visitation of the sick

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Your godly prayer-book, says, in the visitation of the sick, "the ministers shall not omit, earnestly to move, such sick persons, as are of ability, to be liberal to the poor."

From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Rigby, Nicholas

In New York, however, pastoral duties are almost entirely confined to the ministrations in the church, visitation of the sick, marriages, and attendance upon funerals. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

They shall render all necessary aid at the public and special services of worship and in the administration of the Lord's Supper, especially at the Kinderlehre and in the visitation of the sick.

From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.

The society takes charge also of the visitation of the sick, and the p. 185distribution of tracts in the suburbs, at the gates of the factories and workshops, etc. 

From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

There are thirty Sisters, who, besides attending to the home, do much charitable work in teaching and the visitation of the sick.

From Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir