MONDAY. APRH jo, it)o4
THE MORNING ASTOHIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
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GOD AND
HI
ND
Magnificent New Hospital Is Fully
Dedicated.
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
Astoria's Interest and Pride Are Plainly
In Evidence Governor Chamber
lain Sends Regrets Addresses
From Home.
Yesterday afternoon between six and
seven hundred A-toriuns fathered at
the eastern portico of the haautiful new
hospital of St; Mary, on Sixteenth
street, to witness the public ceremonies
of the dedication program, and to tes
tify their interest in the splendid en
terprise of the Sisters of Charity of
tbe House of Providence, to whose long
and faithful labors is due the exist
ence of this monument of "good will
toward man."
The street, the sidewalks, the stone
stairways, on the outside, and the long
corridors and the adjacent halls and
rooms on the ground floor, were thronf
ed with people of all sorts and condi
tions, and all persuasions, religious and
ethical; the last one of whom was proud
and pleased to be in at the hour whan
this fine attribute of the civic life of
Astoria was installed as the last and
best of her institutions.
The dedication ceremonies of the
church represented by the hospital and
its founders and builders had taken
place some hours before, when Ponti
ficia 1 high mass had been said and sung
with all the grateful unction the in
spiring event called forth in the Catho
lic breast, and the great spaces and
equipment of the house of mercy had
been blessed by His Grace, Archbishop
Alexander Christie, of the diocese of
Oregon, and the afternoon feature was
the formal, public declaration of the
high purpose and destiny of the great
building.
Promptly at 2:30 o'clock, the digni
taries in charge of the auspicious event
gathered on the covered porch-way, led
, by the venerable prelate in his purple
cassock and baretta." and followed by
Hon. Herman Wise, mayor of Astoria,
Rev. Father Waters rector of St.
Mary's Catholic church. Pr. ,1. A. Ful
ton, dean of the hospital staff, and
Doctors .lay Tattle. H. I.. Henderson.
Alfred Kinney and Messrs. (i. C. Ful
ton and Frany Carney; Kev. Father
Waters acting as masters of ceremonies.
Alter all were duly seated, the rector
immediately oHiicd the program of the
hour by introducing Mayor Wise.
TM enforced absence 'f 'overnot'
Oorgo F.. Chamberlain was deplored on
all sides when it was made manifest by
Mayor Wise who read a pleasant let
ter from his excellency announcing a
sudden and important call to Kastaia
Oregon, as the reason he could not be on
hand at the important movement and
wishing the church, and sisters and the
new hospital itself an abundance of
abiding of fortune. Mayor AVise then
said:
"We are here to dedicate this struc
tuiv to the cause of Mitfering humanity.
"The pages of history are full of
deeds of heroism on the field of battle,
we read of discoveries in the hVId of
art and science newspapers and maga
zines recount the achievement in thej
commercial world, and comment at
length upon the strife, suivevses and
defeats of great politicians; but we
hear little about the patient, self-sacrifice,
shown in the hospital by the
quiet, gentle sisters who lalor faith
fully and make sacrifices daily not for
the sake of world gain, not because of
the glory in it. nor because a gen
erous people stands ready to applaud.
"There will be eloquent addresses
made today that will appeal to our
noblest impulses and it is well that we
do so; but, nothing that may be aid
here, can equal that which will Ik done
here, from day to day.
"Xo labor will be too hard, no danger
too great, the only thought that im
pels these ministritig angel of mercy,
is the thought of relieving the suffer
ins. of cooling the feverish brow, the
thought of serving God.
'Oh, if I only had the gift to ade
quately praise thi noble work; that,
since such gift I not mine, let mine be
the privilege to hope, that every human
being seeking health and strength, may
find comfort here, and that every soul
that is calld into the never ending
world, a all souls must some day leave
this transient life, that every such de
parting soul, may find eternal rest and
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cvrlatiiig peace; even so, s every
atl'licted pei'ou will find, comfort, con
solation and sisterly attention within
these walls, managed and Vatched over
by these devout servants of (iod Al
mighty. "May thU institution ever stand a a
monument to that great church, which
teaches morality, purity, charity and
brotherly low, the foundation of all
true religion."
The Most Keverend Alexander Christie
archbishop of the Oregon diocese was
then introduced ami spoke most feel
ingly and in the follow ing terms:
"I hae profound pleasure in being
present on this occasion, when this
great building is dedicated thus publicly
to the dual agencies that dominate life
in the civilized world, religion and
science. these two tunamcntals go
hand in hand everywhere for the com
mon good of the race. Minds and
hearts and hand-, trained anil skilled
ami upheld by these two auspicious ele
nients, tand together beneath sueli
roofs as this, for- the good of htill'ering
humanity; and this fortuitous predi
cate, amplified hy the devotion and
gentle nurture of the sisterhood in
charge, and their care for the souls as
well as the bodies of those entrusted to
their ministrations, forms a basis from
which the wiliest and most abundant
success may 1h looked for.
"Astoria has, indeed, a right to he
proud this day, and it is never to be
doubted, will uphold the hands of the
sisters who have brought this enter
prise to such fruition and who must
maintain it through all time by right
of their sole and high initiative. Stand
by them! These women are, in the
main, representatives of the liest fami
lies in the land; gently nurtured and
tenderly reared, and relinquishing all of
the gracious promises ( a life beyond
the regime of the church and the or
der, chose the hard and narrow path to
gain the one eternal gift of immortal
ity by way of the cross. They are the
one great agency for the mitigation of
human ills; striving everywhere in the
broad earth, to make its paths smooth
er for the bruised and stumbling feet
of humanity, ill of snul and ill of IkxIv.
''It is my prayer, founded on my
highest hope, that this hospital way
live through long years, years changed
with an iineca-ing abundance of all that
is holy and good in its history, and
to the infinite fulfilment of its la-t
promise and prestige. And this hope
shall le attained if it rest uopn the
skilled ability of the professional staff
of physicians and urgeons assigned to
its wards and laboratories, fur its de- 1
tiny is closely interwoven with the
splendid adept ness of the-e men. and in
this particular case, there is no conceiv
able doubt of its success, predicated
upon such nn equipment. And, tit in, it
is started iijh.ii its noble mis-ion with
the three-fold ageis of the blessing of
Almighty !od. the devotion of the sis.
terhood that directs and controls it,
and the sure and gifted euuinuienl of
tho-e men who are to be rc.oiiihle
for the direct healings of the ills that
find shelter here."
Dr. J. A. Fulton was the n -xt speak
er, and he said, in jiart :
"There is certainly no trouble in
filling this hospital. I am indeed glad
to see you all 'in the hosjiital.' and
hope you may never have to come 011
a l"s plea-ant errand than this.
"Hosiitals have been known ince
long before the Christian era. And cer
tainly they have flourished -inc.- then,
for religion has dominated and fostered
them unceasingly at all limes. The
earlier institutions had no medical stair
in the later acceptance of that term,
and no trained nurses, y,-t. they were
ever of value and comfort to tin. sick
and injured, and the sturdy and kindly
monk and friar of the olden times was
the arbiter and friend of the hopieeand
its beneficiary, for. in their inde school,
they were remarkably clever and re
sourceful in the mitigation of the ills
and wound- of their day. Time has ex
(winded the liosj.it al along with all the
other agencies for the common good
and the service has kcjit quick jiace
with development of the in-t it of ion.
And in eleven days and ages, they have
been the approved and common refuge
of the rich and poor alike.
"The modern hospital has other and
equally important duties along with its
primal re-j.otisibility for the care of the
sick and injured, for it is the working
school of the trained nuis- and the
medical student, who after month and
years of experience, go forth into the
world to rcjieiit and extend the les
sons of mercy and skill wrought in the
hosjiital cour-c, so that the provine of
the hospital is enlarged and made more
gracious all the time."
The doctor here reverted to flic early
history of the present hospital and
gave a few moments to ardent tribute
to those who in its earlier career, stood
by it faithfully and gciieroiiHly. Con
tinuing, he said:
"But it is to the good sisters that
this fine achievement is due. They have
worked, faithfully, undauntedly, un
ceasingly, and though the great centers
of this country may offer grander ex-
iceed It in appointment and the scope
of its service in all tines All is due
to the gentlewomen whop tlcuict hop
it has In'cii. Day and night, almost
without intermission, they have worked
for this tine result, while they have
been doing the thousand and one tasks
of their useful daily lives, working for
humanity in fact and in thought.
Nothing has been too di'.dful for them
to undertake; they have allowed noth
ing to deter them, no mutter the nature
of the suffering, nor the character of
the sufferer, It has always been the
one unending story of loving kindne-t
lo the needy, Thousands have none
forth from the old doors blessing these
jjood sisters, ami thousands more will
issue from these newer doors, but the
blessings will he (he mimic devout,
grateful and lieyoud calculation, And
the City of Astoria cannot do too much
for this noble institution that adorns
it and aniplilles iu capacity for helping
stricken and suffering humanity."
The doctor was followed by his
brother, Mr. (i, C. Fulton, the well-
known attorney, who said, in part:
"The lives we live are, at best, con
lined to narrow limits; haulers arise
everywhere, and the mol of us follow
blindly the well worn path of routine
and the beaten path of habit. We are
becoming a nation of iiusiness men and
women and taking 011 the limitations of
business rule and prescription. Hoping,
striving, thinking and battling for noth
ing but accumulation ttnd there are
some not over-nice in design and prac
tice. It is 11 downright .lcasnre to look
away from this sordid datus of things
current, and look to the lives ,md the
work of the great Sisterhood who have
dedieat-d every gift mid grace of the
absolute good of mankind. And this
very iwiew adds to my jielsiiiiiil pleas
ure in contributing my small stlire to
the tiihil dedication of this beautiful
tenqile of mercy, to the common good
of the world; far more ideasure than
would fall to my lot if stiiiitiiorttri to
the banquet of kings. Today we are eon
trihuting to the needy of the broad
earth this magnificent ho-pilal whose
latch-string shall hang forever readv
to the hand to which it shall be most
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peity, and a long mid continued struggle
to meet the extended obligations on the
property, but it was finally iiccomplisli
i'd, and from that nucleus, has aiiseii
this great ami valuable moment of
faith, and Christian endurance. It is a
splendid 1li11.it v to an Herculean task,
and it is due to the wonderful patience!
and infinite labor of these good sisters
who have wrought iu the name of uil
ing humanity, and have done it without
Iiom of any rvturn on this earth. Con
sider, for a moment the trials 11 ml dis
appointments that have marked Ihr-c
long years of labor in this behalf, and
you may then adequately measure tiie
tri111n.1l. if llie.r u-nrL i.i I tin litlti
needful; to the rich, the isior, the great , .,, , v . 4 .
I of litis li.mt- lei if. imokI I, luir.in
and the small,, irresjicct ive of class,
condition, religion; if only they shall
come for healing: The sit,rs will do
for him all that gentle and merciful
intuition ami jiiirj.o-e shall dedicate, to
his rehabilitation of soul and body, and
do it to thv.ide end of the in tin it 0 glory
of Cod. And 1 desiiv to say that this
dedication, i but the amplification (.f
that earlier and deeper dedication which
the sisterhood Ims made, iu the long and
ardent ta-k that finds its fruition in
this h our. This great building mav dis.
Jiiear. disaster may overtake it. and
blot it from the sight of men but its
dendid history will live forever and
its inllueiice flourish unchallenged for
all time, here ami in high Heaven."
Dr. .11. I.. Henderson was the n.-vt
icakcr on the j.rograui and in dealing
with the jiotent subject at hand, iie
said, iu part :
' I am tempted to wonder if A-toiiu
fully nppnviatcs the; imni-n.-c value
of thi- tine iiistiutimi in her midst. I
am afraid not. Thi great house bears
a greater relative imj.ortance than anv
of it- fellows 011 the co isf. f. jt has
coiiiihte and ad quale service to supply
the beds and wants of a hundred vic
tims, which, in jiojiit ut population, is
not exceeded anywhere; i-u-n the gnat
ho-jjilal of St. Vincent, of Portland, can
can serve but -.'nil; so, iu ,1 relative
-ensc. this one is eipiipped to do ten
times the work of the famous hospitals
at the metropolis. It is greater and let
ter than we had a right to evj.ect. And
then- is another jihase of this jji.ive
question that is liable to pa-s unheed
ed, and that i- the fact that men may
give lavishly, and iu a thousand ways
of aid and compensation, but what of
good this new hospital shall give ami
do will be given and done 011 the wider
and holier in-iirat ion of gift and deed
to the honor of tiod. For no man in
trouble or agony will be turned from
these doors; it is the home of anguish
and affliction and the correlative vir
tues of comfort and con-olaf ion, which
iu a thousand instances are given with
out thought of compeii-ation in money.
He who conies hither may be mir" of
the best the hoii-e of abundance has to
offer, and as certain of the gentle and
comforting treatment of the Sisterhood
that directs it. May its career be one
of high success ami may a living and
constant blessing attend it,"
Dr. day Tuttlu was th xt .eaker
of the hour and he spoke briefly yet,
jiointedly, saying, iu j. irl :
"The conditions that confront us this
day are widely different from the early
days of Astoria when there was no hos
pital here; and it is difficult to realize
just how the wants of the shiek and in
jured were met in those timca but Dr.
AngiiHt Kinney was the first to move
with decision in the .remises, and with
the aid of this same .great sisterhood,
did succeed in setting up the first hos
pital back here on the adjoining lot.
All sort of difficulties were met and
overcome, and finally there was an ini-
in mind tluit they are iitill in debt, and
Astoria owe it to herself ami to the
Sisters always to Is- ready to giuinl
and as-ist iu the utter fulfillment of thi
high obligation, nor shirk its part iu
paying it.
"I have maily personal grounds to thank
the Sisters for their repeated klndn.-it
to me, and 1 take this public ojijioittimtv'
to declare my indebtedness to them, Tar
fiiluiv holds nil the unsolved problem of
life, but the solving of the dc-tiny of
this tine institution is iu the hands of
Astoria generally, mid the task will not
be shirked imr over-looked."
Dr. Alfred Kinney then rendered his
tribute to the occasion, by saying, in
jiart:
"It is a jdcasiiie to be here, this line
structure is iu keejiiug with the new As.
Iiiria that is already underway. Hut
you need not get sick ju-t to get in
her-, that is. light away. I have heeli
for thirty -eight years walking the flours
of ho-j.itals it in 1 I want to -ay to you
that I lie hosjiital of today is a very
different (inquisition to the one of yes
terday. Hut tlure is one thing that
never ihtiigc- and that is the jiatient
vclcome and merciful ministration, for
the alleviation of body ills and the iv.
demption of .submerged souls.
"This house has been erected initio
the very shadow of thfl Cross. H is
dedicated to the -ci v ice of oid. And
the. Ih-sI of its work will be, ji-rliajis,
iu the soul cures wrought by the Chris
tian women who dominate it, I have
see, many a jxJor soul (li-tsolvo in
il'ttli, under their miitist ration, and
take 011 newer condition most hajipily
with sublime coinage."
Dr. -bill HagcNlram who was j.resenl
vva- then called 011 for 11 few remarks,
but declined gracefully, and P,ev. Fath
er Waters closed the work of the day
with a iirifei tribute of honor lo the
great work of the Sisterhood; inter
spersing its remarks with many beau
tiful iamllcs and reference, at once
apl and effect ive, and im.-t gracefully
rounded oof I he ideal duties of the day
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