Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-10-06

of the very significant applause which
he paid his compliments in very digni-
fled way to those critics who spent elev-
en- weeks on case which they never saw
and have not got through with yet. The
Doctor SAID that in view of the sacrifices
made by the medical profession for the
relief of human suffering in all walks Of
life it had always been can unsolvable
paradox" to him "why SO little sympathy
exists between the physician and the
public. Only let some question of impor-
tance arise in which the character or
professional reputation of medical man
is involved, and ten to one the public
will range themselves over against the
doctors. l should say that the !ealousies
which take place in our ranks may poss-
bly, inspire public feeling" Assuming
this to be direct reference to the late
Presidents case-perhaps it is not, but
it has that flavor-we think DR.. Agnew
gives the hostiles credit for more force
in numbers than they can summon.
They fall long way short of constituting
the public. Some of them were newspa-
per doctors who were figuring for a SEN
Sation; some were empires; some prac-
tcing physicians who meant we'll but
didn't know; and others laymen who
would not admit that anything but bad
surgery could deprive the President of
his life. The public was with the doc
tors from the first to the last; it believed
in them; it prayed for their success; it
does not blame them for their inability
to accomplish the impossible. The pub
lie is always big-hearted and generally
reasonable, but it does not always make
SO much noise as the GROWERS who find
fault on general principles.
Arch Bishop Gibbons, of Baltimore
believes in the efficacy of prayer, and that
response to the petitions in behalf Of
President Garfield was vOuchSafcd In
his sermon last Sunday he said: 'Ts it
not response to our prayers to sec our
nltion and its peace preserved, to wit
ness party and sectional animosities be-
coming subordinate to the higher and
nober feelings OF patriotism, and to OBJ
serve the horror with which the crime of
assassination is viewed? Let us remem-
Der that the primary object of prayer is
not to obtain favors from God, but to
and dependence upon His great proyi-
dence. A temporal favor was asked
when we supplicated that the life OF the
ruler of this country might be saved for
four years to reign over us, and although
it was denied us by God in his great wis
dom and care of the interests of His chill
dren, of which he can Judge better than
we, He has been pleased to inspire the
nation with respect and love and venera-
tion for Garfield not alone tor four years,
the short time when he would have per-
formed the duties of President, but for
all time to come. For ages the name Of
James A. Garfield will be cherished in
the memory Of his fellow countrymen,
aid history will accord him place of
prominence among her heroes and mar
tyrs, which will at the same time be
monument to the great wisdom of Provi-
dence, which sees all things for the best
as it undoubtedly has in the present case.
Let me solicit your prayers and sympathy
for the bereavcd widow and orphans, the
sufferers of q sacrifice offered for Il ma
tion's good, and also your prayers for
chat nation that it may rest upon the sol.
id foundation Of justice, law and order,