CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
“2. His personal touch with those of Christian Science belief is a real personal service of great value. The Christian Science faith is so entirely different from other beliefs that men who are in trouble naturally seek, and should be entitled to, contact with persons of their own way of thinking.
“3. Personally I should be extremely sorry to see the Worker's activities brought to a close for any reasons whatever.
| “J. B. Chaffey, |
| “Major, Q. M. C.” |
“1. Having been stationed at Camp Wheeler with the 31st
Division where I observed the activities of the Christian
Science War Relief and Camp Welfare Committee for about a
year, and also for one and a half months in Hoboken, New
Jersey, I feel that I can heartily endorse their work.
“2. Their camp reading rooms provide facilities for reading, writing, and lectures, aid in cases of distress, and entertainment for soldiers and their friends.
“3. I am not a member of this faith, but I have been greatly impressed by their generosity, earnestness, and their excellent welfare work.
| “H. L. Butler, |
| “Lieut. Col., U. S. A.” |
At the beginning of this chapter the healing work accomplished by the War Relief Committee was mentioned as being first in interest to Christian Scientists. Second, perhaps of equal importance, has been the effect of the War Relief activities upon the Christian Science movement as a whole.
Christian Scientists have sometimes been charged with being self-centered and lacking in interest in that which concerns the general welfare. While they themselves knew the falsity of such statements it is,
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