CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
work or even an apartment in which to live until we had proved somewhat the unreality of the seeming evil. The determination to see at least one good thing as we passed down the street, and to be grateful for it, was the key which opened the way here, bringing blessing to numbers of others. This one good pure thing which was uncontaminated by the belief of evil which seemed to attach itself to everything else, was the sunshine. Being grateful for the sunshine opened our eyes to other good things—the Rooms were soon found and opened, and a suitable place to live speedily followed.”
The Rooms secured by the Committee were at 16 rue Amiral Linois, and were cleaned and renovated for our purposes. Across the front of the room there extended a large window and on its ledge our literature was displayed—a late Monitor, Le Héraut opened at a convincing testimony of healing, the vest-pocket Science and Health and a copy of the French-English edition of the same book. Many passers-by stopped to glance at the window and eventually came into the Rooms.
In order to work with the men in the outlying camps it was necessary to secure permission from the Y. M. C. A. Secretary in charge of the district. He readily gave his consent and the Base Commander added his approval and gave our Worker a permanent pass good for all camps in Army Base No. 5. Cards announcing the location of the Rooms were posted in the “Y” huts in town and the Scientists soon began to be aware of the presence of the Workers. A later order from the War Department placed our work under the jurisdiction of the chaplain, but it was allowed to continue uninterruptedly.
At the camps in the district where permission to visit town was rarely granted, boxes for communica-
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