CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
I feel. I hope that others who are in the position that I was will turn to Christian Science and derive the benefits that I have,—truth and happiness. It is all so wonderful that I can hardly realize that I have been cured and I often stop and think, ‘Have I been healed?’ And then I remember that man is the spiritual image and likeness of God, and recognizing this, my true selfhood, I could not be sick.”
The signing of the armistice brought no diminution of visitors to the Paris Rooms but rather an increase, at least during the first months of demobilization, for many lads were then able to secure the much-desired permission to visit the famous capital city of France. To these the Christian Science War Relief Rooms meant much. In the words of one of the visitors:
“It was like a taste of home, your lovely reading and writing room on the Avenue de l'Opera and the sincere Wednesday evening meeting in First Church. Moreover, on the way back, I had a most helpful conversation with a Y. M. C. A. lady who had testified. Many thanks again to your Committee and to the whole glorious discovery of Mrs. Eddy.”
As the work gradually diminished, three of the practitioners stationed here during the latter part of the war, returned to the United States, leaving the manager and his wife to care for the Rooms. With the signing of peace terms in June and the rapid departure of American troops, the work throughout France decreased so quickly that the activities at the Paris headquarters became less exacting as week succeeded week, and the office was closed on July 31, 1919, and the fine suite at 3 Avenue de l'Opéra which had served so admirably for more than a year was sub-let on advantageous terms and the work in France concluded.
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