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| Boxes ready for the boys at the front: the office of the United States Christian commission in Washington. Though not so well known as the Sanitary Commission, the United States Christian Commission did an immense amount of valuable work during the Civil War, and appealed to those who preferred to make their contributions carry with them a positive expression of their faith. Though this organization did much relief work similar to that done by the Sanitary Commission, a large portion of its energies was directed toward improving the mental and moral welfare of the soldiers as well as their physical. Many thousand its energies was directed toward improving the mental and moral welfare of the soldiers as well as their physical. Many thousands copies of Bibles and Testaments were distributed. Millions of tracts were sent out under its auspices. At every prominent camp reading-rooms were established, in which a point was made to secure papers published in all the States represented by the soldiers. |
