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 place from the beginning of the work, and quite a number of men became interested in Christian Science. They were especially glad to find a friend in the Rooms to whom they could talk of their dear ones at home. On one occasion a man asked the Worker if she could help his child in Canada, who had consumption. Treatment was begun and some weeks after, the soldier brought in a letter from his wife, saying that the child had been passed by the same doctor as perfectly well.

In July, 1918, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Edinburgh, Scotland, opened a War Relief Room to serve the needs both of the military forces stationed in the town and of the fleet operating from Rosyth naval base in the Firth of Forth. Large numbers of men from the British Colonies came to spend their leave in this old historic town and some found their way to the Rooms. Many interesting experiences are on record of conversations with men from different parts of the world, with whom the Workers had the opportunity of breaking the bread of Life.

The unflagging interest and support given to these early efforts by the contributing churches was noteworthy. The cost of each Room reached a sum of some £500 per annum, but the members of the different churches were always ready to encourage any increase of the work in every possible way. With the incoming of the men of the American army and navy the