Article December 14, 1918 Issue

Among the Churches

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Columbus Dispatch

Columbus, Ohio.—One feature of war work which has been practically unknown to the public is that being done by the members of the two Christian Science churches in Columbus. The headquarters are in room 31 West Gay Street, and every day the busy women are working for the women and children of France who have been left destitute by the war. Much knitting has been done by the Christian Science women, sweaters, helmets, trench caps, mittens, mufflers, wristlets, and socks being made in large quantities and shipped to France. But perhaps the most important feature of the work just now is the making over of old garments into new ones.—Columbus Dispatch.

San Quentin, Cal.—On Saturday afternoon, September 28, under the auspices of the Churches of Christ, Scientist, in San Francisco, California, Bliss Knapp delivered a lecture on Christian Science to the inmates of the California State Penitentiary. The attendance was voluntary and numbered over five hundred men. The growth of Christian Science in the prison was evidenced by the fact that fully an hour before the lecture started the assembly hall was almost filled. The attention and interest displayed by the men was most noticeable, and the appreciation expressed by the inmates for the privilege of having heard it was gratifying. Five hundred pamphlets, also a number of Sentinels, Journals, and Monitors were distributed after the lecture, and many inmates asked to meet the lecturer for the purpose of expressing their appreciation.

New York.—At the lecture given for the men in the chapel of Clinton Prison on July 28, by Virgil O. Strickler, there was a very good attendance and excellent attention was shown. The lecture was very profitable to all who heard it. The Saturday testimonial services and the regular Sunday services continue with the usual interest. The attendance at these services has kept up well, even though quite a number of men have been liberated or transferred to other prisons. During the summer months the men have the privilege of the yard Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings, and the attendance is smaller than in the winter. The distribution of literature has been as follows: 582 Sentinels, 319 Journals, 4179 Monitors.

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