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Show Deeication of ''en's Ward* , . , , . Last» 5u t n o t i e a s t * wm h a v o e o r 3 e tc' • * dedication of im building erected by the offteia 1 a and bu?iness ^en of Listi n g as a refuge in time of eikness or accident for'any one of their toaraies sor fellow citizens* 5!fnu°5i •Lin?'8K!?? ' y 0 U 4 a v e **** W#3U a n d built generous 1 y* nth t h i s builamg , whioh is your gift and the buildings no * in use ,7 4/2% *n~ t h 0 £ e u n t U no' f ijfsed by f-h« 'voaen ,-alI the gift of Mr. A/VStevens an<5 his personal friends in 4®erlea , >m shall be ab le to accommodate not less than 50 -aen at one time* jow while we do not i nf •- of y ou to be cick it a uy one time , we ere happy to assure you that ahould so many nead our care at one* «t -yould not' need to turn any sw&t • but could care for you in eouforu *?or would we fail to .•aentio-i with gratitude the generality of the government whose generous monthly donation from its local customs has furnisjed this ward and gives hope for its Tiaint^nance i^ T»ar part | |a the ffiura* • Y o 1 h a v @ ^«e -veil in doing this* The buttle of life is so •tre nuous these days t hat a*a are continually ^ailing out of the ranks an 1 the -tell being of their horses a n^ of the state teaaitds their speedy restoration from aiokn^ss or accident *tt*--*h their ration to duty* Many changes havo taken piaco in the psst few -tears » You no longer depend upon bean -oil for -our light If you w5nt to send word to a friend fat? away you do not saai by a -aesse Ser but by the talegrapfc. ft you vant to go to Tientsin you do not need to go all the way by tart but ©an take the swift flying train • *ou have ft new government at «eking and a new postal service at horse* Afaong all th • changes none have been acre marked than those urtaining to the cure of disease , H0 longer do we seek to stop the flow of disease but to find its cause and re-rao vi'i- mat to i!u!s cuius the disease itself* This hospital will ^Jave a message to * row eat &im*9* as wall as to cure it Wm* beJrtc me, when I say that the old ueth ods of t r e a t i n g disease or preventing it no longerprev.il* nJiis hospital satnds for the fees* uethods known to science and asks that you join with it in speeding the better way of keeping Will by the prevention of sickness* And not only for thOse who eom h^r^ but f-or those in the home ao we have a worcf of help lad will seek by better sanitation . by purer water -nd purer air to sake your hoses places there health abounds , But the best thing we have to offer is the re) ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ the Sroat Phvsiiian who ease into the^ world to give healthfOf soul an c s e n t us here to not onlv heal the body but to preach the rlad tidings of redemption to all* S o b g • » China my country"* Prayer 0jF dedication Itev.l. W. Knis # |