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Show 76 "As we look at the work we are impressed with the need of more spirit-filled women, who for the love of their Lord and the sake of their sisters out of Christ will go about among suffering womanhood in the hospital wards; who will enter the homes in the city wide open to such as they; who will be free to go into the villages to see the women gone home from the hospital and opium refuges; and who above everything will daily live Christ before their neighbors and friends." None of the work centered at Greatvale is of greater interest to the Chinese than that which Dr. Hemingway, Miss Connelly, and their staff are doing in the Judson Smith Memorial Hospital. This interest is beginning to manifest itself in substantial ways, as Dr. Hemingway reports under the heading, "Local Contributions." "It seemed as if the time were ripe to enlist the further co-operation of these (wealthy) people, especially as more funds were needed for equipment. A small group of six men was first invited to a luncheon at our home. They took up the idea heartily, and prepared an appeal for the hospital, attaching their names. Each put his name down for amounts varying from $7 to $200, and later on called together another group of about twenty for a second luncheon at our house. All of these took subscription lists and the committee's appeal, to circulate among their friends. For presenting the matter to aristocratic families, a special subscription list de luxe has been prepared, A Shrine of Hea -a folder of white silk, bound with yellow satin, and wrapped gorgeously in crimson flowered satin. Each section of the folder has red paper strips for signatures; large strips for large amounts, and small strips for small amounts. This is according to the Chinese custom for gathering subscriptions for building temples. When a friend, with bows and flourishes, presents one with such a grand subscription list it is supposed to be so impressive that no one can refuse the opportunity. By this method the returns are not all to be gathered in a short time. Some of the lists have been sent to absent Greatvale-ites engaged in business in Canton, Peking, and Manchuria. The sums already received amount to $890.90 in local currency, besides 21 taels (ounces of silver bullion), with a total value in United States money of $512. From the interest developing among certain men we hope soon to be warranted in selecting a group of citizens who will form a Board of Directors of the Hospital. "Mr. K'ung was able to secure for us the gift of a piece of land. It was a small orchard in the center of the block in which the hospital is being built, and we needed it. It had been given many years ago to the Temple of Faithful |