Pages 36 to about half of page 40 of Christian Science Wartime Activities (WWI) are devoted to appreciation of The Christian Science Monitor in 1918, particularly in Europe.
Why was the Monitor accepted and read? Because
it was found to be a most reliable source of war news and because the men in
camps found each copy to be a veritable mine of information on all the
important topics of the day.
Pages 142/3 – A vest-pocket-sized hymn book
was issued. A number of well-known hymns and some suited to the Christian
warrior were included. A Worker got permission to hand out copies in a prison
(not named, probably prisoner-of-war). All but 4 inmates accepted them. Next
thing someone started to sing Nearer My God to Thee. We are told that in
less than a minute there was a great male chorus singing that hymn.
Joyce Voysey
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