Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-15

DOORS The college,is brought to the thou
sands. Unnumbered patients. extremely
Ill. penniless, friendless, cannot enjoy the
sweet comfort OF the hospital care. The
luxuries of the hospital are carried by con-
secrated hands to the once friepdless, but
new favored patient. The genius of Chris
beside the suffering one. wherever that one
may be. Some one has forcefaty played
upon the word presrh. Strike of the let
ter 'p.' and seaehes remains. Strike Off
the letter r.. each Is now the word There.
We have it. phe &hSle -mission..of Chris
NarsiSe Is among t1 nssa sa So is
one Of the. effective methods of reaching.
Ii is the extension Of the healing king
DOM After this fashion there Isl sweetened
for many The Gun of sofr2w. !. So
MANY advantages are gained by this
feature. Besides the physical ~tsedsa min
isteredL UNTO, open doors are discovered
by the workers, through which doors the
church may come with her rich treasures
in childhood training. the culture OF home
making. domestic felicities. educational ma
bestowments and the larger ministries I'M
mediately to the spiritual life. - -
1T furnishes a practical object lesson to
the unholy thrusts and blighting work OF
infidelity. Wherever Christianity has gone
her interest for the crippled anu distressed
and sick has been pronounced
IT stand ready for that which reveals
the heart of Jesus and pours out Its SYM
pathy and love upon and for those who
need His friendship. The deaconesses in the
/ Methodist Episcopal Church are doing ex-
cellent work along these liz es. The Sibley
Hospital of our own city has some OF It's
staff engaged IN tais special work: l am
hopeful that vthe,service may broaden and
that the response from the whole city TOT
its successful accomplishment may be
prompt and generous"
- In the Right Direction.
DR.. T. Chalmers Easton, pastor Of the
Eastern Presbyterian Church. said:
1.-The contemplated movement of provid-
ing trained nurses to the poor or our city
is certainly one in the right direction.
The nearer our modern Christianity can
come to its primitive type in Its spirit OF
philanthropy. the better. Whether the Inn
preston be JUST or not, we must CONFRONT
the fact that the poor in many OF our great
metropolitan centers do regard the church
as unsympathetfe with them in their sur
fering. If the pfdAT proposed rs carried out
it will tend to bridge over andin meas
ure fill up the chasm between the non
church going elaSses and the church. 1t
| is practicable and will in due time become
popular. Il TX
like nearly all philanthropies.: and Chris
/ tian reforms, must be fostered and main
tanned by our well-to-do citizens and mer-
chants. and be utterly freesfrom all secta-
rlan Or partisan influences. It will only
be in extreme cases of poverty where 1t
can strictly be regarded as a charity. for
with most of the respectable and indus
trious poor there will no doubt be de-
sire to pay what they can for the ser
vices of q trained nurse .,g
I'm sanitary point of view 1t will tend
to- decrease our rate of mortality and
who. II sickness nov enters their home,
can only despair Of saving thetr loved ones.
The course Of study proposed Is an excel
lent one. and. aqii curriculum UNI must Ger. Ger
ministry. The sstkesne has my hearty God
speed" Sc Is .-!s
CycltN4saf Henolulu-
In answertodusineuiry, from New York
house. Consul GAGasrai Haywood OF Homo
lulu says: 'es v1o5 5-i
"rhe roads 81# Honolulu. where all
the wheeling is1Aaee. are very good. The
climatic conditi1n&hre favorable to wheel
ing It Is not eS5Ssarm here.as it is in the
summer in thu. Ta1sSed States. The same
picyc1s al the tine
only one sold RhAae. It is estimated that
1 800 bicycles .sNesIewned here. the popula-
tien Of possible rFeB being placed at 5000.
Ine da.y , on ssaSsfes Is ~ PEI cent az Inc
$sJ to 500 for staBagd high-grade wheels"
osss. My Here.
Captain iaifWim L. Merry Of San Fran
cisco. who was. recently Appreciated minister
to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, is
in the city because of REPRESENTATIONS
made to this government by the Central
American states Capt Merry never en-
tered upon the duties Of his Office. He says
he IL hero in response TO dispatch from
the Secretary OF StAte, although he Ia In
the dark as to the next step to be taken
by the administration. u.
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Mast Besgettaea in- Cash.
Secretary Gage has issued q circular let
ter din Getting that hereafter all claims for