J. M. ANDERS, M.D., LL.D., of Philadelphia.
L. NAPOLEON BOSTON, M.D., of Philadelphia. DR PH. CHAPELLE.
T. E. CONARD, M.D., of Philadelphia.
EPHRAIM CUTTER, M.D., LL.D., of New York City.
JOHN ASHBURTON CUTTER, B.Sc., M.D., of New York City. E. B. GLEASON, M.D., of Philadelphia.
CHARLES M. HICKEY, M.D., of New York City. GEORGE A. HEWITT, M.D., of Philadelphia.
DR. JONCHERAY, of Angers, France.
ERNEST LAPLACE, M.D., LL.D., of Philadelphia. J. M. McLEOD, M.D., of Lincoln, Neb.
GEORGE W. PFROMM, Ph.G., M.D., of Philadelphia. F. SAVARY PEARCE, M.D., of Philadelphia.
PROFESSOR POTAIN, of Paris, France.
AMBROSE L. RANNEY, A.M., M.D., of New York City. JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, M.D., LL.D., of Philadelphia. T. G. STEPHENS, M.D., Ph.G., of Sidney, Iowa. DR. J. TOUBERT, of Val-de-Grâce, France. HIRAM WILLIAMS, M.D., of Passaic, N. J.
Addresses and Graduating Exercises.
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE
TRAINING-SCHOOL FOR NURSES
OF THE MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.9
THE college orchestra, under the leader- ship of P. A. Zoells, opened the meeting by rendering the overture to Suppe's opera: "Poet and Peasant."
REV. MERVIN J. ECKELS, D.D., then appeared in supplication, as follows:-
Almighty God, Creator of all! we wor- ship thee and do offer our homage unto thee, who art over all. Thy hand, Al- mighty God, hath fashioned us; and thy breath hath given us life. Thou dost pre- serve us upon the earth. We bless thee for all the manifestations of thy tender regard for us, the creatures of thy crea- tion, because thou hast made us, O God; thou knowest our frame; thou remem- berest that we are dust; and because thou knowest us thou dost have compassion upon our infirmities. We bless thee, that in the creation of the earth thou hast pro- vided so many remedies for all those ills that flesh is heir to; and we bless thee that thou hast given unto men wisdom to dis-
'The services were held in the new college amphitheatre, Cherry Street above Seventeenth Street, Monday, December 11, 1899, at 8 P.M.
cover these remedies for all manner of sick- nesses and that thou hast given unto them skill in the art of applying all these things. We bless thee for all the institutions which, in the course of time, have been builded up in order to alleviate the sufferings of hu- manity. We thank thee for all the inspira-
tion that has come to man from thine own example, for we believe that thou thyself didst become flesh and dwell among men, that thou mightest become the Great Phy- sician, healing their sicknesses and bearing their infirmities. And now we pray thee that thou wilt save us in this hour as we meet in this institution, which has been erected in order to carry on this work which was wrought also by the Son of Man when He went about doing good. We pray that thy blessing may rest upon all those that are engaged in the work of administering unto the sick, all those that are willing to give their lives unto the study of this art of gentle ministry; and to-night we invoke the divine blessing, especially, upon this graduating class; upon these young women, who shall so soon go forth from this in- stitution to represent them in the midst of sickness and afflictions; and we pray for every one of them that thou, O God, wilt make them strong, that thou wilt make them gentle, that thou wilt make them pa- tient, that thou wilt help them to bear all things and to endure all things. May they go to their work as those who count not their lives as dear unto themselves; so that
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