CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
attendance has become so large that it was impossible to get along with one book. We are getting along fine now, and in all the attendance at each meeting is generally about twenty-five. Among the twenty-five there are seven English-speaking Spaniards who seem to have taken a deep interest in the study.”
From Egypt a British soldier sends the following:
“Last night I attended a testimony meeting which was held in Mr. A.'s rooms in Alexandria, Egypt. There were about thirty people present and many beautiful testimonies were given.”
A lieutenant in France, stationed well up near the front lines, tells this interesting story:
“When I returned to Gondrecourt the problem solved itself. I found three of my sergeant assistant instructors were Scientists, also one Y. M. C. A. lady permanently on duty and one passing through. We all got together, met no opposition at all, published notices of meetings, and held nearly every Sunday morning an informal service, at which Mrs. R. and I acted as Second and First Readers, following the order of our regular service in an informal manner. We never had the same personnel there at every meeting but we always had about twelve present. The spirit and joy expressed by those who had just returned from the lines, all dirty with mud, some slightly shocked, according to material sense, cannot be described. Many had lost their books in the fight and were able to get others, for we always had literature from the War Relief Committee to distribute at these meetings.
“In addition we had a few Wednesday evening testimonial meetings. These could not be held regularly because of the school hours. The testimonies were very vivid and interesting and would leave no doubt in one's mind of the practicality of Christian Science under the most extreme test.”
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