Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-28
A GREAT REVELATION.

A GREAT revelation.
Some Valuable Thoughts Concerning
-uHuman Happiness and Timely Sug.
.nlou gestiOns About Securing 1t.
synopsis of Lecture Delivered by DR..
4 Charles Craig Before the MetrOpOl.
,l itan Scientific Association =,
1.-THE public speaker OF the present day
labors under difficulties Of which the speak
ers OF the last century never dreamed, for
while the audiences of the past received what
was said without question, those of the pres
ent day are usually the mental equals or
superlors of the ones who address them.
Rev. DR.. Tying, of New York, when theo-
logical student, supplied church in neigh
boring town, and on his way to preach one
morning met an aged colored man. "Well,
Uncle, do you ever go to hear the young
preacherp asked the unaedged Doctor
No, Massa,' replied the negro, dis chile
don't let none O. dem students practls On
him. The darkey had begun to think. The
free and independent thought Of this age &C
cepts statements only where they are proven
to be truth, while the development of mental
power seems equally great in every other de-
partment OF life. The valuable inventions
of the day are counted by thousands.
The increase Of scientific study is universal.
The spirit of inquiry in all fields is so marked
rs to cause
COMMENT ON EVERY SIDE,
while people seem investigat ng and advanc-
ing In every direction which can help them
morally, mentally or physically This is
specially true Of the human body and every
thing which concerns it, and the truths
which the people have found even in the
last fifty years, are simply marvellous. How
really ignorant some cultured and suppose.
ably scientific people were only few years
ago as compared with the present day, may
he better understood from few illustrative
lacts, A prominent writer prepared an
elaborate essay to prove that steamships
could never cross the Atlantic, and his pam
! phlet was issued just in time to be carried
by the first steamer that went to England.
People once believed that the heart was the
i,vat OF life and health. 1t is now known
that this organ is only pump, simply keep.
,Alg in motion what other and more important
leans of the body have created and trans
Formed II was once supposed that if per-
son felt pain in the back, the liver was de-
Ianged; II pain came in the lower chest the
lungs were Affected and consumption was
-hear; 1t Is now known that a pam in the back
Indicates diseased kidneys, while troubles in
| the lower chest arise from a disordered liver
and notimperfect lungs. severe pain in
the head was once thought to come from some
partial arrangement of the brain it is now
known that troubles in other parts of the
body and away from the head, cause head
aches and that only by removing the cause
can the pain be cured. 1t is matter of
~ ~ PRIVATE HISTORY -
that Gen. Washington was bled to death.
his last illness was slight ard caused prin-
| cipaly by WEAKNESS. A physician was cal ed
VINO bled him copiousl.' Strange to say,
the patient became no better. Another doc.
tor was called, who again took away large
amountoi the vital fluid. Thus in success
sion four physicians drew away the life of a
great man who was intended by nature fol
an old age, aud who prematurey died-mur
dered by malpractice-Dled to death. That
was the age OF medical bleedingln
' The speaker then graphically described
another period which. came upon the people,
in which they ASSIGNED the origin of all dis
eases TO the stomach, and after showing the
falsity OF this theory, aud that the kidneys
and liver were the causes OF disease, and
that many people are suffering from kidney
and liver troubles TO-DAY who do not know it
but who should know 1t and attend to then
at once, continued:
"ALet us look at this matter a little more
closely. The human body is the most per
feet and vet the most delicate of all created
things. 1t Is capable of the greatest results
aud 1t is liable to the greatest disorders. Tit
slightest causes sometimes seem to throw it
delicate machinery out of order while thu
most simple and common-sense care restores
and keeps hem in perfect condition. Whel
it is remembered that the amount of happi
ness or misery we are to have in this world |
dependent upon perfect body, is it no
strange that simple precautions and care ar
not exercised This is one of the most vita
questions of life People may avoid it 70
the resent, but there is certain to come
time in every ones experience when it mus
be face l..
"And here pardon me for relating a littl
personal experience. In the year 1870
found myself losing both in strength an
health. ! could assign no cause for the de
cline but it continued until finally | Gale
TO my aid two prominent physicians Ate
treating me or some time they declared
was suffering from Bright's disease of tn
kidneys, and that they could do nothing NOR
for me. At this time was so weak / coul
mot raise my head from the pillow aud / --
PAINTED REPEATEDLY.
yheart beat so rapidly it was with difficult
: | could sleep. My lungs were also badly in
volVed; could retain nothing upon m
, stomach, while the most intense pains in m
back and bowels caused me to long for deaf
as relief. 1t was at this critical junctur
that physical longing which | felt IAN
Which lmOst firmly believe was an inspri
bon) caused me to send for the leaves of
, plant had once known in medical practic,
After great d ficulty at last secured theI
and began their use in the form of tea. M
tced a lessenlng of the pain at once I bega
/ to mend rapidly; in five weeks 7 was able [
! be about, aud in two months became pe
ectiy well and have so continued to this da,
1t was only patura that such a result Shout
} have caused me to investigate most tho
| orOnghly. / carefully examined fields /
, medicine never before explored. / sougl
, the cause of hysical order and disorder hal
uiness and PAIN and found the kidneys an
liver to be The governors, whose motions rel
ulate the entire systemn
After describing at length the offices of I'll
kidneys and liver, and their important pal
life, the doctor went on to say:
"Having found this great truth, / sa
5 clearly the cause of my recovery. The sin
r pie vegetable leaf had used was food an
+ restorep tony well-nigh exhausted kidney
= aud liver 1t had come to them when the
l life was nearly gone, and by its simple, u
= powerful influence had purified, strength
ened and restored them, and saved me iro
deah. Realizing the great benefit which
knowledge of this truth would give TO ii
world, began in modest way to treat thol
G afflicted, and IN every case found the same