STATE AND PRIVATE CHARITY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 408, 18 January 1909, Page 9

STATE AND PRIVATE CHARITY.

LORD PLUOTtET'S VIEWS. (by T£leuuai'ii—niEss association.) ," : '':j; !: - ; :'-vU"■'■"', ';^Christchurch,'Jaiiiiary .W.' '. ,«; :TTiis;afternobn,v-in the: presence of. a-large' .;:.; gathering,- including 'Bishop Grimes atd riianyj ■.•;■.;»? of: thwßonian iCatholio',: clergy, vfche ■; Prime., .■■■;r.;>Mmisler.:and Lady. W.ard; : His : Excellency:.the -;.".: :■ Governor 'laid .the; foundation.-' stone" or the : : vNazar.eth.;"-Housel—aa'''-.in^titutibii-Vfor' : .'-tlie'! .7, :.-.succour,of jthe:aged,'{the, infirm; ..and orphans ;v. .■: of * all denominations., : -Bishop Grime's ■ stated 'V: that; very,many: apologies .had been received, v.:.'' including ohe "from Bishop --Julius:, nud'.. a ■'■; iyiymjber/of; the, Anglican: clergy,-members' of 'r.;: '.thSyCabinet,':and leading-citizens of Christ-:;v/..;church-:and. other !: parts: of.'-the ■ Dominion: .■^^'.■=;'- : ■,■;•; in .-.this:city, (His'Lordship'litated .that, -;';:. .since: their. arrival here,' four years -ago, 180 .■>';; Voldtpeople .;and children .had passed' through ..their, hands, and; at present, there were-1? ,r^:- : in : their;charge v > .-'■■/.;.-.. \-■■■:■., ~; v C , ::&i>; : -Bis Excellency,/prior to;- performing: the ; v.; Ceremony, said'jfb.au - been a matter.'of special' :., to J him to .accept Bishop Grimes's a 'i invitation to lay the foundation stone of. the ■\0... Nazareth.House,;because-ho considered; that -.;';- ;the.functipn r ivas one particularly.'appropriate ; .''! to-ihis.;office. ■■■ Amongst" the efforts, for .the v,'; 1 --amelioration - oV his.;peopleV/tp?,. which 'His -.■.'-VBfajesty'the.King gives his patronage; bis ..:';;:-"sympathy, 'and :material support,,hone, were .''dearer, to his heart than ; hospitals and allied ■; • ;irtstitiitions.-His Majesty still took' special '•".'. ' interest, in' the' Prince of „• Wales's. Hospital ..^uhd,',which'-he started . when ( Princo -of ; By. moans of.this fund many'millions : ; jhnd: been-collected for the London, hospitals. :;.' . After .referring; to the self-sacrifice of the ; of iNazaretH, and to the. good .work ■ .;-bejhg.done.by-Mother Mary Aubert. in. AV.cl- ,: d(figton,-.,His -Excellency said-that,- in view ■:--.:■;, ;qf;the".extension of the functions of the State :49'n'J:he ;rhatterof providing hospitals and charr .'■itible institutions,,sorho.inight not consider it .- .necessary to; open their hearts and purses in response ..to' the appeal being made, that day. ' :-He'-himself-didjnot,think soj because' ho r'id v/■■ :not- think that.the extension:of the State's /functions ,in. the direction indicated would in- . ■;'■■ •. fluencc the; true ; ' charity, of /'. the people.' '-Furthermore', there were many charities that ..:-'..'..could not be carried out by the- State* and ;'.;■ -the- Nazareth House dealt-with cases .: for State did not provide.....; ...;' i : At; the ; conclusion of. the ceremony, a. collection was taken up,. Bishop Grimes giving , : .-forie hundred''guineas; His Excellency ten ;.; guineas, and the Prime Minister ten guineas.