Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-16
SUNDAY READING.

IhyJlclanh. Inc paTsOn - expected 10 Do aDl6
TO dsfne, in moment Just what sin is and
WAY certain doings and ailings to DO are sim
full. ''The Doctor" is expected to be ready
with opinions concernn our Utmost aches,
disorders and symptoms in some degree this
IS faith. In too many stances, however, it
Is fiat stupidity. You and l, laymen, know
the DecalOguo as well as any minister; and
We have no more right to commit sins against
which there are no special edicts and then
pretend that the preachers have left US in ig-
norance of the sinful nature of our acts than
We have to violate the rules of physical health
and then, getting sick, blame the doctor. All
OF which, rightly applied, is a lesson, in the
rough, ON Self Help. If man is sick he owes
il TO his physician that he maintain manful
determination ito reciprOcate every cheerful
look and respond with heartiness to every
kindly effort made in his behalf. The sick
man is only one party to undertaking. he
oTes it to himself to do something besides fur
uishing the doctor with subject to expert
nent upon. The principles of fairplay de-
mand Of him as much encouragement to those
who are anxiously attending his bedside as
thrv would offer him. No man has right to
abandon a sick bod fight in which himself is
chiefly interested Let him do his share Of
sLe struggle and show his gratitude for tender
attentions by getting we'll as speedily as posi-
bic! Thus will he do his part toward saving
the doctors reputation and rewarding his
friends for thoir days and nights of watching
and anxiety! Nine tenths of the deaths of
Adults are promoted by sheer ingratitude
Whenever a man takes to sick bed he ought
40 recollect that it is his duty to get well. A
NAH without this sense of duty does not de
serve the attentions of medical attendant.
II vow are overheard and a rope is thrown to
you aud you drown from not helping yourself
10 the end of it, it serves you right. You
have no business to expect the minister to do
al! The saving of your soul. If your soul is
worth saving you will cooperate with the par
son The good man needs encouragement.
lie IS AZ much mere man as your doctor.
Doctors and preachers who are worth having,
prescribe and sermonize for something be-
sides money They need all your warmest
sympathy, my sick and sinful friends. Men
whose daily and hourly duty It is to go about
saving bodies from the grave and souls from
pardilion need all the warmth Of manful SYM
! 4thy tnatcan be availed of. Treat your doc
tor as you would your bootblack, and he may
feel toward you as your bootblack does-pol- |
ish you off and let you go, But If you
are sick man you are an object of com
misseration. They who are called upon to
pity US are themselves to be pitied for their |
wounded sensibilities. They who are inter |
estad in our souls welfare are Oftentimes men |
of snrrow, notwithstanding tho cheerfulness
get we'll of our bodily ailments We shall
second the earnest efforts of our physician
and attendants. If are sincere and not
in our profession of desire to
lead blameless life, we shall do something
better than lay the whole burden of our sal
vation upon the minister. 1t takes two to
make bargain, two to save the body from the
bier, and two to promote the sincere priests
efforts in the direction of repentance and re-
demption
1t is our duty as men and women to do
each his part. God helps those who help
themselves.
Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies
These truths, so common and 80 hOmely
are too often lost sight of. Under their
rough exterior lies the germ of the precepts of
self Justice and wise and
proper self-assertion. We must each of US
lift his end of the burden, each lend his moral
IS well as his physical aid toward his own ad-
in this world and his happiness in |
he next. What is known under the general [
ERIN of political action, especially that which t
ooks to personal advancement, is best and
trongest and most to be respected when
hese precepts are observed 1t is the duty
f the citizen to take such a part in public
fairs as shall ensure to the State the services
md example of the best and most admirable t
aen. This can be done through an obedience
o the better instincts of self The body =,
'olltic needs constant, earnest, UNIV carrying,
uxious attention 1t must be kept clean
nd pure, or it falls sick of corruption and t
10th. The axiom we would teach might be :,
mboded in the words, By helping others, O
arnestly and effectively, one helps himself. t.