CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
months. All of this time, through the guidance of one of the Welfare Workers and the help of the literature I was enabled not only to have a clean record as instructor but also to accomplish my work without accident of any kind.
“Last fall, during the ‘flu’ epidemic, I became suddenly ill. The day before I became unconscious, some Science literature was handed me, with the Welfare Worker's name enclosed. I refused medicine of any kind, and called on the Welfare Worker for help. The next day I was forcibly taken to the hospital and passed almost immediately into unconsciousness. The Welfare Worker was with me every day and several nights practically all night.
“It was at a critical stage, when the army surgeon at the hospital said I could not live until a certain hour. They had done absolutely all they could, and told my parents that I would probably be dead within a few hours. This condition lasted for over a day. The Worker brought me back into sunshine and life again, staying constantly with me.
“The case was considered a very peculiar one in the hospital, and the surgeon predicted all kinds of after effects, none of which developed, nor ever will, for this experience has shown me thoroughly what Science is and what it will do for one.
“I trust that this will be of some service and help to those in need of it. Words fail to express my appreciation of the wonderful help Science has been to me through the Welfare Workers at this camp.
“William Huttig, Jr.,
“While training at one of the large army camps I became
very ill. I was first sent to the camp hospital and then to the
base hospital, where the trouble was diagnosed as
tuberculosis. My condition gradually grew worse, and the surgeon
in charge notified my parents that my condition was serious.
“My mother wrote the Christian Science War Relief Workers, who visited me at once, leaving a copy of the textbook,
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