The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-05

the Hawaiian Government their
gratitude and great Indebtedness
for the magnanimous and muniicent
gift of the land upon which this
building now stands in its flushed
perfection. Without this substan
tial aid we might have been COM
PEELED to wait some years longer for
our hospital.
We Chinese have tender and sym
pathetic memories, and we shall ever
treasure in our families, and in our
hearts, this kindly and considerate
action OF the Government OF Hawaii.
We shall remember it not in idle
words alone, but in fruitful deeds
and in faithful truth as our own
guiding principles are implanted
from our childhood in our hearts.
AS do not desire to detain you
with details, | will therefore briefly
say that this building has been
erected by ourselves, and when the
e rst suffering patient enters these
doors it will be ready for his re-
ception, and not only will all the
expenses for its construction and
furnishing have been paid, amount
ing to $4,000. but a small balance
will remain on the right side to the
credit of the Hospital Maintenance
Fund.
The management will be under
the control Of trustees appointed by
the United Chinese Society, who
will use their best endeavors to give
satisfaction to all friends and sup
porters Of this much needed institu-
ton.
SO far, we have raised this build
ing from our society's funds and
from contributions from our fellow
countrymen in these islands. We
have arranged for the past and pre-
sent, and now we look to the future
with hope and reliance. My asso-
ciates and myself feel assured that
in this country of kindly hearts, re-
plete as it is with wealth, prosperity
and true charity, the necessary aid
to maintain this hospital for the
benefit of our poor and needy
sick will be forthcoming from
all nationalities resident here
without urgent solicitation on our
part. We shall require some out
side assistance to make it as benef-
cial as it should be.
We shall do our best, but there
are few but ourselves can even faint
ly estimate the deep drafts made
upon us for the support Of our poor
and sick, and in returning them to
their own land in their decrepit old
age. The love of family and kin
lies deep in our hearts, and our
hands must ever be generous, but
we-as you are also taught in
your Good Book-must not let the
left hand know what the right hand
does
/, therefore, on behalf OF the sick
and suffering who will soon be with
in these walls, appeal to you and to
all our friends to grant such aid to
our Hospital Maintenance Fund in
such form and amount as may sug'
gest itself to your dispositions. A
donation, an annual, semi-annual OF
quarterly subscription, will be CRATE
fully received by Mr.. Wong Kwai,
myself, or our treasurer, and we
shall always be pleased to have
visitors call and inspect our hospital
and take an interest in its afflicted
and unfortunate inmates.
And now, dear friends, let me
thank you, one and all, for your
, kind presence here to-day. YOU
: friendly faces fill us with courage
hope and faith for the future OF oul
first hospital for Chinese, which
now, on behalf OF the United Chinese
Society, declare to be from this mo
ment open in the cause OF suffering
: humanity, whose pains shall be al
leviated and comforted by patien
attention and loving assistance unit
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