CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
assurance that a wholly new concept of Christian Science was being formed.
It is the splendid work of the Minute Man Committee of the Sons of the American Revolution to stand at the point of readiness to render any needed help. No avoidable delays are incident to its charity. When the Halifax disaster occurred, the Minute Man Committee was electric in its response; when the soldiers at a Massachusetts training camp were ordered to march before being supplied by the Government with suitable shoes, it was the Minute Man Committee that provided them. The spirit of this organization was the spirit of the Christian Scientists, and therefore it was a pleasure to the Comforts Forwarding Committee to respond many times to calls for assistance from the brother organization. The following letter is self-explanatory:
"At the meeting of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held on Wednesday, May 1, 1918, the following vote was passed:
“ ‘Voted: that the thanks of the Society be and the same are hereby extended to the Christian Science Church of Boston, Massachusetts, for their very generous assistance in the contribution of money and goods to the work of the 1917 Minute Man Committee during the past year.’
“A formal review in detail of your assistance was made to the Board, and the expressions of appreciation were so hearty for your generosity that no formal vote can express the sentiment of the Board extended to you. I beg leave, therefore, to add the expression hereby extended in addition to the formal action of the Board.
“Very truly yours,”
(Signed by the Secretary.)
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