ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18617, 16 February 1926, Page 9

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

TO THB EiDlTOa OJ* "THB PRK3S-Sir,-There must be few of the public in Christchurch who ha\e no been struck by the fact that a ie ligious force had suddenly declared i - self afresh m our midst. -The ledge of this :s tJie main ut/ the Dublie Press. Thau modem ag en <?j with its wonderful and almost uiuvei - impress in the community, has seenh to publish during the last reports of utterances in the (-ath These utterances, thereby have reached an.audience that no modern building, even, could in any wise hold, this surely the Press has show as the helpmate of the Church ibew may be other institutions and bodies who recognise and claim the s operation The Press may > disclaim its alliance with any i lar corporation, and say that it P lishes those things which record hots and reports matters which mte ! readers. This may in P al y fc fjf 1 ?' but we still rejoice in j a Press which is not wbo"y c«mmer eialised. It, at least at its it is not New Zealanders alone that j'ecognise this—stands for the b „ ideafs. In reporting the utterances ferred to the Press has shown that it believes its readers the weighty matters with which tho addresses have dealt—matters CO . TIc nt ~ ing the interior life of the Church, its diversified spirit; matters conccu - ing education, particularly the life and objective of our university colleges, a lastly, such a social matter as .ne care of the sick. l't is in relation to this last that the writer special y claims attention. Canon Wiltord the force that declares itself. Ine Anglican communion is particularly toitunate in having amongst its clergy such- a vital influence. Moreovei. i is a possession which is not on tire y selfish. Its influence, as is readily admitted, extends far beyond the borders of the ecclesiastical circle to belongs. Has fresh appeal for S'WU to add to the £15,000 already in hand to make possible the beginning or »t. George's Hospital is one_ that should arrest attention and claim a sympathetic response. Few, if any, of his brother clergy could have accomplished what Canon Wilford has done in the difficult business of a nursing staff for the institution designed. _lt is in the confidence which such provision inspiies that Canon Wilford, with his ndmiranle band of helpers, will carry this project, which- fills such a public need, through. Canon Wilford has discovered. fl on his return an added ground of appeal. It it not of his own making. In ; I,s absence the executive expressed a wish that the Archbishop, though resigning all his other offices, should not sever his connexion with the hospital scheme, which had benefited so much by his keen approval and ready sympathy. This the Archbishop, with a somewhat pathetic reference to the breaking of diocesan links, consented to do. It would therefore be a gracious tribute to the retired Archbishop if, when he returns, he should find in actual being the one institution with which he has graciously allowed himself to be retainas patron. It is in the hope that some of your readers in the province of Canterbury may be led to assist this worthy scheme that I sign myself, from the Second Lesson read in the Cathedral, "GO', AM) DO THOU LIKEWISE."