LETTER XVII.

_THE HOSPITAL AND GOVERNORS._

Blessed be the man [that] provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in [the] time of trouble.

[Communion Service, [Ps. xli. v. Prayer Book Version].]

Quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes.

_Martial_ [Lib. v. Epigr. xliii.].

Nil negat, et sese vel non poscentibus offert.

_Claudian_ [_in Eutrop._ Lib. i. v. 365].

Decipias alios verbis voltuque benigno; Nam mihi jam notus dissimulator eris.

_Martial_ [Lib. iv. Epigr. lxxxix.].

Christian Charity anxious to provide for future as well as present Miseries--Hence the Hospital for the Diseased--Description of a recovered Patient--The Building: how erected--The Patrons and Governors--Eusebius--The more active Manager of Business a moral and correct Contributor--One of different Description--Good the Result, however intermixed with Imperfection.