CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
so at my first opportunity I had published a notice of Christian Science meetings in a Y. M. C. A. hut. Can you imagine my feelings to have waiting for me Sunday morning at 10:15, thirty-two men who had come through a drenching rain to attend our little service? We have held our service every Sunday since then and the average attendance has far exceeded that of the first Sunday. I have given copies of the Bible, Science and Health and Quarterly to over fifty boys. Many new men are becoming interested since the meetings started.
“By the way, a regular religious meeting is held every Tuesday evening at which chaplains, Y. M. C. A. Secretaries, K. of C., Red Cross, and Christian Scientists plan their program for the following Sunday. I am always invited to be present and our notice goes out with the rest, officially stamped. Christian Science is always spoken of very kindly.”
One boy who had formerly been First Reader at Camp Logan writes from France:
“We have held services right along and the last one was in a dugout six feet long and four feet high. We sat there, legs all tangled up and I read Science and Health while another sergeant read from the Bible. After that I read a clipping from the Sentinel about the protection afforded a British soldier through the study of Christian Science. Then we went to sleep and were awakened by a shell ‘strafe’ and gas attack. We came through in good shape as always.”
Another writes:
“We haven't missed holding a Sunday service yet and things will have to be pretty hot before we fail to do so. We held two services on the ship on the way over. The first Sunday we were on the very top deck in a lifeboat. We did not pick that out as a spot for refuge or protection but because it had seats in it. The second Sunday we experienced progress as is only natural and to be expected. We were
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