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 to be good reflectors of Truth and sow the seed to help others."

In Alexandria, Louisiana, near Camp Beauregard, the work of the local Scientists received a great impetus through the advent of the War Relief Committee. When the soldiers' room was closed the furniture, literature and supplies were presented to the Scientists for use in the Reading Room. In their reply they said:

“We find ourselves quite unable to express our gratitude for this gift of Love. During the past year we have received such a wealth of comfort, inspiration and light through immediate contact with the activity of the War Relief work that we are indeed unspeakably grateful. This added gift of good conveys the idea of abundance better characterized in the words of the Master as ‘good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.’ ”

When the War Relief Committee first sent a Worker to Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, rooms were opened in Spartanburg, a near-by town, and services were inaugurated to which the civilian Scientists were invited. There was much interest shown and the result has been the continuance of the work by the local Scientists who bought the equipment of the War Relief Room and are now holding their services in the room formerly occupied by the Committee.

In Pennsylvania likewise an incident of this kind occurred. Rooms were opened by the Committee in Gettysburg for the use of the men training at Camp Colt. The civilians began to attend and interest increased. When the War Relief work came to an end, the State Committee wrote to the Scientists in Gettysburg: