Chapters 9 (Christian Science Wartime Activities [WWI]) tells how the work was financed. “Financial Statement: A Word from the Treasurer of The Mother Church.
Chapter 10 is largely testimonials and expressions of gratitude.
Marvellous healings and stories of protection.
The book finishes with lists of the Christian Science workers, and
this is the final statement:
No better words
could be found to express their motive in preparing this history, than those of
Malachi 3:16 -- "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to
another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was
written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His
name."
The reader may have noticed this writer’s preoccupation with The
Christian Science Monitor and the emphasis that the book put on its
distribution and sharing and glad acceptance during the war years, particularly
in 1917/1918. With the entry of the United States into the war effort, there
was a mighty influx of men and materials to the battle.
On my first reading of this book, I concluded that once The
Christian Science Monitor came to the barracks and to the war zones
of Europe the tide of the war turned and victory was the inevitable conclusion.
I likened it to the Scriptural passage:
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias
truly shall first come, and restore all things. Matthew
17:11.
Joyce Voysey
1 comment:
I am just now fully appreciating that quote from Malachi.
One is not familiar with it. How wise the compilers of this book were.
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