The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
DT. Lyons
 pERe1cT 'Toeih Powder
n ELE9AlT ToILfT.LUxuay.

VW0Ou An ELEoAuT 1oILET.Lux ,pssd by people of ssfinsmsnt }@ over . Quaytsx of.a century cusses charity. He tells whas 1t is. and what 1t is not In most grRphic fashioni and ip conclusion emphasfsek the beauty of the Christian graess-taish. hope ana charity. < ~..The modeen pubHc hospital is the Ideal exUr sssaon of practical chartty. and 1t s surps sfatng that. none of tho vest fortunes nfl o,ss country have not been expendeo ia. thsse ,,rAat public bepefActions. The IxSes tventS years hGve wftnessed the amaSefng cf cp;qsaal fottunes in thia country. which iS. numbsr and amount lave hitherto been pSkncwn In any aee of any country. Thee6 Uuitl- miiiionaires ;bavs buift and endowed eSeaf institueien0 of isesasas .ii over our country. a,.. ana E, |. bs cries, but 60 far as cQn q prescott recall, no one. wtthin the tims mentioneG has> ,bsailt and endowsd oresE charity hoepitiE Many of them hayS grown rSch ofR of the labor of the pcor, and they feel lively tntereee in 1t as factor In great economic prob .lems, but whsn the laborer has been overtaaren- by disease and has dropped the tool, neither thought. nor the bencvo- fence of the great proprietor ofttmes ex- tends to hipn any longer. Our great fortunes may hays tho virtue of patstol- ism: but. as . ruiG they are sfraneer te the grace of charity
 "Cities and churchsa, ana especiauy your church, Rirht ReversHd sir. has ben a great buifdar Of hospitals. It has extended it's protecting hand. not only to the sick and the wounded. but aIso.
 through its founding hospitals, to the
 infant on che threshoId of fife, and through its Maedeifn hospitals. to women
 who has listened and yielded to tempta-
 tion Although seciety. and especially
 Christian socisty. In most unchrtssian
 fashion. has turned the tack of tts hand
 upon her and has closed the door Of reformation against her. youf people have extended q helping hand. have sheltered her .and have opened way ct
 escape from . fife of degredafaon ana
 shame.
 ..In all this work the fraii hand of
 
 church. Her daughters have met every
 responsibility and faced every danger en-
 countered in their work. with such devo-
 ton and courage az have challenged the
 Admiration of the world. Rendered unsei- Ash by poverty. protected by the shield of chastity. and made amiable to disci- pline by a spirit of obedience. these 6ts- ters constitute the finest organization for the work entrusted to them that the in' genuity of man has ever devised.
 And now may we not induge the hope that upon the corner stone which IS presently to be isid in the shadow of the frees of this beautiful grove. may be bullded and speedily completed an edihce which will be an ornament to the city. 2 hospital which will be a memorial. oi charity. and e benefaction to every class ana condition Of our entire people" Mr E !. Meyer was the next speaker Yn introducinx him Mir. Coleman said hf haxarded nothing in saying that the Hebrews were the most charitable of all people and that In selecting MT, Meyer to make an address the committee nag chosen one who had served the people o' Montgomery faithfully and we'll as public ofhctal.
 MR. MEYER's TRIBUTE
 TO SISTERS OF CHARITY. The appearance of Mir. Meyer was the signal for applause. He spoke about nve minutes.
 ..Right Reverend Bishop Allen. Rever:: end Fathers, Mir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen" said Mr. Meyer. Our beau tifui city x to De consrstuiated that sarnpr npr stone of St. Margaret's Hospital Is being laid. Upon this corner stone a structure will be erected dedicated to deeds Of mer- sy y.No No more @ Appropriate site couil have been selected for thjs edifice. Situated on one of the highest hills of our beloved city, 1t will stand as mighty fortress
 against the attacks or sicxness ex anu v,aa uas dens the eye of the storm-tossed mariner, and brinsa him the joy of a peaceful harbor after tempestuous voYage. so will this hospital stand as beacon; ana ing windows will offer to suffering hu- manity a safe haven of health and hap piness
 more than the care of the sick. Its er- rand of mercy will teach mercy. and our people will be the better for It's coming. Any institution that tends to refine, IS g
 blessing to % community rs anc ns inc none sentIe % Sisters of Charity will be an influence Of
 Dead Is he. indeed. to all sense of hon or ana setI-LespeCt WhU uoes Hos hoAoS his hat in saiutation when one of these noble women passes on her round of duty. His Emineilce. Cardinal Gibbons. in his masterly address before the Pariiament of ReIixions in Chicago in 1883, related that he accompanied eight of these self sacrificing sisters to the fever-strick city of New Orleans to aid their sisters already there in their fight against the dread yellow scourge. None knows bet ter than those in the sound of my voice what such courage meant. With no ar mor but their trust In God and no weap- ons but their love of humanity. and their skill in the gentle art of nursing. they took up the work of battling With the unseen terror. Think, my friepds. of the that noble band of women. Many fever racked brain was cooled by. feeling ths soft hand which the gentle nurse placed upon the patients brow. Many rose from their fever-tossed beds, soothed back tt health by the tenderness of Sister oi
 Charity. Many a prayer went up IT from those who felt they owed theiI lives to Him. who had sent these eight angels of mercy a thousand miles on ar errand of love.
 Of this noble band, only two survived the dread encounter with the awful dis ease in the abodes of want and misery of them to join Ills heavenly band. and
 through the pearly gates they winged their fiigtt to the great white throne tc receive the reward of lives devoted tc goodness and to truth.
 Modern Hospital Refuge. 'It is only in recent years that one has learned not to dread hospital but tc love 1t for the good it does. Hardly a century ago, an entrance to an hospital aIt 10.