The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-29

such as this, I believe, deserves to rank
the highest.
The giving of aims is n small matter,
often INVOLVING little Inconvenience to the
giVer, aud is sometimes prompted as much
7 by carelessness. as the desire to do good.
But @ hospital represents not only a sac
riice of lime and money, but the broad love
and sympathy which knows no race or
creed. no class or condition, when there is
suffering to be relieved.
II take this opportunity to congratulate
those who have been associated In the up
building of this institution that their efforts
have been crowned with such success. i
thank them on behalf of the city of New
ark for their unselfish expenditure OF money
and effort to the end that the municipality
may have another place open to all who
are cast down by reason of disease or in
jury. At the same time, l congratulate the
city that another has been added TO the list
of hospitals which have done such noble
work in the past.
while there is scarcely a community Of
reasonable size i'll the world that does not
need hospital facilities, the necessity for
them Is peculiarly felt in this city Of ours.
Newark has thousands OF workshops and
7 factories where whirling machinery may
catch an operator and crush or rend him:
her streets are filled with swiftly moving
trolley cars and heavy wagons; building
operations go on apace; her river bears al
eVer-inereasing burden of commences; her
railroads carry to and fro the products of
the continent.
".All these circumstances Increase in great
ratio the chances of the ordinary forms Of
accidents, and when there is added to hem
that congestion of humanity which seems
inevitable in the Development of cities and
which invites and Increases the attacks
of disease. it can be readily seen mat
adequate hospital facilities are of first i'm
portance to he community
nc provide these facilities would be
perhaps beyond the power Of the city
acting in its political or governmental ca
pacity. An excellent institution owned
and managed by the city has its proper
were multiplied a number Of times il
would still fall short of furnishing all
that could be desired in and of such in
Without the friendly rivalry for the
best, set on foot and stimulated by the
hospitals managed by individual socie-
ties or religious organizations, l believe
purely municipal hospitals would speedily
drift into a groove of routine. Competi-
ton may be the real life Of hospitals,
though certain business combinations are
trying 10 convince us that It is not the life
Of trade, as we formerly believed.
= leneat 10 You ny. thanks and con-
mlselfish efforts should nave reached such
a desirable end. Your past record in a
building insufficient in size and incapable
of proper furnishing proves that your flu
ture will be full of great usefulness to the
community.
Il believe that l am warranted In ex-
tending congratulations also on behalf of
the organizations managing the other hos
ritals of the city and in assuring you that
In the competition such as | nave de-
scrihed, and into which you now enter
fully equipped, there Will be nothing Of
malice but much of the spirit OF friendly
cooperation in the interest Of suffering
humanity"
Following the Mayor, the Rev. julius
Silberfeld was presented.
In ais speech. the Rev. Julius Silberfeld
said:
This day marks an epoch-making event
liz the history of the Jews of Newark. it
places our Jewish community on a level
with every other Jewish community in tho
world. For while we have had our syna-
g CUES, our orphan asylum, our charities
and other organizations. we had no hospital
10 speak of, and a Jewish community With
out a Jewish hospital Is incomplete. And
therefore we may rightly say that the ded!-
cation of this splendid temple OF mercy
confers upon us the escutcheon of nobility,
TO be called a really Jewish community,
and again emphasizes the Truth Of our lain,
we are the merciful, sons of the mer-
ciful.'
But this dedication illustrates not only
the. spirit of charity, but the spirit OF the
Charity is superior to all sacrifice But
the practise of mercy stands above charity.
since charity can only be given to the poor,
while mercy can be bestowed upon the rich
as well as upon the poor
III there is inequality in this world, IL
there are those who revel in luxuries and
there is one realm in which all men are
equal, in which there is no distinction be-
tween class and ella sand that is the realm
of sickness, the realm of physical suffering.
Disease has no respect for money. nor
does 1t spare poverty. With its dreadful
fangs IL clutches rich and poor alike. And
the practise of mercy. the heal
ing Of the sick, the relieving OF pain. en-
braces all humanity and brings us nearer
and nearer to the throne of God, whose
highest attribute is a God Of mercy and
Looking around us everywhere and see
ing the suffering and pain to which hu-
mainly is subjected, seeing disease and
sickness stalking about us, cutting ruth
puzzled and bewildered, and our faith in
the justice of God. in the mercy Of Provi-
denee is put to a very severe test. And :