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 In addition to the letters from officers and War Relief Workers, many were received from individuals, whose gratitude compelled expression. The following excerpt bore four signatures.

“We, the undersigned, do hereby express to you our grateful and heartfelt appreciation of the gracious favors and gifts so recently bestowed on and sent to us. And when our comfort is enhanced by the wearing of the several articles, we shall think much and many times of the loving and useful service being rendered our Cause and the boys upholding that Cause, by the Christian Scientists of the United States of America; for such unselfish and sincere efforts can only tend to bring to us the more speedily a just and lasting peace achieved by a decisive victory.”

“Dear Friends: The two outfits which you sent to my brother and me arrived Saturday. Words are inadequate when it comes to expressing our gratitude for your goodness and kindness. From the bottom of our hearts we thank you.

“My brother is a very quiet boy and does not say much, so I am taking this opportunity to speak for both of us. Even if he does not say much, he appreciates the thoughtfulness and graciousness of good friends very keenly.

“This verbal response is a feeble acknowledgment of your gift, but to attest my feeling, I promise you that I shall make a constant and earnest endeavor to know the truth, and do the will of God, and help others to do likewise. Accept our thanks, our love and our best wishes.”

“Your package of comforts has arrived, and filled a much needed want. If the various people who knitted these things could only see for themselves the amount of comfort I derive from their use, and could hear the words of appreciation that we say among ourselves, I feel quite sure they would say that their labor had not been in vain.