NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY
SERVICE AT LANSDOWNE. CHURCH. MEMORIAL TO FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. To mark National Hospital Day, which fell on Friday a special service was held in the Lansdowne Presbyterian Church yesterday. National Hospital Day is set aside once a year as a national memorial to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The white caps and collars and the red and blue capes of the nursing staff of the Masterton Public Hospital made a distinct splash of colour. Accompanied by the Matron, Miss Barnett, the nurses filled the greater part of the church. The Rev. David McNeur conducted the service, and Mrs H. M. Morton presided at the organ. Beautiful solos were given by Mrs J. Moss and Mr L. Morgan. '
The preacher took as his text “Neither shall there be any more pain.” He said that while the Seer did not say much about the things that would be in heaven, he mentioned many things that would not be there—and pain was one of them. As long as practical sympathy was not universal, pain would exist, but when Christian sympathy was perfected there would be no more pain. Mr McNeur spoke of the life and work of our great national heroine, Florence Nightingale, and traced the events of her life, how she had done more than any other woman to help on the day when pain and suffering would be eliminated. She had taken up the Cross and borne it all her days that she might rescue her beloved soldiers from pain. Perhaps it would be possible in our day for some woman to carry on the cure of the human race another great step forward and help on that great day when “the former things have passed away.” “Lead Kindly Light,” and hymns suitable to the occasion were sung. At the close of the service ladies of the Lansdowne Presbyterian Church led by Mrs McNeur provided supper for the nurses and visitors. Before leaving, Miss Barnett voiced the deep appreciation of the nurses at the response to their desire for the service and thanked the ladies for their kindly thought
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1939, Page 4
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