American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-17
OUR HOSPITAL.
(By Sister Marie.)

VIX0Iy utdT W our nttfAS anu OtI
hDfk is the work of our lives. We do
d know whether American Falls is
IA to own Bethany Hospital and its
tGtorhood, but we are here to stay,
hof we are very glad to be here, be-
0Mee we feel that the Lord put us
loEe. We are indeed very grateful for
N6ktkome, situated as it is, on a hill,
h0m which we can overlook the noun
n1zG, the valleys, the river toward all
Wt4ttions, and there is a wonderful
I'M and quietness coming from these
14ntItul surroundings, tina. rests the
SFrory mind, the long sufferer, the de-
adent soul. It Is a beautiful
mpse to see all the lights of Ameri-
Falls and vicinity, scattered here
6nGs there among the hills, with the
~Qnntains as a safe background, yes,
peep up everywhere, on a clear
III, twinkling like the stars of the
mament, and it lifts the SOIL up
ofds for nature prociaiins eternal
1tce and glorifies and magnifies the
kme of our most wonderful Creator.
'k We are very grateful to the good
X44ple of American Falls and vicinity,
mlted and severally, for all the kind
Nd they have so literally bestowed
'11pn us in helping us to build up the
t~itution and who have aided us to
others who were in need of it.
! 3 think that if a hospital / sthe place
II tshould be it is one of the abodes
God. In olden times it used to be
+ lied the hotel of God, for here man
Nd is ushered into the world and
He'd away from it's field of activity,
VI the great beyond for the final re-
ard, surely it's a place where the
featest transactions of life are going
-. where the cradle and the casket
x often found side by side. We con-
Ger it a great privilege to be called to
hch a profession, for l know no hap
Ter lot than to perform the first,
.xReet, loving duties to a new born
abe, or close the eyes of the old and
Weary for the last long sleep, to give
Aa1o a glimpse into the eternal, bright
~ world, to tuck the babe into the
cradle of earth or lay away our loved
'ones into the casket, the cradle OF hea-
Ven. These are the two extremes OF
life about the golden link OF whlch
We shall speak later on.
lf The new form of he
work which the Bethany s~isterhood al
a. represents flor the Deaconess work
3tse,f is as old as the Christian relig-
ion) originated in Ka~isersworth, Ger,
many. in 1896, by Theodore Fleidner,
a Young Lutheran minister. He was
deeply Impressed on his sojourns and
trips for his humble little
narish. by the noble work of Eliza
beth Frey, among the prisoners in Eng-
hand and the Mennonite D~eaconesses
an their service in the parish in Hol-
hand. When he opened his first nome'
had no money, no help, but a heart
full of love and sacrifice for his TEL
lozg beings and a life full or c~onsecra-
to his Master, n his Work gre"
remarkably, as it must do under those
circumstances, adding n station al
ter another to the m~otherhouse, unul
today we have ninety motherhouses'
with 2O.126 sisters. The most lmpor-
tant ones in America are located IN
philadelphia, Omaha, Chicago, MIL
yankee. CINCINNATI, st. Louis, etc.
The M~ennonites own three mother
houses in America, the first at New
ton Kansas. the second at Beatrice,
Nebr. and last, but not least to US
our own dear Bethany. the WORK 10
grounded on a religious oasis. Inc
sister takes her work as a lfe pro-
fession: does not take any VOWS now
ever. and she may leave the caillns
when she so desires. Inc course 10
three wears, domestic eacones ana
nurse training. She gets the SAM
e~sourse that any graduate nurse Woulu
and after graduation remains with the
m~otherhouse Usually in the lourth
yoar she is consecrated to the WORK
She receives no compensation, except
nor min money. which is $500 a montn
the first Yea $500 the second ana
s1O "a tho third. Out of this she mas
IN cover her clothes, her travelling eX-
nenses. books, etc. But at umes WhSu
tho othehouse have a difficult llShI
for existence, the sisters often aDsldln
from the pin money, till the deDts Oh
the motherhouse are PAID, ana tilS 10
the lot of the Bethany sisterhoou' arSo'
hut II was done very cheertully. Inc
sisters owever own the m~otherhouse
II is their home as long as they I'VE
and i'm times of inability they always
ind n loving home and kind hearts
tbore She therefore has no care, no
worry LOT TIE luAulNt
need much and has put few wants LOT
herself. Her greatest pleasure is 10
serve from day to day, in her continu,
Gus round of duty and as the oays ion
on. her strength is given her, till n
day she is laid away in her pam gar
and her only reward is to see hin III
His glory whom she loved SO wen anu
whom she had the privilege to serve
as few others. She wears a pam
qrab which serves her as protection,
as she is called to duty any ume' Gay
or night, into all districts anu II t.Io
proves a great saving to her llttIe
treasury II also distinguishes her TO
anybody that needs help, The held
Of the Deaconess is very large. After
she finishes her general course the
cook, the teacher, the seamstress, tne
office operating and floor nurse, M
ALI wear the same garb, fill the same
nlace in the heart of the motherhouse'
hut their work is divided according TO