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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 AN Hospital Sonday - FOR T0R0NT(| ^ IPctjpkr Read before the Memberiof^he Minis- terial Association of Toronto BY DR. r^GEORGE HODGINS OCTOBER 24tM, 1887 A 3G^ TORON MAIL JOB pi^INT ^ K HG6 AriflHI .sV'*-^ /li- ■'V ii m^^^^^i^ftm ■ ■\ I T H * [ si 2^ n feo^reitg,] fiinslay FOR TORONTO 'iif thing was abstracted from it. AN HOSPITAL SUNDAY " Hospital Sunday,'' as its name implies, is one special Sunday set apart in the year, on which, from all the pulpits of the metropolis, the claims of the sick and suffering, and those who otherwise " have no helper," are brought before the various congregations, and a special collec- tion for their benefit is taken up. These var- ious collections are thrown into one common fund, which is distributed amongst all the hospitals and kindred institutions of the city by a general council-— representative in its char- acter, and under the presidency of the Lord Mayor of London for the time being. This council in London consists of fifty clerical and fifty lay members, chosen from amongst the most prominent of the clergy and laity of the various Christian communions. The Lord Mayor is ex officio president and treasurer. There is a vice-president, two honorary secre- taries and a paid secretary, with committees on '' Distribution" and '' General Purposes." The minister and two laymen from each con- tributing congregation meet every year to appoint the council for the following year. T FOR rOUONTO. '^> As frequently happens in important and suc- cessful enterprises, the institution of the benevo- lent scheme of " Hospital Sunday" was the re- sult of the efforts of a few zealous individuals in the town of Birmingham, England, about thirty years ago. After it had proved to be a practi- cal success in Birmingham, Christian benevo- lence was invoked in its behalf in Manchester, Liverpool, Tweeds, Newcastle, Chester, and many other of the large towns in England. It soon became one of the most popular institu- tions, or enterprises, in these important centres of population. In 1873 an influential meeting was held in London to promote its establish- ment in the metropolis. Representatives from all of the churches, chiefly clerical, took part in that important gathering under the presi- dency of the Loid Mayor. In his opening remarks that gentleman urged the adoption of the scheme for the following reasons. They are especially appropriate on the present occasion, and are so entirely applicable to the religious and social condition of our people in this city that I shall briefly quote them. He said : 6 AN i/osrrrAi. sun day " I believe that the establishment of ' Hospi- tal Sunday' in London would be a great benefit in deepening, strengthening and uniting reli- gious feeling throughout the ^^hole of the metro[)olis — for, on that day, all congregations would feel, whatever might be their differences of creed, that they were assisting in promoting a great Christian object. ... It would, I think, be glorious to know that, on one Sunday in the year, the w'orshippers in every temple throughout the metropolis came to the altar, before which they were accustomed to worship, and tendered a mite — each according to his means — in the promotion of one common object" — the relief of suffering and sorrow and misery. The Rev. Canon Miller, one of the chief promoters of tlie orii^inal Hospital Sunday in Birmingham, added the result of his experience as to the practical working of the scheme in that place. He said : " It is a more legitimate mode of raising money than hospital dinners or bazaars, or other questionable modes of appeal to the benevolence of tlie people. It is acting on F(m TOHOXTO. < Christian principles, instead of receiving pleasure in return for vvhat is received. One of the great effects of this movement will be that you will have small contributions from great masses of the people. And we have not yet realized the great power of little sums, when they are collected together and used for a common object. As to an objection which has been urged that it would diminish contri- butions, the experience of Birmingham shows that it is nut the case. Two years ago the sub- scriutions to one of the great hospitals in Bir- mingham were ^600 sterling a year more than they had been in any year before Hosi)ital Sunday was instituted." Speaking oi the great practical importance of agreeing upon one particular Sunday in the year for the advocacy of this noble cause of Christian charity and benevolence, Canon Miller said : • "I rejoice to think that all sections of the Christian Church and our Hebrew fellow-men will aid in this movement, and that there will be one day in the year when this great homage will be paid to mercy. A lamented ftiend of 8 AN HOSPITAL SUNDAY mine, Rev. J. Angell James, speaking at a meet- ing in Birmingham on a memorable occasion, said : ' There is no sectarianism in misery, and there should be none in mercy.' "I venture most emphatically and earnestly to urge the conference to aim at simultaneousness as being absolutely essential to the success of the movement. Otherwise I am persuaded the movement will be a failure in a very short time." On this point Cardinal Manning, who took part in the meeting, and heartily endorsed the movement, said : " If this simultaneous Sunday collection is to be obtained and maintained — and I entirely agree with Canon Miller that the simultaneous- ness of it is vital to its success and permanence — we ought to have on the council such a federal representation of all these various bodies that we can communicate with them in detail, and ensure that exact punctuality in detail which is necessary to the success of the whole operation." Speaking of the composition of this council, Cardinal Manning said : "There will be on it proportionate numbers, FOR TORONTO. 9 chosen from each separate communion of Christians, who will undertake to work together with all their hearts for this common object ; and I think that the importance of this federal union is very great." As to the results which have followed the institution of Hospital Sunday in London, I may say that in 1873 the sum of .:^2 7,7oo ster- ling, or $f38,5oo, was collected in 1,072 con- gregations ; in 1880, $152,120 were collected in 1,225 congregation", and this year (1887) $205,000 were collected from 1,598 congrega- tions. This latter sum was distributed amongst 108 hospitals and 50 dispensaries, being on an average $1,300 to each. The principle upon which the distribution is made is based upon the total average expenditure of each institution for the last three years, omitting amounts received from endowments. In every case the merits and pressing needs of the institution are fully enquired into and considered by the Com- mittee on Distribution. There is no reason, in our smaller communi- ty, why the objects and contributions of Hospital Sunday in Toronto should not embrace the 10 AN HOSPITAL SUNJJAY whole field of our charities-ta list of which, with their income for 1886, is appended) -including the hospitals and infirmaries and those valuable institutions recently established, especially the HiUcrest Convalescent Home, Humane So- ciety (including the protection of women and children), the Relief Society, the Industria In- stitute for Girls and the Industrial School for Bovs It would have the effect of giving a wider scope to the objects of Hospital Sun- day, and would tend to enlist the sy^P^^hies of the entire community ; for every object like.y to excite its interest or regard would then be embraced in the field of operations. Ihe Mayor, as in London, might be president and ueasurer, ex officio, and those who take part in the movement, as contributing congregations, might elect the first council. It only remains for me to summarize some o ■ the advantages of the institution ot Hospital Sunday in Toronto : U) It would, on the principle of concentra- tion, emphasize, from all the pulpits of this city with a distinctness and force never before felt, the great and exalted principle of Christian FOR TORONTO. 11 benevolence, and of giving to those ip need for the Master's sake. (2). It would bring home to the entire com- munity, pointedly, at least once a year, a sense of their responsibility and duty to those of our brethren who are helpless and dependent upon others for loving care and sympathy. (3). It would be a means of diffusing among the mass of our citizens some information in regard to our various charities and benevolent institutions; and it would excite a desire to know more about them than is generally known at present. (4). Such information, thus diffused, with the loving appeal which would accompany it, would have the effect of stimulating the desire of many to respond to an appeal thus made. The effect doubtless would be an increase in the numbers of the now comparatively few who statedly and systematically contribute to the charities of the city. (5). The effect of " giving " — under such in- fluences — would be to neutralize the evils of perfunctory giving, merely to get rid of the col- lector. Such giving (as the last report of the 12 AN HOSPITAL SUNDAY Wisconsin State Board of Charities points out) is '* the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of the subject ; but it is not true charily. The truest charity," it states, " gives thought and sympathy, and time and trouble, and then gives money where it is really needed." (6). It would greatly lighten the arduous labours of the devoted Christian ladies (although it would not relieve them of the duty), on whom devolves the difficult and often very discouraging duty of collecting from house to house for our various charities. (7). It would concentrate public attention on the condition and needs of the less favoured amongst us, and who, as children of a common father, are dependent upon the help and minis- trations of those who lovingly acknowledge the Fatherhood of God over all. (8). It would tend to systematize, as well as supplement, the present uncertain and neces- sarily desultory modes of providing for the city charities ; and it would give a specific place (in the Church festivals or anniversaries) to the subject of the duty of caring for the poor and the afflicted--a duty which our Lord so graci- I f» FOR TORONTO. 13 ously and lovingly inculcated as a service done unto Himself. for 'Uhe King shall answer and say unto them "^ ^ *' Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me." T. George Hodgins. Toronto, 24th Oct., 1887. 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