The Cancer Hospital (free) : Founder- William Marsden, M.D. Brompton, S.W., for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous disease the only special refuge for the poor persons afflicted with this fearful disease, who are admitted free, without letters of recommendation.

  • Cancer Hospital (London, England)
Date:
[1887?]
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Credit: The Cancer Hospital (free) : Founder- William Marsden, M.D. Brompton, S.W., for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous disease the only special refuge for the poor persons afflicted with this fearful disease, who are admitted free, without letters of recommendation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FORM OF LEGACY. To those benevolent persons who kindly desire to become Benefactors by Will to this Institution, the following Form of Legacy is respectfully recommended: ' \ \’> ■ ... • “ I give and bequeath unto the Treasurer for the time being of The Cancer Hospital situate in the Fulham Hoad, Brompton, Middlesex, London, the sum of {free of Legacy Duty), to be paid out of my personal estate not charged on land, to be applied towards carrying on the charitable designs of the said Institution.” N.B.—Devises of Land or Bequests of Money charged on Land are void by the Statute of Mortmain. '■ < ' r ' r t f <T Q o , ci * e . 9 tr f etc** o < ■ c teal r ^ C i 4 v n ' t c - f.’ S' b- ij .7 . i <■ ' ,t < ■y , e £ < v t <- f i. Extract from a Sermon preached in aid of the Cancer Hospital, by the Most Reverend the late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. “ Relieving the halt and the blind is not to be recompensed here, but will be recompensed at the resurrection, when you will all have to appear before the judgment-seat; and those who have had talents assigned by the Lord must give an account of their stewardship. The faithful will be then judged. Giving what is due to charity shows faith ; so also does it to suffer affliction; it shows our faith to employ our substance in complying with the will of God, which demands the sacrifice of part of our means, and passes for something beyond the present world. Whoever has in this world good things, and pays no regard to him who has little, does not fulfil the commandment of God. The m special Hospital for which I plead to-day is dedicated to a malady of a most fearful character; but I would not distress your feelings for one moment by describing the sufferings from the first symptom of its attack to its close, yet I could wish that the greatness of those sufferings should be more apparent. I feel none could resist doing something to mitigate that misery, for we know that such misery does exist, as surely as if we saw it with our eyes. The Institution has been established but a few years, and great is the good it has already conferred. Much more, it is hoped, may be done by it for suffering humanity. The Lord went about doing good, and showing His Almighty power by works of mercy. God is pleased to see the exercise of faith in the practice of charity. “ I therefore, in conclusion, urge upon you the necessity of regulating your expenditure, and to bear in mind the command to do good and to distribute. Eternal life is the gift of God, and He does expect that we examine ourselves and form our faith. Let nothing, whether self-indulgence or not, be a hindrance to your bounty. Our inheritance is the kingdom of Christ above, which we gain by faith and keeping the commandments, which in the spirit of love, as the Apostle tells you, is the only good foundation in the life to come.”