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Show - 8 - of pain, will wish to help us in making possible such ministration for the-suffering of this land. China has already a nurses' association, with an approv;d curriculum, which augurs well for the mutual cooperation of her native nurses. Nursing will be one of the many doors of opportunity which we trust will open in the near future for men and women to earn a living. Withal, however, we try lo make it clear to all who come to consult about studying nursing, that we want our men and women to regard their profession not alone as a means of livelihood but above all else as a sacred calling, one with unlimited opportunity to be of service to their fellow men. Thru the consecrated money of a business man we plan further extension. A chain of branch dispensaries will be started in the fall, so that each of several out-stations will be visited by a native physician and nurse for several days a month. To the base hospital will be reported only those cases which need hospital attention, thus at once making it urnecessa'y for some to travel to the only hospital of the region, with its over two million people, and also rendering it possible for the patients seen locally to the followed up, and spiritual impressions furthered. In opening several new out-stations, it appears that in two of the cities it was almost impossible to secure even temporary quarters for the preachers. But in Linghsien a Mr. Tu, whose father had come to us some years earlier, too late and in vain, remembered our efforts and made provision. This experience was repeated at Cheng Chia K'ou where a former patient showed our teachers a like favor. A heart pang cames to us as we see these mud and some brick buildings torn down for salvage, and yet the cure is but half a day's journey to the north, for there rise the stately administration buildings for the two hospitals. Five ward pavilions of the hospital are yet to be built but money is in hand for two of these, and we feel confident the necessary funds will come in the next few months, enabling us to complete accomodations for one hundred patients. We need beds, their accesories, tables, chairs, utensils, and the many other details of equipment essential to even the most simply furnished institution. Wo have never yet made a direct appeal for funds, but the splendid privilege of aiding in this equipment compels us to call attention to this opportunity. Once started we are confident the Techou community will aid in maintenance. Sums from five cents to twenty dollars ( for a bed ), or to nine hundred dollars for a memorial pavilion, indicate that the opportunity is within the range of all. The stock is all "preferred," and dividends certain. Dr. Arthur A. H. Smith, author and missionary statesman, says, "The financial statement shows how comparatively small a sum is needed to complete a great work. Ft is hoped and confidently anticipated that there will be found a sufficient number of friends of the Board and of the New China, who will be moved to aid in this effort to complete an important undertaking. It is necessary to have an equipment worthy of the time in which we live and of the growing opportunities of missionary work in China." Lack of space forbids extended reference to the army of dispensary and hospital patients. There lies on a mud brick bed in Techou a refined Chinese woman. The building has been condemned and in wet weather is vacated as |