Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-08
DEMONSTRATE CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE IN THE WAR AREAS

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert NJ. George. |
formerly of this city, VINO left Mime
apolisc in August to go overseas under
the auspices of the Christian Science
church to do work among the soldiers
have written of their experiences in
part as follows:
! would like to have some of those
who think they do not understand our
viewpoint, go with me single day
through the hospital wards and talk
with those boys who haye been
brought up in the states in the G. 5.
faith and then hear them tell of their
demonstrations 'at the 'front.' and then
try to tell them that they are all
wrong. I would like to have them
talk with c. S. chaplain as | did in
Paris the other day, and hear him
tell of how he had no fear when the
shells were bursting all around him,
that he kept to his work, carrying hot
chocolate to the men who had sought
refuge IN Gugouts during the bonn
bardment and how he was untouched
because he did not fear out knew that
God was protecting him. I wish those
who do not approve Of c. S. could
I talk to thise boys who stood waiting
in the trenches for the word to go
over the top and just before they went
| over they repeated aloud U2 of
| them) God is my life, God is my
| refuge" And they went over the top
| and came back without a scratch and
/ later when volunteers were called for
| to go out into No Mans Land these
| II men went out with the same
| thought as before and car1e back I'M
| harmed for they trusted God and put
| their faith to a practical test and
| proved Gods protection,
| 1 have proved it myself for I have
visited the boys in hospital wards
| where the doctors and nurses all wore
masks over their faces to protect them
from contagion and I proved beyond
caviI that Gods thoughts protected
me and I was. immune to all the So
called contagious diseases which
seemed to be so prevalent. No one
interfered with me and I was allowed
to pass in and out of the wards tC
visit the boys whenever I desired.
The censor, is now lifted in many
ways so that we can tell about eul
trip over. We had very interesting
time last August in getting out pass
ports and baggage checked and OF
board the boat and located. We
swung Slowly out of New York harbo
| past the Statue of Liberty and out in
to the Atlantic upon the most inter
esting voyage we ever have taken an
ever will take, probably. We joine'
= the large fleet of transports crowde
= with troops and anchored that nigh
9 for few hours until tho whole fee
was ready. Early the next mornln
| we were we'll under way AID it was
: rare sight to see the airships over
| head and the war ships on each sid
| of an observation balloon floating fror
one of the battieships. conveying u
| over. The passengers On board gu
ship which was French boat consist
| ed of U. S. troops, Y. NJ. c. A, Re
Cross, Salvation Army, Knights {
Columbus, Christian Scientist
Quakers, French soldiers, negro stok
ers and a regular conglemeration {
people, all bent on journey to Franc
for one purpose, "to make the worl
a decent place to live in as our pres
ident has so APPLY expressed it. Or
of our party. a lady, was d fuel
speaker of the French language an
had spent 10 years in France man
years ago studying it. She offere
to teach US French and we gathere
together the second morning out ar
took our first lesson. Soon some
the soldiers and others from II
various units asked for lessons al
she gave them all free lessons, hol'
ing classes all day LONG, every da
We had regular schedule which '
followed First the bath stewa'
called US, then we had bread and CHI
eolate III the dining room. then o
lesson, then a real meal at 80 a. 7
then French study, c. S. study, wa
around the deck, then the evenil