Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-14
For the Gazette.
The City Hospital:

The City Hospital:
We understand active steps being taken to- y
wards the establishment of Hospital in this city
and from the press we learn that tho location Of {
the same will probably be on Orange street, and
the total cost OF $4,000. An institution OF this
kind has long been needed in our midst; and when
established the wonder will bo that we have 40 |
long delayed action in a matter which even now
is indispensable IN city of forty thousand inlab-
tants tor relieving the sutferngs and ministering
to the necessities Of the destitute.
As matter pertinent to this we wish 70 refer
to TRINITY HOSPITAL. Incorporated by the Leg.
islature OF the State it has charter broad enough
to include almost any every kind OF charity having
for its object tAe allevaton CT human suffering
and the satisfying OF human wants. Read section
OF the act OF Incorporation "And be it further er
acted. that the object Of the said corporation shal
be to receive donations and bequests of real and |
personal property. and to apply the same, or the |
income thereof acco,dtng to tie conditions pre-.
scyibed By tie donors, toward the following pur.
poses:
lst. The relief, shelter and maintenance of de. |
servingag ID ,indignent men and womsn. ID Tho
relief, shelter. maintenance. education and well
fare Of orphan, haf-orphan, and freindiess chill
dren. 81. The relief, shelter aud recovery of the
erring and the fallen. 4th. The relief shelter and
care OF the sick and the disabled. 9TH. The shelter
| education and training OF teachers. nurses and
servants 9th. The ministering Of Christian charity
and the consultations of the Gospel OF Jesus Christ
to all those who any ways afflicted Distress
cd in minsl, body or estate"
Surely the object OF Trinity Hospital is suffi-
| &l,, md fkor.
ing the recipient Of his eleemosynary gifts, can
hedge around their dispensation with his own
prescribed conditions.
Again, thought section 81 states "the religious
instructions, services and ministrations therein
to be in conformity with the doctrines. .sacraments,
| worship and usages of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. yet in the Bylaws it is provided that
"Private religious ministrations other than those
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church shall not be
refused to any inmate OF the Institutions Of this
: cooperation who MAJ conscentiousy desire the
same"
Trinity Hospital, though IN Episcopal institu-
ton is by mesf'- lexclusivo one. The inmates
may be OF either and OF any color and relig-
, ious creed Ii tho services Of private clergymen
are desired they are cheerfully obtained upon re-
quest. Tho question is thus addressed to U.S.
..would not this Corporation best supply what is
r sought to be obtained IN CITY HospITAL." In
answering this, we should consider first, to sue.
cessfuly faster and perpetuate institutions Of this
kind Christianity and its religious teachings are
!, indispensable, inasmuch as hospitals have grown
. up with and were unknown before the advent OF
A the Christian dispensatiOn. Second, tor the har
mon,ous management Of Hospital and the proper
. advancement OF the inmates, 1t is important thu
4 the religiou instructions should be controlled BY
n ONE CHRISTIAN Church, and IN conformity will
her usages and mode OF worship. Tho advantages
of this over religious instructions conducted b!
different denunciations conformity, or CONSTANT!
alternating with each other, are almost as great
those derived from having religious teaching IN tn
abstract, as compared with hospitals devoid 0
!. this invaluable auxiliary. That this statement i
!, true will we think be the testimony Of most ply
m sicians who have had experience III hospital prac
"a tice.
NJ Trinity Hospit Il has moreover claims upon thi
~ community, calling upon our citizens tor endow
II ment, and oequests thereto. To show that 1t ha
H. already accomplished some good, We refer to tn
establishment and thus lar successful operation d
the first and only Dspensary III the City; BY whic
as exhibited in the reports of the attending ply
sicians, see first annual Report OF the Board {
"a Managers OF Trinity Hospital it appears ths
is during the months OF June. July and August {
nj last Summer the number Of cases treated at tn
oil Dispensary respectively 4, 10. ID, % in al
ten of whom were colOred showing q marked II
crease each month; and tor the following Septeu
ber, October and November-to the 26th-tf
total number OF patients was 49, OF whom SIX We
colored an increase OF eleven over the numb
", treated during the preceding three months.
80. Viewing the facts above presented We repea
would not TRINITY HOSPITAL be worthy reci
lent OF the charitable donations OF our citizens
M should they not cooperate to establish this on tr
~ footing as CUy Hospital. 5.