CAMP WELFARE COMMITTEE
War Relief Committee in Paris was distributed. Also during the week this literature was placed on the tables in the library of the hut.
“The work has been a great help to those who have been stationed here during the winter, and there have been many who have expressed gratitude for the privilege of attending services while in Chaumont for only a day.”
Through the activities of a woman “Y” worker, Christian Science services have also been held at Nice in one of the glass-enclosed jetties which extends out over the sea. Literature was supplied through the Paris office and distributed to the men passing through that rest area.
Services, of which this Committee has no knowledge, were doubtless held in many places in France by individuals and even by groups of men. When one realizes what it means that in ancient France,—whose history dates back to the days of the Romans and the barbarian invasions,—that on this historic soil the seed of Truth was sown broadcast from one end of the land to the other, one feels humbly grateful at the thought of the glorious harvest which will one day be garnered from this fertile field.
In concluding this chapter we quote in part from a letter describing the activity of some Scientists in the Army of Occupation in Germany. The letter, written to our Paris office from Diekirch, Luxembourg, says:
“Several days ago we returned to you the books which you so kindly provided, as this Division is about to embark for home.
“We wish to thank you very much indeed, for the books have afforded opportunities for several to renew their regular studies, and while the existence of the room was not extensively known, yet many found their way there.
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