The age-herald., 1900-12-01

man, woman and child in this community and in saying this l am sure that l but share the sentiments of all. St. Vincents Hospital is yours, it is mine, and it will ever command the affeodonate regard and care of good people,"
 pr. E. p. Riggs Speech.
 Judge Wilkerson introduced Dr. F. P. Riggs as "one of the strongest. best, truest and most loyable representatives of the noble profession of medicine" and great en- thusidsm greeted Dr. Riggs. Proceeding Dr. Riggs sid:
 I was sick and ye visited me
 'These are words of inspiration left as legacy to suffering humanity by tine Di- vine Healer of Galilee. Words which have stimulated the infinite possibilities and mo- bier attributes which lay folded within the intellect of man and in the heart of woman.
 Tt has been said that science and sent;- ment could have nothing in common; that science must be cold because of it's pre- clsion, because of its memorable adherence to law.
 But who can contemplate the magnifi- cent achievements of science without full realization of the fact that the passionate expression never absent from the face of science is sympathy; the tender expression never absent from the face of medical sci ence is duty. The one condition vigorously imposed upon her followers is that the re- fined enjoyments must be paid for in toil In thought, in spffering. It is not for them to taste the sweets of benevolence without the offering of self-sacrifice. For them to reap in joy they must sowin tears. As the threa tening malady of a fond child is borne by the loving hearts of devoted pa rents, so is the affliction, the suffering, the grief of trusting ones borne by the heart of the true physician.
 hears their sickness. Then 1t may be affirmed that to sympathiZe with suffering, and not 10 the hope of a golden fee, is the world iE- debted for the store of knowledge which Is the heritage of modern medicine.
 But while there are voices of anguish on every breeze and sobs that choke the utterance of the chant to which the pur- poses of God for man set; while there are Shadows in the foreground of the pie tupe of humanity's history, we may re- fleet with pride and thankfulness that as the point of view has become enlarged, Divine pity predominates, and the inter- rupted sounds become broken syllables in the point of love, and the shadow of the picture close with golden distances of sun set hills, whose atmosphere is perfect wis dom.
 tThe history of hospitals date back to the monasteries of the old world. From that crude and imperfect beginning we trace it's evolution, until it eliminates in this grand structure and a monument to the deeds of duty, self denial and love, for which this noble order of women are re- nowned.
 When we witness these angels of mer- cy lowering over the trembling spirit of distress, we may understand in some meas ure, how it is that pain and sickness are but needles of agony drawing the edges of the wound of creation together by the suture of brotherly love.
 Let me conclude by expressing the con- Viction that this Thanksgiving presenta- ton on the part of the Sisters of Charity to the people of Jefferson County will sur pass in the beneicence of it's results the sanguine expectation of it's most assiduous advncat teS n