Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-03

'Perils and Purposes of Professional Life"
At the First Methodist church last evening the
pastor, Rev. Mr. Hulburd, delivered his sixth of the
series Of Sunday evening sermons on eve and Our
Neighbours" entitled "Perls and Purposes OF Pro-
fessional Life" His text was taken from Luke,
IV:23:
physician. heal myself
And from Luke II:45:
Then answered one of the lawyers saying Master,
thus saying thou reproachest us Also"
lie pretaced his discourse by renlarking that it
was said that when Peter the Great visited England
he saw great number OF men begowned ana be-
@ :s Thsy ae INA! whs s.
many of them," said he, 81 have only
two in my kingdom, when I get home
I am going to cut their heads off, And 1t was said
that the Chinese had regulation by which they
paid their doctors for keeping them well, and charged
tAem when they were sick. Those barbaric miscon-
captions of these ancient and honorable professions
are not confined to barbarous Or even semi-barbar-
Gus nations. 1t is very popular with certain class
to ding at profession and especially at these two.
Ii was there TO speak for and Of these professions
mat are so connected with our civilization and
religious interests, that to separate or elm
mate either class would be to affect IT.
reparable emJury; he! was there also to maintain
that these professions everything to Christianity
.t least to the religion Of the blble that they have
INCEPTION IN and have been fostered by the re-
hg1n OF the bible Realizing this on their part they
ought not only to acknowledge, but to lend their
baud i'll the support of religion.
for the Oldest law-boOk we must recur to the pub
l1shed will OF God from Mount Sinai, and beyond
that simple code of laws all the statutes of subsequent
time have never gone. While we are engaged in
State anu national legislation constantly, and while
the ahes juriss of all time have been bringing their
minds to bear upon this subject, yet confessedly at
no point and in no case have the SIMPLE principles of
law been out9rOwn that set forth in the ten
commandments issued four thousand years ago and
more from man the representative of ia
slaves. f
He was there especially to speak upon certain per-
lis that attend these two professions aud the claims
"hlch tney nave upon popular sympathy and sup
Of medicine; he remarked that an old Latin proverb
declared that where there three doctors there
we're TWO atheists, and presented of the
'of 'lat view. In the first place the physician, above
"l men, was the slave of the public; he falls into
neglect OF the means of grace, and sarly into
disregard of the things of religion. DR.. Gray be-
heVed that the skeptcism of the Of his profess
sion arose largely from Ignorance they Judged the
cause OF religion without giving it hearing.
Many persons ., also had peculiarly of being scker
Oh sunday than at any other time. The physician
was apt to lose sight OF the designer in the design
looked at the human form mere machine, re-
solved the whole into assimilation and concretion
ana talked and mystihed others about the operations
OF IT. but did not follow these until he had discovered
me supreme designer in the adjustment Of these re-
j2tons lie maintained that the medical profession
was the most Ily-requited profession in the land ;
that it was the last paid usually, even after the
printer and minister; that people delighted
with the doctor when he wrote prescriptions, but
1rowned on him when he wrote bills. This, however,
was not his greatest embarrassment and trouble;
mere were great many grattous services rendered
OK which the public know little or nothing. Many
who were full of promises while sick, forgot the
promises as soon on their feet and about again.
50 tar as personal perils were concered, growing
egltmaely out of then profession, they were per-
maps less than those Of the legal profession.
Lawyers by their profession were gregariOus; were
found Ill large towns and considerable Cities drawn
toSeher oy common tastes, studies and duties Part
y as result of this association the fact that SO
many of the most brilliant lawyers of the land 60
Gown into untinely graves the victims of intem er-
Aice Ii he should characterize intemperanCe as the
s'oHrge OF the profession. every lawyer who might
re consulted would admit it. The social feeling and
me imagined necessity for stimulus together con-
tt!'ited the great tempt1tons to ntemperance. 10
tho criminal lawyer another besetment was present.
ed III the nature of his profession and particular
practice, and an enforced association at times with
the very worst Of tended to make criminal law
yeIs lose all faith in humanity, and to lose faith in hui
nanlty was naxt to losing faith in God Beyond
this, the influence of arguing often against his own
conviction was Of all things the most terribly de-
rnoraIzing mentally.
He affirmed that to the physician everything de-
pended upon the communy's estimate of his moral
character as we'll as his skill and that the doctor
having lost his moral character could only find his
practice among people whose moral character was
like his own.
Mr.. Hulburd concluded his discourse with few
observations and word of exortation to the repre-
sentatFes Of these two professions. The sermon
was a1np1hed by narrative and illustration, and was
listened to by large and appreciatve audience.