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 “By unanimous vote, the State Committee of Pennsylvania contributes the furniture and all equipment belonging to the Committee that is in the room in the Kadel Building at Gettysburg, to the local Christian Scientists, to help them carry on the work that was begun there by the enlisted men of Camp Colt. We will ever consider this little Society our beloved child. Knowing that its growth will be sturdy, we send it forth with loving thoughts, and with gratitude that the privilege was ours to give this necessary equipment.”

The Chairman of the Texas Committee in one of his recent reports says:

“One outstanding feature of the work along the Mexican Border has been to start a number of new unorganized Societies in places where there had never been any before, and the rejuvenation of others which had lapsed or were about to lapse. This was brought about largely by the fact that the passing of our car with the name of the Committee painted on the side caused those interested in Science to stop the Worker, and in a short time he was able to make these people acquainted with others in their town who were also interested but who had not known of the presence of other Christian Scientists there.

“While helping to start the work on the Border, one instance of this kind came under my own observation. We had stopped at a garage in Mercedes, when we noticed a car draw up a few feet away. A lady got out and approached us. She lived just two miles from Mercedes, where a few Christian Scientists had been holding services in the home of one member, but she had been going to San Benito, eighteen miles away, because she knew nothing of the service in the town near at hand.

“In another instance a Society had suspended services in January and their card had been removed from the Journal. There was a Border camp at this place and through letters to the former First Reader, interest was finally aroused in