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 stranger within and without our gates, as well as those of our own household. Evidences of this are to be found in the closing up of the ranks where disunity had seemed to exist, in increased activity for the cause, in more spontaneity in testimonies and in a growth of attendance at branch churches.”

Universal participation in the War Relief work was one of its most helpful features. On this point one Committee says:

“Besides the activities in the organized branch churches of The Mother Church, individuals and groups of Christian Scientists in isolated parts of the state lovingly cooperated. Churches and societies both large and small expressed great joy that this privilege had come to them.”

The natural result of this unity of thought and action was in quickened activity throughout the Field. In one of our larger cities the sense of fellowship established by joint participation in War Relief work, together with a deeper gratitude for Christian Science, prompted a united effort to raise sufficient funds to dedicate all the church edifices in that city within a short period of time.

The larger giving which was stimulated by the needs of the war work, quickened the sense of abundance in a church of another state and brought forth the following:

“Since starting the War Relief fund and working out this problem of supply, our attendance has increased and we have been able to meet our regular expenses much more easily than before.”

Still another evidence of good resulting from the cooperative activity of Christian Scientists in working for the War Relief Committee is contained in these words: