CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
which had so unexpectedly opened for them to reach Halifax twenty-four hours sooner than otherwise would have been possible. The privilege of sending goods to Halifax was extended to those along the route of travel.
The journey was happy and harmonious. One man on the train testified that he had eaten his first normal breakfast in ten years that Sunday morning and felt no distress. He attributed this healing to the helpful association with Christian Scientists, and listened with marked interest to explanations of Christian Science.
Ours was the third relief train to start for Halifax. At St. John, New Brunswick, the Committee was met by a delegation of about twenty-five Scientists, who were eager to extend any aid possible. They offered to forward oil stoves and food if there were need of them, and a small number were ready to join the party immediately if necessary.
Both of the previous trains were held up at Truro, sixty miles from Halifax, one for half a day, and the other for five hours, and trainmen prophesied that this would prove a similar case. As when in the preceding hours obstacles of storm and lack were overcome, so now, thought was uplifted to perceive the freedom of the Sons of God and to know that there could be no delay in Mind's activity. The train remained in Truro but ten minutes. An inspector boarded the train and during his conversation said that the delegation could get no nearer the city than the five-mile limit. Again God's power was relied upon, and the following morning, Monday, December 10, upon rising the Committee found themselves in the heart of the city, their train having been the
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