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Show 3 mmMmm tf friends of other missions have found a welcome in the hospitable Ellis home and have brought as well as received a blessing. But in the new hospital there are three up-atairs rooms which we propose fitting up for the use of foreign patients at such a time as it might not be possible to care for them in our hoses. The friends of the National Holiness Mission nave given one hundred dollars (silver) to help In furnishing these rooms. the One of Y®ry important events of the year has been the oeginning of the new hospital administration building to be known as the Elizabeth : emorial building in memory of r:rs. Llisabeth ! i l l l a m s , whoso daughters have given the funds for i t s erection. The laying of the cornerstone of this building in ffovemberwasd'.en joy able and. significant occasion p a r t i cipated in by representatives of the o f f i c i a l s , civil and military, by the gentry and the scholars, by representatives of the local guilds of merchants as wall as by Chinese end foreigners of the Christian church. hlle the exercises bad to do with the laying of the cornerstone of the central administration building the thoughts of a l l went out to include I | th@ various wards to be added later and Mr. Kills* closing prayer voiced J our consecration of a l l present and future resources to the work of saving*^ both bodies and souls. • |4 5 ork continued on the building u n t i l into Kovember whan cold wea- J[ ther made i t impossible to lay tha t i l e of tha roofs.' one of tha womsn s wards as wall as tha central building was brought to this point of com* \ pletion. It is a twelve bed ward with one private room end a service roomj and is to be known as the U l l i e F. Sargent mrd in memory of r r s . ffcrgentJf p of fcerkeley. The funds for the isolation ward and those for a ward of / j nine private rooms have been given by Ers. C. J . King and these wards^arej «; to be named one in memory of her <ton Ho man n who flleri gkea a little-cfri*o V ; and the other in memory of her mother, i hebe Ann Friable. Another ward *A for whiea the funds are, already in hand is a men's surgical ward to coat about *.i8©0 ( r l i v e r ) . This amount has been contributed largely by local o f f i c i a l s and gentry. The contractor promises to return early in tha law l e a r , and i t is hoped, that these various buildings will be ready for dedication in aariy May at tne time of our spring large meeting. the evangelistic work, of the Hospital has never been so well cared for as this year. dr. Liu Pu-lu, who has charge of the work for men, is a thoughtful, studious roan and faithful in his efforts to make the truths of Christianity known to each one who comes to hospital or dispensary. The nurses and Dr. nou have taken their part too in leading evening meetings for inpatients. Our bible woman, Mr s . dung, fas forty years old before she heard tha gospel and she might not oe able to pass a very good, examination in theology but she nas given ample proof that the Christianity she has is vftal for i t has made her right old wrongs of which no one else knew. She is enthusiastic in her preaching and patient in her teaching, "hm the new hospital is occupied we will need to have at least one otter woman for evangelistic work. She ought to ba younger than Mrs. Sung and have mora knowledge and training, but have the same leva and patience and faithfulness. |