visitation of the sick

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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

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.

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

Their duties included the supervision of Church property, the management of Church finances, the visitation of the sick, the distribution of alms and the care of widows and orphans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Formerly whole days were spent in the visitation of the sick, often even against natural inclination; such works as these can be practised no longer.

From Spiritual Torrents by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte