The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

in the scriptures do we read of any
account of the life and experience and
work of Christ up to the time he be-
gan his ministry except that at the
! age of IL years he was taught by and
| taught the doctors and wise men in
/ the temple. We only know that he
| lived under the care Of his supposed
| father and blessed Their in Nazareth.
During all the first 80 years of His
| life His acts and life are yelled from
| the understanding of the countless
! millions who have worshipped Him
| for twenty centuries. Yet the solution
and natural. He must have spent this
long span of time in preparation for
| His work
| IT never heard of a service in all
my experience so severe as the train
| ing for professional nurse. The
| three years of preparation are served
without penny of salary. The work
is most difficult and beset with trials.
| submission to the manager of the hos
pital, to the physicians and to the
head of the training school. Besides
all these the nurse is subject to the
| whims, the peculiarities and the
| 'quirks' of her patients. She must not
only work all through the day inside
| the walls of suffering while the buds
| are bursting outside and the birds are
| calling, but she must often go on duty
| for eighteen hours at stretch, con-
| tinuing her toll through the night
| when all others are asleep. She must
undergo long and severe preparation
| for her work, even as the Master did.
| 1 do not mean to imply that all her
| hours were spent at hard work and
were gloomy and set in background
| of human suffering. She had her sea-
| sons of recreation and gladness during
| her service. They were necessary.
THE profession of a trained nurse
| is one of the most honorable a woman
can fill in this life. If were to classify
the professions or rather the vacations
of. life in. the order of their greatness
and benefits to mankind, should place
| first that of minister of God and Sec
| ond that of a physician. The members
| of the medical profession do more for
charity than any other class of men
except preachers. There are not a
| half dozen doctors in the state of Kan
sas that would refuse to get up in the
| middle of the night in the worst of
weather and go any distance to visit
they knew beforehand that the suffer
| er was too poor to pay. God bless the
| doctors, say.
Third in the list above referred to
| would rank the professional nurse.
l know you are all, after your long,
hard apprenticeship for nothing look
| ing forward to salaries for $40 and
$25 per week. You will get them, too,
and deserve them. But remember
there are the poor people who will
/
not pay for them. Go out into the
| world as Gods servants and do His
| work and He will repay you a thou
sand fold for the work you do for His
poor. Be true to your noble profess
sion. Be professional nurse not only
| to those who pay, but to those who
| need and can not always pay. Re-
member that at Christ's hospital,
| where you learned your profession, all
patients had to pay IL they had the
money, but that no one, no matter
| fused service If they were needy and
deserving. OF the last $4,000 days of
service for patients at Christ's hos
pital, 5000 of them were for charity.
| ST hope that you will not only re-
spond to calls for your services near
home and friends here in Topeka and
| Kansas, but go out into the world to
whatever place there is a work to do
and you are needed. Only today I
| the Philippines that he needed at
once two good nurses for the hospital
| in Manila. I should be glad and
proud If one of our nurses would re-
spond to this call which is made in
the name of humanity.
| BE true to the physician in charge
of the case you are attending. He is
| the master, whatever your skill or
knowledge OF medicine and surgery,
you should mind him at all times and
carry out his directions implicitly. Be
true to your patient. The body you
care for has been styled the temple
| of the Holy Ghost Be true to your
self Remember that your profession
is a responsible and respectable one;
that you hold one of the high posi-
lions in the world