Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-19
PLEAS FOR HOSPITAL FUND
Appeals for Aid Are Made in All Local
Methodist Churches,
CLERGY AND LkITY JOIN IN THE MOVE
Hundred and sixty Thousand Dollars
Must soon He Completed 60
Insure Generous GIFT of
DIR. Jonas.

The Methodist churches Of Omaha gave
over the services Sunday to work In the
interests of the new hospital fund, the
campaign for which. with a goal of fl6o,oD'
is now In full swing In the morning the
pastors and persons connected with the
hospital did most of the talking and In the
evening the matter was discussed from
layman's standpoint.
Subscriptions were asked and received at
some OF the churches and other voluntary
contributions In substantial sums were
made At the Trinity church, where no
formal collection was taken. $500 was vol
unfairly offered and IL is expected that
500 more will be forthcoming from this
congregation. At the North Twenty-fourth
street church Ssllo was received; Seward
Street church. $40 with expectations Of
$500 more: South Tenth Street church. M30.
with possibility OF $3.50 additional; First
church. $500. and $500 expected First
church. South Omaha, $3.50 offered and $3.50
coming: McCabe Street church. $50 coll
lected. 800 more expected, and IIanscom
Park church. 81, 800 offered, with 5000 to
come. This makes a total of about 5000
raised yesterday and places the estimate
OF the amount 10 be expected from this
source at 5000 additional
The Seward street church has taken up
the work Of soliciting by dividing the par
ish into districts. each in the hands OF
competent head. For the work at large
the idea of having buttons made for those
interested to wear has been carried out.
and now notices worn on the lapel. read
ing. TITS Up TO You" are not infrequentiy
met on the street.
Cbrist's Mission on Earth.
One OF the most interesting talks was
ATNIo aaunlt In In
tendent of the hospital and Deaconesses
home. in the morning at the Hsnscom Park
church. Mrs. Mclaughlin gave simple
and graphic account OF the career OF the
Omaha hospital and the privations and
hardships endured by those having the
work in hand. She said;
Christ came to earth for three great
purposes-to preach. to teach and to help
the sick and suffering. To he a genuine
Christian a person must be Interested
actively In all three of these things. The
salvation OF souls is of the first Importance,
but not always first in order. Christ
showed very plainly His consideration for
the sick and hungry and emphasized His
esteem of these Offices, and the same rules
that applied then are in force today.
Methodists always have done great work
in the saving of souls and in charitable
enterprises but they. and I'm fact the whole
Protestant denomination has been asleep
in the matter of caring for the sick and
helpless.
The Good Samaritan stands out as a
great example. We are hidden to go and
do likewise and we should try to fulfill
the command.
I'VE can scarcely realize that eighteen
years ago there were only two Methodist
hospitals in the entire United States Our
church had almost wholly neglected one
of the great purposes for which Christ
came. Now we have twenty hospitals
throughout the country and yet these
should be and l trust they are only a be-
ginning.
Hospital Here Fifteen Years.
In Omaha Methodists have had hos
pital for nearly fifteen years It is only
within the last few months that we have
let the public know anything of what we
have Misunderstanding OF the privations
and struggles, that, had we known them in
advance, We never would have been able
to face. Three nurses, of which was one
came from Chicago to start the work
The others broke down because they did
not have enough to eat and from overwork
1 was stronger than they and did not break
down, too. We were ashamed to let the
trustees know that We were giving very
nearly everything 10 our patients.
Our rented building has become a shack
BY using the aisles and corridors we have
made room for forty-two beds. They are
always filled and applicants are waiting
Tor admission. Sometimes people wait -four
months to get in. In one year eight persons
died while waiting. or late years the pub.
lie has come to the rescue and the nurses
are now enabled TO live in fairly salts
factory manner. But they have gone with.
out many meals In order to save a quartz,
here and quarter there. They still have
many burdens to bear OF which most peo.
pic know nothing about and concerning
which have not the courage to go into
details.
seeing il knowing.
To understand the real conditions one
must come to the hospital and investigate
it for himself. We are able to take good