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Title: Christian Century
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) -- Periodicals
Publisher: Christian Century Co.
Contributing Library: Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago
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WILLETT dispensary. The cost of such an insti-tution is very great. The income pro-vided by our foreign mission board hasnever been adequate to support it. ButDr. Macklin built up a large practice inthe city, and devoted the income thus ob-tained to the hqspital work. He was for years the local surgeon ofthe Shanghai-Nanking Railroad, and fora time, of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway.Ho had also an important practice inthe Imperial Maritime Customs, and atthe British Consulate. These brought sage before he receives other help, anddaily instruction is given to all whocome. The gospel of cleanness, healtnand work, which is the gospel of Christ,is preached and practiced there. Everyone who asks help is taught to renderhelp, even the most helpless. It is inthe facing of such need that all the mis-sionaries find their hardest trials. A lit-tle money would go so far in providingcomfort for the poor victims of disease,or ignorance or cruelty, and a mission-ary finds himself studying the strictest
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Chapel, University of Nanking. in ;: large revenue, which maintained thehospital on a fairly adequate basis. Buttor several years past Dr. Macklin hasbeen more or less of an invalid. On hisvisits to Chicago he took long walks andsubmitted to a severe dietary to keephimself in condition for his studies. Theresult has been a falling off in the out-side practice he was able to take, and adiminution of the work of the hospital.On our visit there, the only work at-tempted was done by native assistantswith Dr. Macklins oversight and direc-tion m serious cases. He lamented thecurtailing of the medical work of themission, tut was unable to supply longerthe resources for its maintenance. beggars ward. He took us through his beggarsward. Here were many men who hadcome in from the streets, sick or wound-ed, with no means of paying for treat-ment or even food. Dr. Macklin be-lieves that some of the best results of hisvork have been seen in the restoration ofsuch men to health and competence. AChi

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