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INTERESTS JOF the 6ICK & Sufferlnfi Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection DKTOTXD TO INTERESTS JOF tHE 6ICK & SUFFERlNfi, AT TH» I Vik£ SIClC AND YE VISITED ME." VOL. IIL ROCHESTER, ST. Y., SEPTEMBER 15, 1$66. No. 2. THE HOSPITAL REVIEW, thank God, I lay my head> Close to the pillow where he lies, Is issued oh tile Fifteenth of every Hontk, 'by Will some one come, and call, and cry THE PUBLI8fiIF(J OOMMITTEEi lire. MALTBY 8TEONG, MM. WM. H. PERKINS, " Good nigfit" to me ?—then turn and sigh " JJ. T. EOCHEMTfiB! " tot. MAtHBWS. "life is not life, since she is dead;'1 TERMB—Fifty Cents a Tear, Payable in Adfance. ' . pai.KK EJTOS. Letters or Communications for .publication, to be addressed Jto " The Hospital Review," Box 381. Subscriptions for the Review, arid all letters Isolp6rtahce of Gheerfalness. containing money, to be sent to the Treasurer, Few parents realize as they should tne Mrs. Win. H. Perkins, P. 0. Drawer 53. importance of cheerful views of life eihib- Letters of inquiry, an,d all business letters, are requested to be sent to Mrs. Dr. llAffflaws, Cor- ited in their daily walk and conversation. responding Secretary, 38 Spring.Street. rfo matter what pecuniary ^inabilities Win. S. Falls,. Book and Jdb Printer. hedge up your way, let your little ones' gee Over 21 Buffalo Street, opposite the Arcade. a bright exterior. It will fee a precious memory as well as a Helpful example when Par tb« Sotpitol Bevfcw. tney in their turn are battling witlt /ife. Grood Night. The tone of anxiety or desp'o'ndenct often reaches the ear of childhood, casting an "Goodnight"—Ab. me, and that is all— unnecessary shadow upon their yoiliig life. Th« low, hi^ «cho back, " good night," And shadows creep agross the light, Oh! will not grief come in due time for them, And darkness comes with " shroud and palL" That their frail dimpled shoulders must be pressed With burdens under which lie fetrong man groans? M Gkwd'nJght"~-sotiie voice will answer me-i- Let childhood be as God made H, gay, Jf only I aHllloud agfeiB, it : ' And fresh and bright »nd joyous. It will have And' Stifle back this a£he and pain— ' - Its own deep childish griefs j they are enough. "Bpiwflc WveMftvej speak U> me." Beware least thou o'ercast its glory with -I toiro ttway, ^nd Jhia I know-*- Thy gloom, and so offend the " little ones,"" He will not heed me though I cry What said the Holy One to'such as these? I ., .My heart) t* breakiog, dr^p and die— He told them of the kingdom, not of death, ; Weighed, down, -with bitterness of woe. And those pure tips that prdyed in agony, •••! ! . " Father, if possible, let this cup pa«B I ?ofcl grave: give hin)» back to me— h From me, yet not my will but thine be done," Mf aniul so# fojd hjm clos«, and warm, Breathed blessings only for the little ones. Jfo, tenderer Jioy« tH«a mine ,eaft be:; , If (fcatti enters' the hoteehdtd, let there caahot count JUR gain to-nigWH- • i, be no such gloom as Will make death Beeni I dnftff'fecl this widjuoreet, :. iilf bird is gone from out. the neet, an uamitigated evil. Let them see with And all id dark vhere oooe WHB Kgtft. the sense of loss a realizing sense of the 18 The ffo< rieyv. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection brighter and better home to which We are ' ' Jf9T the Hospital BeYiew. looking forward." We liave all met with "She Hath Done Wfrat She Could." those (Christians too it may be,) who are Richer than the monarch's crowji, all their life in bondage through fear of Nobler than the knight's renowa,/ death, "Conhi we trace the cause we should Rarer than the laurel wreath doubtlites often find it in " * J " ' • Th«* bid£8;«ohing fyvey beneath 'Bettefolftritftepoet'fe&ys, " The gloom in which Death spoke to them at first Was the Master's earnest praise; Long years will not efface that memory." A. Hej^—of all most wise and good,— t. Said—"She hfitbrdoneWh»tfch«.coBiar: "i For the Hospital Eevlew. Such sweet jraise, Ohf wduld'st fhou earn? Comfort in God's "Word. Trim thy lamp, and let it burn; Tho' its faint and feetye ray " Thou compassest my path, and my ly- Scarce' be seen in glare of day, ing down, and art acquainted with all my Yet when twilight shades draw nearj ways." Psalm, 139 : 3. God'B intimate Brighter willwthe li&\ afpeaj;^ ^ 3 ff f knowledge of all that concerns us, is here And its trembling gleam may show,. plainly declared; on every side His eye Some poor tpwl the.way^qt,go* „• , , r j pierces—there is no avenue of .thought, Other feet may higher climb feeling or desire, which He knows not— Rugged steps of deeds sublime; no narrow passes by which we may hope Other hands the work may do to elude His vigilance. Not only 40 our That to thee is strange and new; Other minds may grasp the thought waking hours, but when lying down, shut Still to thee with darkness fraught; out by darkness from every human eye— Other voices sing the strain ' •' He is with us and takes knowledge of us. Which thy lips attempt in vain. Oh, suffering and tried child of God, laid Be content^—if thon art sure perchance upon a bed of sickness or pain, That thy labor will endure; unto whom days of-weariness and sleepless If thou dost thy very beet, nights are appointed,, remember for your = Thou canst leaVe with God the rest; comfort that He is with you; In His No stern Lord is He to ask word Vfe are taught to consider affliction At thy handsjahoprieaa taskj Thou canst earn1 the guerdon good a blessing. The sweetest support under Of "She hath done what she could I" every possible calamity is that God has KATE CAMERON. promised to make all work for good. Oh, may His all-pervading eye ever see in us TROUBLES.—Some people are as careful hearts inclined unto His testimonies, de- of their troubles as mothers are of their sires and aims, eenteted in His will. babies; they cuddle them, and rock them, and hug them) and cry over/them, and % in- In all the little things of life to a passion with you if you try to take them Thyself, Lord, may I see; away from them. They want you to fret In little and in great alike with them, and to help them %o believe Keveal thy love to me. that they have been worse treated than anybody else. If they «ould they wduld So shall my undivided life have a picture of their grief in a gold To tbee, my God, be given; frame hung over the mantel shelf for every- And all this earthly course below body to look at. And th«ir grief makes Be one dear path to heaven. R. them inordinately selfish—they think more of their dear little grief in the basket and Religion is not for death, but for life. in the cradle, than they do of all the world It ia a means of living aright, not of dying besides; and they say you are hard heart- aright Godliness has the " promise of the ed if you say "don't fret." " Ahl you life that now is, and of that which is to don't understand me—you don't know'me come." ' —you can't enter into my trials." Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection The Hospital Review. 19 from the N«w York Obeerrer. by the constant tax (imposed by his labor Our New Minister's "Wife. upon his mind, affections and sympathies, then let her soothe and divert and strength- The good people of the congregation of en and encourage. Let your minister's X. are looking with much interest to the wife make for him a home of comfort, and expected marriage of their new minister to of peace, and of affection, to which he will a lady who is personally and by reputation, ever return with gladness,, and from which almost entirely unknown to them. At a he will always go forth strong and cheery, social gathering of many of the mothers with that peace and rest in his soul which and daughters in Israel, in said ehurch, I is the offspring of a wisely founded, firmly found (he all-absorbing subject of conver- rooted, and heartily returned conjugal af- sation, was the character and qualifications fection. which the minister's wife must and shall Let your minister's wife do this for her possess. Im pressed with the unreasonable-; husband, and she will do more for his peo- ness of much that was said, I was led to ple, than though she utrited in herself the give to. the company, my own views upon several offices of head directress of every the subject, which seemed so novel to some ! benevolent society, vice-superintendent in present, that I am tempted, Mr. Editor, : the Sunday school, leading soprano in the with your permission, to give them to a' choir, general referee in matters of taste, larger audience. ' opinion or differences in the congregation, Your minister is about to marry a wife; grand sympathiser in every one's sorrows I do not understand that this church is to and disappointments, and lieutenant ad- marry her, as I might be led to think from viser is all cases of perplexity.
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