The Washington herald., 1918-06-17

Copyright. lsl6l
to quote from q letter he sent home
realized that God is life, not death
that all strength is in mind. not ir
matter, and that 1t was not for m,
to bleed to death when there wal
good American fighting TO be done
In q short time the now Of bloot
stopped. his strength returned, and
meeting another wounded American
on his way to the dressing station
he helped him along to II, had MI
own arm dressed. and promptly re
turned to the American trenches.
Here Is another case that somei
nearer home and concerning which
have frst-hand knowledge. In the
107th regiment OF the national army
which, when IL marched away Il
the war was New York's own gallant
and gallous Seventh, there Is q young
top sergeant in one Of the lower.
lettered companies. The regiment
has been in France for several weeks
The young man has been a Scientist
for several years.
One evening. not long ago, he wa
seized with a violent pain in the re.
gion Of the appendix, and was ex.
amined by an army surgeon, who
pronounced the attack acute sppendi.
citis. The young sergeant was packed
on to a hospital to be operated on
the first thing in the morning. Ope.
rate on him, did the surgeons say.
Not IL the sergeant knew himself
and his Christian Science. and he
thought he did.
He kept his own counsel, but. AZ
he lay there on his hospital cot, ht
set his mind to working overtime
He treated himself as a regular prac.
titioner would have treated him, and
soon he fell asleep. He was stil
sleeping when the hospital orderly
came along to tell him that every.
thing was ready for the operation
The boy blinked his eyes q second oi
two apd then remarked:
Operation? Nix. What I want Il
my clothes and some breakfast ant
then to get back on the job"
And before the astonished orderl,
quite realized what had happened
the young New Yorker hoped ou
Of bed and capered biIthely arount
the ward. The surgeon was sum
moned and. after looking the sergeant
all over. concluded that, IL the pair
had not been caused by an infiameS
appendix. It was probably causet
from an affection Of the kidneys. Thii
was more than the risibilities Of tn,
boy could stand. and he laughingl,
exclaimed:
Say, doc stop your kidding.
never had anything the matter witt
my Kidneys in my life. II you dom
bekeve II, give me the kind OF phys
ical examipation you would give q
chap whom you wanted to keep ou
of the service"
The examination was made and Ser
geant Blank of Company =. 1o7tl
national army. received a clean bill
of health.
Someone reading these lines. ant
knowing that Christian Science viii
not mix with medicine, and tha
Christian Scientists will have nethfn,
to do with physicians, may observ,
that, because OF the army and nav,
regulations, sick or wounded Chris
tian Science soldiers must go to arm,
hospitals to be treated whether the,
Hike 1t or not That Is true, and, wha
III more. every Christian Science sol
der makes 1t his particular bushes
to obey to the letter every regulation
Of the service. II he Is ordered {
be vaccinated against an attack o
/ typhoid fever, he makes not tn
slightest protest. II he Is ordered {
| a hospital, he goes with a smile. H
takes his medicine" and he take
his surgery, if those are the orders.
But. IL sick or wounded Christial
Scientists are sufficiently advance,
TO treat themselves. they let the ply
sicians and surgeons do their levs
worst" and. when they are vel
they give devout thanks for hayin
been healed in Christian Science. ]
they are not sufficiently advanced 4
their study to heal themselves, the
will manage, whether they are 4
France or Flanders, in Picardy o
among the Vosges, to get word to
warfront practitioner and he will I'm
way to give his soldier both pres
ent and absent treatment
Thus do these people, as an organi
zation, carry on their war work A
camp. on battlefield. and in hospital
! and thus do their soldiers fight Q
make this world a decent place to liv,
] in and all men free. They not ouI,
supply funds for their own work, bu
they work with the Y. NJ. C. A. an,
the Red Cross and have contributes
of their wealth to both. Some ma,
jeer at their theories and roundl,
condemn their practices. but never
dent do the jeers make in the armo-
OF the Scientists. never one SHADOW
do they throw upon the smile tina
never comes off. Whether we TAX
stock in their dogma or not, they ar,
splendidly helping to win this wa
that never again may war scourge tn
! world. For this they should have
and. doubtless. will receive. a nation
gratitude