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The "Sussex Wing" Of The Royal Free Hospital.
THE "SUSSEX WING" OF THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL .
IT is something like twelve years since our late highly respected G . M ., H . E . H . the Dukeof Sussex , was called from this sublunary world to the Grand Lodge above , where we fervently hope , his spirit is at rest ; and yet it is only within the last month that the foundation stone of a memorial , which from its nature we trust will exist to the end of time , has been laid .
The memorial fund was originally raised with the view of erecting a statue of H . E . H ., in some prominent position of the metropolis , or a mausoleum iu Kensal Green , the resting place of the mortal remains of our illustrious and lamented brother . When the funds , however , had been got together , and found to amount to something like 1400 / . or 1500 / ., the committee , as we think , wisely determined to apply them to an object
more worthy ol the man it was designed to honour , and aid in the extension of some great public charity , and after due consideration , the " Sussex Wing , " ( designed to receive one hundred patients ) , of the Eoyal Free Hospital , was determined upon . We could have wished , perhaps , that the fund had been employed for the purpose of endowing one of our own charities or assisting in building a school-house for our boyswhich yet
re-, mains unprovided for ; but next to these we know of no charity more worthy of support than the Eoyal Free Hospital , where patients are at all times received , and their cases promptly attended to ; they requiring no other recommendation than this—they are in poverty , and in want of medical assistance . A more Samaritan Institution cannot he imagined . It says
to the afflicted , no matter from what cause they may have contracted disease , " Fear not , come unto us , and we will receive you , your wants shall be readily administered to , and if human skill can preserve life , or alleviate your miseries , here will you find it . " Nor are the spiritual wants of the patients neglected , and many a poor erring- mortal has found his or her ding illow smoothed hy the reflection that through the exertions
y p of the excellent Chaplain of the Institution , they have been blessed with the opportunity of making their peace with their offended God , and have felt the inspiration that through the mercy of the Saviour , who died for all , they were about to pass from this to a better world . Those who have had an F F
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The "Sussex Wing" Of The Royal Free Hospital.
THE "SUSSEX WING" OF THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL .
IT is something like twelve years since our late highly respected G . M ., H . E . H . the Dukeof Sussex , was called from this sublunary world to the Grand Lodge above , where we fervently hope , his spirit is at rest ; and yet it is only within the last month that the foundation stone of a memorial , which from its nature we trust will exist to the end of time , has been laid .
The memorial fund was originally raised with the view of erecting a statue of H . E . H ., in some prominent position of the metropolis , or a mausoleum iu Kensal Green , the resting place of the mortal remains of our illustrious and lamented brother . When the funds , however , had been got together , and found to amount to something like 1400 / . or 1500 / ., the committee , as we think , wisely determined to apply them to an object
more worthy ol the man it was designed to honour , and aid in the extension of some great public charity , and after due consideration , the " Sussex Wing , " ( designed to receive one hundred patients ) , of the Eoyal Free Hospital , was determined upon . We could have wished , perhaps , that the fund had been employed for the purpose of endowing one of our own charities or assisting in building a school-house for our boyswhich yet
re-, mains unprovided for ; but next to these we know of no charity more worthy of support than the Eoyal Free Hospital , where patients are at all times received , and their cases promptly attended to ; they requiring no other recommendation than this—they are in poverty , and in want of medical assistance . A more Samaritan Institution cannot he imagined . It says
to the afflicted , no matter from what cause they may have contracted disease , " Fear not , come unto us , and we will receive you , your wants shall be readily administered to , and if human skill can preserve life , or alleviate your miseries , here will you find it . " Nor are the spiritual wants of the patients neglected , and many a poor erring- mortal has found his or her ding illow smoothed hy the reflection that through the exertions
y p of the excellent Chaplain of the Institution , they have been blessed with the opportunity of making their peace with their offended God , and have felt the inspiration that through the mercy of the Saviour , who died for all , they were about to pass from this to a better world . Those who have had an F F