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... feel very lonely , " said a poor blind girl , who was in the darkened corner of a large ward ; " I have been here two months , and I have had no one to speak to . I hear the clergyman reading prayers at the end of the ward , but I ...
... feel very lonely , " said a poor blind girl , who was in the darkened corner of a large ward ; " I have been here two months , and I have had no one to speak to . I hear the clergyman reading prayers at the end of the ward , but I ...
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... feel grateful for the kind intention , they may often feel relieved when the lady visitor departs . Even where it is best organized , such help cannot reach the evil that is to be corrected ; and when instances are brought forward of ...
... feel grateful for the kind intention , they may often feel relieved when the lady visitor departs . Even where it is best organized , such help cannot reach the evil that is to be corrected ; and when instances are brought forward of ...
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... feel sure that they have time to give to spiritual instruction ? I think they are so immensely occupied with physical matters that they would have to neglect their imme diate duties if they undertook others . " My impression is that the ...
... feel sure that they have time to give to spiritual instruction ? I think they are so immensely occupied with physical matters that they would have to neglect their imme diate duties if they undertook others . " My impression is that the ...
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... feel much more comfort than I do in regard to the spiritual treat- ment of the patients . For nothing am I so thankful as for the least help in the fulfilment of my spiritual charge . But there are difficulties to deal with in ...
... feel much more comfort than I do in regard to the spiritual treat- ment of the patients . For nothing am I so thankful as for the least help in the fulfilment of my spiritual charge . But there are difficulties to deal with in ...
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... feeling , the prayer would be a daily one , the exhortation frequent , and the presence of the clergyman would be only regarded as an ordinary event . " With regard to this hospital , I should rejoice to think that such a machinery ...
... feeling , the prayer would be a daily one , the exhortation frequent , and the presence of the clergyman would be only regarded as an ordinary event . " With regard to this hospital , I should rejoice to think that such a machinery ...
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