no. I was told there were none. I made up my mind to take my stand,
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