The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-03-09

liable matters as may have been props
erly brought TO our notice. We have
endeayored to be good citizens with
good people in a good country.
For upwards OF 20 years the care anc
treatment OF our sick and MANNED has
received our serious attention. II has
been matter OF grave anxiety. 20 US.
as well rs Of great difficulty. and an
expense that can only be appreciated by
rs who have dishursed the funds en-
trusted TO MS for so worthy and broth
erly an object.
We have had cause to be often CRATE
full TO many in this land who are not
allied to MS nv the kinship of national
birth. and especially to the Govern
ments of this country for their timely
and kindly assistance in the past.
In this connection now take the op-
portunity, on behalf of my associates
and fellow-officers Of the United Chi
nese Society. and in the name. also,
Of my fellow countrymen in the Ha
waiian Islands. of expressing to the
Hawaiian Government their gratitude
and great Indebtedness for the magnan-
imous and munificent gift of the land
upon which this building now stands
in its finished perfection. Without this
substantial aid we might have been
compelled TO wait some years longer
for our hospital.
We Chinese have tender and sympa-
thetic memories, and we shall ever
treasure in our families. and in our
hearts. this kindly and considerate ac-
ton of the Government of Hawaii. We
shall remember it not in idle words
alone. but in fruitful deeds and in faith
full truth as our own guiding principles
are implanted from our childhood in
our hearts.
As do not desire to detain you with
details. l will therefore briefly say that
this building has been erected by our
selves. and when the first suffering pa,
tent enters these doors it viii be ready
for his reception. and not only will all
the expenses for its construction and
furnishing have been paid. amounting
TO $4,000 but a small balance will re-
main on the right side TO the credit OF
the Hospital Maintenance Fund.
The management will be under the
control of trustees appointed by the
AlAACtA AAAlNNE oOLANANr " III wiz uoC
their best endeavors TO give satisfac-
ton to all friends and supporters of
this much needed institution.
SO far, we have raised this building
from our society's funds and from con-
tributions from our fellow countrymen
in these Islands We have arranged for
the past and present, and now we look
TO the future with hope and reliance.
Nv associates and myself feel assured
that in this country of kindly hearts.
repIete 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 resi-
dent here without urgent solicitation on
our part. We shall require some out
side assistance to make it as beneficial
as it should be.
We shall do our best, but there are
few but ourselves can even family esti-
mate the deep drafts made upon US for
the support of our poor and sick, and
in returning them TO their own land in
their deeripit old age The love of fam
| lily 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.
I, therefore, on behalf of the sick and
suffering who will soon be within these
walls, appeal to you and to all our
friends TO grant such aid to our Hos
Dital Maintenance Fund in such form
and amount as may suggest itself to
your dispositions donation, an an
nual. semi-annual or quarterly sub
seription, will be gratefully received
| by Mr. Wong Kwai. myself, or our
treasurer, and we shall always be
| pleased to have visitors call and in
spect 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 pres
ence here today. Your friendly faces
fill us with courage, hope and faith for
| the future of our first hospital for
Chinese, which l now, on behalf of the
United Chinese Society, declare to be
! from this moment open in the cause
of suffering humanity, whose pains
shall be alleviated and comforted by
patient attention and loving assistance
until health and strength shall gain
the victory over death and disease.
In the silence of your hearts, join
with me in wishing every blessing upon
this building and its future inmates,
and that those who conduct it and
watch over the sick and infifm may be
guided by wisdom, integrity and fidel-
ity in their beneficent and important
trust
Mr. Hee Chick Sin, editor of the Ha-
waiian Chinese News, read a piece of
poetry in Chinese, after which followed
a short address by Mr. Wong Kwai,
assistant Chinese Commercial Agent,
in his native language
With a few appropriate words and
expressions of hope that the work OF
the hospital would be well carried on,
Mr.. Goo Kim presented the keys of
the institution to Mr. Chu KEN. the
president, who responded in the fol-
lowing words:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of the Chinese Hospital So
eiety l bid you welcome We are as
sembled here today TO open the first
Chinese Hospital in the Hawaiian Isl
ands, something that has long been
needed; and We, as a society, take
great pleasure in showing you the sue
cessful results of our labors, and at
the same time we sincerely trust that
its advantages and usefulness may be-
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