visitation of the sick
Example Sentences
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Towards the evening, Dr. Tatham also, as had been his daily custom through her illness, appeared, and in a low tone read over the service for the visitation of the sick.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
And here I may come again to that important branch of visitation, the visitation of the sick.
From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
A baptism follows; after that a marriage: and we then proceed, in due course, to the visitation of the sick, and the burial of the dead.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
His idea at first was that the little community should not be bound by the enclosure, but should devote themselves to their own sanctification and to the visitation of the sick and the poor.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James
In the visitation of the sick, if the sick person makes a confession of his sins, and 'if he heartily and humbly desire it,' the Priest is bidden to absolve him.
From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.
