The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-02
AID FOR L SICK
Strong Appeals for Support
to Christ Hospital on
Pallsade Avenue.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF CELEBRATION
Ministers of All Denominations
Praise the Work Done-Re-
port of the Medical Staff,

founding of Christ Hospital were held il
that institution yesterday afternoon. The
programme of the morning exercises, witt
which the celebration began, was pub
lished in yesterdays News The after
noon session was to have begun at two
o'clock and at that hour about two hun
dred persons, mostly women, were crowd
ed into~the small corridor just inside tht
main entrance.
Conspicuous in the throng were Arch
deacon w. R. Jenvey of st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, Hoboken; Rev~-George S
Bennitt, DID. of Grace Episcopal Church
Jersey City; Rev ID. f. Warren, DID, 81
Mary Episcopal Church, Hoboken ave
nue.; Rev. William p. Brush, ST. Paufs
Episcopal Church, Duncan avenue; Rev
James Cameron, of the Church OF the As
cension. New York avenue; Rev. Mrs
Morgan, of the Park Reformed; Rev Rob-
Rev. Mr.. Cronin, Of the Second Pregbyter-
ian Church of Jersey City; Gordon *.
Dickinson, Md: Ulamor Allen, AD. Cal.
yin F. Kite. M.pa Mr.. NIXON OF North
perlntendent Miss Katherine Johnston anc
ladies of the Abercrombie and ST My
Guild attached to the hospital. ihose
connected in an official capacity with thf
institution and the neatly costumec
trained nurses wore large red badges let
tered with silver.
Al the IHdln entrance Was d SESptdSi
for silver offerings presided over by
Nurses Emily McCYeary and Ella joint
son, while on the stairway leading to the
second floor was another in charge OF
Nurse Mrs. Nellie Mclean. The visitors
were exceptionally generous and consid-
cradle money was donated through TINS
source.
The time until the commencement of the
exercises was whiled away by a general
inspection of the well managed institn-
ton. Even the suffering inmates in their
cleanly cots seemed to become inbued
with the spirit of the festal. occasion.
George S Bennitt, President of the
council of the hospital, called the assem-
blage to order by ringing a small silver
bell.
Dr.. Bennitt said:-"I am glad to wei,
come you to this institution, where we
strive to care for the bodies as well as
the couls of the afflicted" He then told
of the morning exercises. and VIA had
been done then, after which he chap
lain, Rev. Daniel F. Warren, L. D., Of
fered prayer.
DIR. Benniit then read the twenty-fourth
annual report of the hospital, the sub
stance of which appeared in yesterdays
News"
Secretary John G. Crawford. who is the
oldest member of the council of the hos
pital in point of service having been g
member continuously since it was frs
organized a quarter of a century ago
then told of the work performed by the
different officials during his term of ser
vice and paid a glowing tribute to the
worth of the present council. physicians
and others connected with the hospital
He said that they had been especially
fortunate in the matter of sHperintend-
ents, but had never had n superior to
the present one. Miss Katherine John
ston. He told of the able and efficacious
work of DR.. Bennitt during his clever
and referred to the fact that it was
largely through the personal efforts OF
that clergyman that the present building
was erected. BY his direction and
possible" said the speaker, and If DR.
Abercrombie was here today he would be
the first to honor his worthy successor
He urged his hearers to aid in every way
possible the enlargement of the work OF
the hospital by raising money for the
erection of the proposed south wing.
a brief address, in which he also pleaded
for contributions for an enlargement OF
the institutions. He showed how much
more work could be done by increased ia
Increase in income had been only Is pei
cent. the increase in patients cared Tor
had been 70 per cent.
Rev. Mr.. Bennitt, in reply, said:-"While
this work nae its inception among Episco-
palians, it is not carried on for the bene-
fit of E-piScopalianS. We are only respon-
sible for its management and expenses.
So long as we have a vacant bed we vel
come all rellR1OnS ana ndIlOIdllllHS. w IlllS
services in the chapel are conducted by
an Episcopalian clergyman, those of other
denominations are welcome to come and
conduct any service they desire in the
wards nr private rooms of the hospital
Rev. Mr.. Morgan, of the Park Reformed
Church, ia believe that the healing
of the sick is a practical way of preaching
the Gospel. Things that are done here TO-
day would be called miracles in ancient
times. Heathens, agnostics, infdels, OF
men of loose religious views never do this
which you are doing; it remains for the
Church of Christ to do this glorious work
of healing the sick. / believe that every
Christian and every church should be in
terested in this work of Christ Hospital
he concluded.
Chaplain Rev. d. r. Warren, DID, said:
Tn this institution we reach the soul
through caring for the body. When the
sainted founders of this institution first
erected it this was the idea they had in
mind.,' He referred to the high standing
which the hospital held among similar
Institutions.
Rev. Robert M. Aylesworth said he was
comparatively a stranger to all except a
few of the medical staff. He praised the
work of the hospital and hoped that its
sphere OF usefulness would be enlarged.
He told several amusing anecdotes in a
very interesting manner. and was liber-
ally ~applauded when he concluded.
DR.. G.. K. Dickinson was called for but
surrendered to DR.. Ulamor Allen. to rep
resent the medical staff OF the hospital.
DR.. Allen, in an interesting address, told
Of the work performed in the medical
and surgical branch of the service.
1.-THE management is in the hands of the
Episcopal Church., and it is a credit to
that church that it has such an institu-
tion,s said the doctor. Our medical staff
represents SO many different religious be-
liefs as we have physicians" remarked
President Bennitt-
Rev. H. A. Cronin complimented the
management on its excellent showing. and
described the hospital as a blessed instf-
tuition. IF there IS any work in all our
city which deserves support it is Christ
Hospital. Anything within my power or
the power of my church for the better
ment of the institution ! pledge will be
done. ] believe in its good work. con-
cluded the clergyman.
Rev. William P. Brush. one of the coun-
Gil. delivered a brief address on the work
of that body.
The exercises concluded with DR.. Ben
nit referring to the work done towards
establishing the hospital by Drs. Aber-
crombie and Putnam, two deceased mem
bers of the council, and ended by reading
the Episcopal collect for All Saints Day.
At the conclusion of the exercises re-
freshments were served in st. Luke's
House, which is at the rear Of the hos
pital.