New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

| TIE REV. DIS. 6. s. BAKER AND q. +. CLOVER
ancctionac regard. we'll source Of good and
kindly influences This feeling the anagement has aI
precatc1 and shared. and under lis influence for long
while again and postponed what Is about to be
done fact that the present buildings were old
cp oof unsuitcd to the improved service when
medical science and require AMI thot VIC
had for obtaining the needed for rebuild
ing except the sale Of the present site compelled the
conclusion last that the old site must be Sold and
another less expensive secured. Consequently In 1897
this Of foy.ave lots Mcrningside and Amsterdam
aves between One-hundre1 and thirteenth and Onehun-
fourteenth sts purchased and after It's cost
is taken proceeds Of the sale Of the thirtytwo
lots in the old site, expect the remainder To be
sufficient for the construction Of the four buildings now
about erected and addition Of several hundred
thou sand dollars to the endowment fund.
We have named the Administration Building with DR..
rcvecd and santy name In memory of him
that thosewho had the and liberaty
support and aid him BY their time and In what
seemed many IN It's Infancy visionary project
gotten or be forgotten the pavilion the East upon
Onehundred and hrteenhst is 10 be named after tho
president chosen from the board OF Mr..
Robert b. Minurn, foremost then among the merchants
Of the city; and the pavilion the west upon One.
hlrteenhst Is TO be named after that dearly
loved and noble Christian gentleman, Mr. Adam Norie.
treasurer Of the hospital for almost thirty years. and
until succeeded by his son, the present incumbent Of the
ONCE.
After IL had been trained nurses
necessity the best Of the patients, and that to
secure these for our home must be provided for
them adjacent the hospital We were without the means
for building such a home until Mr. William ii. Vanderbilt
in gave 100000 for the and with this
WAS built and great extent equipped, admirable
Fifty ourthst now occupied by the
well the pastor and superintendent and his family
his superb gift In tine Of great need and the bene.
nccient results II has produced, surely ~ be
memoraed and, therefore, the Nurses Home, DO
built on Onehundred and. thrteenthst. is to be the
memorial Of Nj. Vanderbilt.
But there are benefits to be forgotten left
without commemoraon. There In the present hospital
100 beds endowed In pcrpetuity and although day by
day In every year the memory Of their donors is revived
and blessed the and comfort OF their occupants
OF who gave these beds. and OF all who
shall hereafter endow such beds are to be set in tablets
OF upon the walls OF the new chapel for record OF
their charity and testify our corporate obligation that
the fund which gifts have created shall be forever
set apart and intact 40 an endowment oil the pur
poses for which IL Is given.
1t f. IN oya atty nearest neiehbor that / ask
to he allowed to relute here assertion lately made
the effect the authorities Of the Cathedral would
discourage endowing developing charitable institu
OF the Church until the Cathedral OF John
Dis1ne had obtained all the money required for it,
own construction Nothing ! am sure Is wider Of
the mark for these Institutions and the charities they
represent arc necdful fostering interests of
Cathedral the Cathedral is Tor TRACKING and
stimulating the people to give FOL oharitys sake and
uses. The Cathedral the hospital for the ex.
Lukes looks 10 Cathedral for inspiration and dire.
ton OF the souls q H. patients. and for
reallaton OF it, dual motto CORPUS Sanare-Anlna
sa,are"to soye the soul a. wei a. cure the body.
The fact that Luke's and Columbia and the College
Teachers sought their new homes upon these
heights beneath Cathedral sDre IL token In Itself OF
aud unity u purpose between such and
kindred Institutions. and that each, with ana beside the
other iul It's eoorats purposes Isolated
and apart Tha, the people have felt hi, want aud ho
for such been manifested b. ieI awakened am
helpful interest IN these institutions since their jos..
has been decided upon and the prcss of Newyoik
discerning the outset the manifold advantages TO the
community from region set apart adorned aud utilized
s this will be- for moral mental and physical bcttcrmcnt
has uniformly by its ed torials and in its columns
given project hearty ana Intelligent support
And now. Hight Reverend Sir, DishoD Of this great
diocese Of NewYork. Is most psura and propsr St
Lukes Hospital. Offspring of the church, nurtured and
fostered throughout her existence BY ofcers and mem.
bers OF me Church. earnestly desires that her new ounda
pens here 70 b LAD shsu n ~ H!a ~ blessing and