Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-09
INTERESTING PUBLIC EXERCISES
An Address Prepared by the
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard
Read by the Rev. william p. Swartz, oil
Account of Mr.. Bayard Being In At
tendance Upon the Conegys Funerai--
The Building Presented and Accepted
by the Hospital Trustees.

L ne programme lCi t4AC SSS"s'SA hes
as follows
Prayer. The Rev. William i. Swartz
HYMN. ."IeruSacm the Golden
Memorial address, The Hon. 7. T. Bayard
Solo. ............M Mrs, William Il. SmalIey
Presentation of the building
Willard Hall Porter
Acceptance of the building
j. Parke Postlcs
Hymn.... ."Abide With Me"
Benediction,
The Rev. John Y. Dobbins, ID. d.
Ex-Secretary Bayard was unable to
be present and his address was read by
the Rev, William Z. Swart2. Mrs
Smaliey was prevented from being
present through severe cold.
The committee of arrangements was
Mrs. Job II, jackson, Mrs Willard Hall
Porter, Mrs. Edward Bringhurst, jr.,
Mrs. Henry L. Tatnall and Miss Mar
garetta Jack.
The address was as follows;
MIR. BAYARD's ADDRESS.
The honorable and pleasing duty has
been assigned to me by the Bush memorial
committee Of making the formal delivery
to the trustees of the Delaware Hospital,
of the completed building and its appur-
tenances which constitute surgical
ward and is q memorial TO DR.. Lewis l..
ON March 9th, lS02, in the S0th year of
his age.
The Bush memorial ward has had for its
originatiOn the desire to Illustrate prulOng
and to expand the quiet forces OF bcnGSu-
lenCe and beneiicence, which were charaC-
teristiC of the life of the gentle, wise and
good man whose name it bears, ana who
for so many years--a century lacking 20
years-camc aud Went among the people
of Wilmington, marking his pathway
with usefulness and considerate Kindness
TO all who came within the scope Of his
ministratiOnS.
The example Of his probity, lls I'M
tagging industry, his patience, his catholic
disinteresteduess and benevoeuCe, cannot
be more properly typiled than by the cree
ton of building which is to be a lasting
reminder of his worth and goodness, and
will be in fact but prolnngatiOn of his
life and its wholesome influences.
Only the actions of the just smell sweet
and blossom in the dust, ana this memoir
ial is redoent with the virtue of the good
physician whose name il bears, and whose
wishes it confirms. For il should be known
that it was in cUnsOnanCe with his cher
ished desire that surgical ward should be
added to the Delaware Hospital, that the
building has been crected-aud it may he
justly termed the unwurded legacy Of his
unwritten will.
The unwrtten law which caused this
building to arise, which urged its equip
ment and completion, until to-day ready
and fitted for immediate employment in
the service of suffering humanity il is
handed over to its proper Custudians, is
happily for the world, the most potential
factor in human affairs All uuperCeivcG
in its quiet operation IL uncouscnusly is
disclosed in the hearts of mankind whose
intercourse is never so happy, 80 free from
the stain of seltishness or strife, as when
brought together in the works of good
will to men,
This memorial was not the gift nor the
outgrowth Of a single hand or mind; it
was the result of widespread common
from the aiiluence Of any SINGLE and open
handed philanthrOpist that IL came, but
very many riyulets of love and esteem
found their quiet way TO the fund that
built ii.
That woman should have been the chief
minister in the work is NATURAL would
almost say, looking over the face of society
lis necessary; for To woman the functions
of mercy, charity and loving kindness
seem largely to be assigned i'll the Divine
order. But Goi lOyeth cheerful giyer.
and assuredly oil that has here been given
has been given gladly, rs a privilege to
each one that gave, and little children
have petitiunGd To be allowed to earn the
money in order to contribute their tive
mites into the treasury, so that nothing
could have been more ~ Keeping with the
career and life work of DR. iuHh than tina
the mothers, sisters and daughters, repre-
scnting four generations of the cOumunit,
in which he lived and lahuTel, shuuli
come together in loving remembrance, it
grateful emulation and erect this nemuria
TO him. 1t is his spirit which pCryalCs i
all. May we not say
Even from the grave tho voice 0C nature cries
Even in his ashes 1--we their wUntci tires:
am authorized to say that in the plai
and arrangement Of the building cure liza
been taken to consult the best know
models, and that from the hospital Of til
Johns Hopkins Institute. in Maryland
the features Of the building OH . seal
somewhat reduced have been taken.
The operating rOOm--the result Of tn
collections by the children Of the Alcnt
CIub-and It's supply Of instruments cam
titlinglY through til" Young and tendG
hands TO whom Dr. Bush was The gentl
and faithful visitor ard friend. It Is
blessed and comforting thought tha
thanks to Divine mercy the sulerngs ,
patients practically end, or are prompt
a!leviated when they are brought wjtni
these walls. For npY no Longer arc til
operations of sarEery performed n IL
cost OF dreadful agony which less than /
years age MA, often uIayuldAUiu.
by the American discovery Of auac
thCtlCs in lSii The whole aspect Of sIrgry
has been changed tho haste winch ",
needed 70 shorten suffering las gwen ptaI
10 painless aelu6Inttun anu Il cluscplucl
thOrUughncss OF cure, AtIhrst uesiu hi
come like a revelation and given 10 su
gerry an effectiveness that before was hi
possible so This UulItug viii lie as
Cated IN our minds rs place where pa
and suffering are to be nltIsutcA and Il
suageu and 20 winch the sufferers Of ii
race may ne borne without fear ot .pftu
and nervous apprehension.
This ward WI prove To- be the nucleus
greater hospital Il vii! De u s#nunl +
students Ia the noble ART uE cure atll u
thai experience which is the mutufrl
proficiency. BguevulrHgc viii here
educated good caluultaIS viii here re-
new lessons in the duty OF gUm, up,EAb.
ship, and gratitude viii not fail to ma
its return. Inc reputation and the lar
of the successful operations mere i,
formed, Of the eugcs here accomplish
will be- spread abroad and kindly sol
will know how they can be,tt prrlUr
beDeN ent works and Dclur-5 M.si n
in to and IL, sense ut SrtirGi8, 20 n
class NJ our iellaN mon WHo-e tgi,,.,st
eWruEments are uvGaeCigl With the
OF EGcAueIg lLuFcles by 7tc.ua.u4i d.!
motive power will grraUF Ir--ru =
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