Article February 5, 1944 Issue

Triumphant Good

FRANCES MATHEWS WARN

A Young man entering the Army was sent to a midwestern camp, far from all his friends in the East. It was a completely new environment, among thousands of strangers. This young soldier took with him the equipment that Christian Science gives the earnest student. Day by day he had been striving to "put on the whole armour of God," so that he might be ready to stand. He had been fortifying himself with practical spiritual understanding, and he faced the new life bravely.

One of his first contacts was with an older man who had been extremely rebellious that he had been obliged to leave his home, a good business, and all his other interests. This new life had embittered him. He was resentful to the point of desperation.

The younger soldier said very little at first, but there was a sturdy buoyancy and cheer about him that attracted the other man, who kept seeking his companionship. Little by little the younger man challenged his gloom by his own genuine good humor. There was a quiet strength and willingness to co-operate that amazed his friend. Finally, one day, after seeing him cheerfully surmount a disagreeable job that seemed to justify any amount of grumbling, the man said: "Look here, young fellow, you've got something I don't know anything about. Now, man to man, what is it?"

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