The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-05-26
4 GREAT Revelation,

1 GREAT Revelation.
Some Valuable Thoughts Concerning
Human Happiness and Timely Sug-
gestions About Securing It.
Synopsis Of , Lecture Delivered by DR..
Charles Craig Before the Metropol.
isan Scientific Association.
"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
superiors of the ones who address them.
Rev. Dr.. Tying, of New York, when a theo.
logical student, supplied church In . neigh
boring town, and on his way to preach one
morning met an aged colorel man. Well,
Uncle, do you ever 60 to hear the young
preacherl' asked the unfedged doctor.
NO. Massa,' replied the negro, dis chile
don't let none O. dem students practis 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 bv thousands.
The increase Of scientific study is universal.
The spirit of inquiry in all fields is so marked
as 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
be better understood from few illustrative
facts. 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
seat of life ami health. 1t is now known
that this organ is only pump simply keep
ing in motion what other and more important
organs of the body have created and trans
formed. 1t was once supposed that if q per-
son felt pain in the back, the liver was de-
ranged; if pain came in the lower chest the
lungs were affected and consumption was
near; it is now known that pain in the back
indicates diseased kidneys, while troubles in
the lower chest arise from q disordered liver
and not imperfect lungs A 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, and caused prin-
cipallv by WEAKNESS. A physician was called
who 'bled him copiously.' Strange to say,
tie patient became no better. Another doc
tor was called. who again took away large
amount OF the vital fluid. Thus in success
sion four physicians drew away the life of q
great man who was intended by nature for
an old age, and who prematur.ly died-mu:-
dered by maipractice-bled to death. That
was the age OF medical bleeding"
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. and TINT 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 them
at once, continued:
"Let us look at this matter q little more
closely. The human body is the most per-
feet and yet the most delicate Of all created
things 1t is capable of the greatest results
and it is liable to the greatest disorders. The
slightest causes sometimes seem to throw its
delicate machinery out of order while the
most simple and common-sense care restores
and keeps them in perfect condition. When
it is remembered that the amount of happi-
ness or misery We are to have in this world Is
dependent upon q perfect body, is it not
strange that simple precautions and care are
not exercised This is one of the most vital
questions of life. People may avoid it for
the present, but there is certain to come .
time in every ones experience when 1t must
be facet.
"And here pardon me for relating little
personal experience. In the year 1871
found myself losing both in strength and
health. could assign no cause for the de-
cline, but it continued, until finally callel
to my aid two prominent physicians After
treating me Tor some time they declared
was suffering from Bright's disease of the
kidneys, and that they could do nothing more
for me. At this time was SO weak l could
not raise my head from the pillow and
PAINTED REPEATEDLY.
My heart beat SO rapidly it was with difficulty
I could sleep. My lungs were also badly in
volved; l could retain nothing upon my
stomach, while the most intense pains in my
back and bowels caused me to long for death
as relief. 1t was at this critical juncture
that physical longing which felt (and
which most firmly believe was an inspira-
tion) caused me to send for the leaves of a
plant had once known in medical practice.
After great difficulty at last secured them
and began their use in the form of tea. no
ticed n lessenng of the pain at once; began
to mend rapidly; in five weeks was able to
be about, and in two months I became ler-
fecty well and have so continued to this day.
1t was only natural that such result should
have caused me to investigate most thor.
oroughly. l carefully examined fields in
medicine never before explored. l sought
the cause of physical order and disorder, hap.
piness and pain, and found the kidneys and
liver to be the governors, whose motions reg.
ulate the entire system"
After describing at length the offices of the
kidneys and liver, and their important part
in life, the doctor went on to say:
"Having found this great truth, I saw
clearly the cause Of my recovery. The SIM
pie vegetable leaf had used was food and
restorer to my wellnigh exhausted kidneys
and liver. It had come to them when their
life was nearly gone, and by its simple, yet
powerful influence had purified, strength
ened and restored them, and saved me from
dealh. Realizing the great benefit which
knowledge of this truth would give to the