WITH THE A. E. F. IN FRANCE
ing services and distributing literature. The office also endeavored to get in touch with every soldier whose name was forwarded to them. These were names sent to the Boston office in response to the notice appearing in the Christian Science Sentinel, asking for names and addresses of those men in the Allied Armies who were interested in Christian Science. It was the experience of the Committee that in many instances names were sent in by friends who wished that the man in uniform might become interested, or who thought he might be, but in every case the name was forwarded to the nearest Worker. Some 12,000 were thus sent to the Paris office from time to time and to each soldier a printed form was thereupon mailed from Paris indicating the location of the Rooms and announcing that he was welcome to call upon them for Christian Science literature or help at any time. In cases where books or literature had been requested by the person who sent in the name, the soldier was asked to reply verifying his address. This latter precaution was found to be absolutely essential in view of the constant movements of the troops and the shifting of the personnel.
One of these letters was sent to a soldier who had been told by the doctors it would be more than two years before he could hope to be better. “I am going,” he announced to his hospital associates, “to that Reading Room and get what they have for me.” This soldier received his healing at once and within a few days was discharged from the hospital and sent out on active duty. He later wrote:
“I could write all night and tell you the joys I have received since October 13, but I know that you know how
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