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124 THE CHARMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME.
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" Here Here Healing Are Soft Hands Dews ...
w could e refl be ect better ed how kep ever t or y more singl extensivel e flower y cultivated tree increased ; and when the
pleasure of the convalescents , we could not help echoing Alice ' s p she raises had when ever seen she decl !" ared , " That it was the beautifullest place
seeing After - the lookin short g at leasan the sea t f t h whic the h led down of the to gar the den beac , and h
ppa h throug ouse h the two tered grassy firs fields t into before a com us for , we tab re le turned sitting to room g * o over on t the he
with ground matting , -floor . * and It was a lar larg e e , wit h in papered dow wit w h all lass s , a door floor opening covered :
, gg in their to the ran garden k of li . fe The was furniture t comfortable , without and being suited too luxurious to invalids for ;
a sofa and arm chair , for ye those who needed them ; a well-stocked book-case , filled not merely with the customary tales books well of
on reli adap g ious ted side to ins soo t ruc th t ion a wri , bu t wile ing t containing table away hours and * stories opposite of pain and or a good weakness -sized ;
grate , all ready laid with fuel , bore ; testimony to , the matron ' s words , that fires were frequently lighted whenever the weather
the was t languid he least circulation cold , even of in the summer patients , in . order Vases to g of uard flowers agains on t the mantelieceand reliious ictures of a suerior kind round
the walls p made , the room gp ttas well as habi p tableand we were besides , struck with the thoroug y h ventilation of , this and
all the other rooms , and of the care taken to have fire-places in room all the with Ibedrooms bare . boards We then where entered long- , dining on the table same floor and , benches a large
had round all it their , sideboard meals , and There , cup the boards ictures bore on wit the ness walls to where all pointed they
to some act of worsh . ip , which p was explained when we learnt that this was used also as their chapel .
" Our rules , " said the matron ( who , I observed , was always be called opportunity obeyed u . ter here Our " by kind of all the manager patients and wished reading ) that ver the y all Hol should p y , Bible bu have t must the for
therefore without these she hel laced ps she the prayer felt Home all as other close remedies to the church were useless as she , , well and
couldin order p that those who were far from strong might be able to , attend divine service as often as possible . But besides
exam we try ple to of teach famil the y pray most er ; careless and improve and heedless as much to as pray we , can by the our
spiritual as well as the bodily welfare of our children . Breakwell fast is laid h at to eig com ht o e ' clo to ck it a and . m . in is followed this room by for the all morning "who are
enoug , devotions psalms , a by chapter singing in a the hymn Bible . Dinner , and prayers at one . o ' clock We end is again our
124 The Charmouth Convalescent Home.
124 THE CHARMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/52/
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