CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
ask for literature, and others remarked at the change which took place in them.
A request to place literature in the library and to post a notice regarding Sunday services was at first denied, but soon after a change was made in the personnel and those placed in charge were favorable to Christian Science and granted the request. Services were held every Sunday morning, at which some soldiers and several “Y” secretaries were always present.
The Christian Science headquarters at Paris supplied Menton “Y” with plenty of literature, and the Monitor particularly always found a warm welcome from the boys in the library, as newspapers were very scarce. A Scientist, one of the women secretaries, was in charge of the information desk for some time, where she had an opportunity of distributing literature. Later this same secretary was transferred to “Mother's Corner” where still better opportunities presented themselves.
This “Y” gained the reputation of having the finest spirit in France and the Scientists stationed there worked hard to establish and preserve the spirit which was characterized by all as one of love and harmony.
A “Y” worker at Chaumont writes:
“During the third week in November, 1918, permission was given to hold Christian Science services in the hut for enlisted men at Chaumont, the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
“The services were held each Sunday evening in a small classroom in the rear of the hut, by a little band of Scientists. The interest has been continuous and the attendance regular. Each evening, literature furnished by the Christian Science
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