CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
by the General Committee administering the fund for Great Britain give a clear indication of the good accomplished in that country.
One says:
“Enclosed please find receipt for the balances of the amount so generously granted me by The Mother Church, for which we are profoundly thankful. It has indeed been the means of giving us a fresh start in life unburdened with debts. . . . Am pleased to inform you that the improvement in health continues and I appear to be steadily gaining in strength, in fact all my friends remark how well I am looking lately, thanks to Christian Science.”
A Committee reports:
“I am sure it will interest you to hear of another proof of the unity of good. The people with whom I was able to place Mrs. W. through the allowance made to her by the War Relief Fund are receiving such benefit. The man, a clerk in the Post Office, has been away from work for sixteen weeks. Mrs. W. told him about Christian Science and he got Science and Health and read constantly, with the result that he is now back at work and he and his wife have begun to attend our services.”
Another:
“This morning I received a letter from a lady, enclosing one pound for the fund, and writing: ‘Two years ago I was the recipient of ten pounds from this fund, which enabled me, amongst other things, to visit a Christian Science friend. From that time my needs have always been met and I felt very strongly the right thought which must accompany these gifts from Scientists in America and elsewhere.’ ”
A local Committee in England writes:
“You will be glad to hear that the two cases which have received the largest donations from the fund in this district,
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