The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-07-08
A Z REVELATION.
Some Valuable Thoughts Concerning Hu.
man Happiness nnd Timely suEges-
lions AhoHt~ Securing IL.

Hons Ahout securing il.
HSoPsis or A LECTURE DELIVERED By DR.
cHAA. CRAIG BEFORE THE NITRO
PoLTrAS SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.
"The public speaker Of the present dSy IA.
bors under difficulties OF which the speakers Of
the last century never dreamed, for while the
audiences Of the past received what was said
without question, those Of the present day are
usually the mental equals or superiors Of the
ones who address them. Rev, Dr. 1yng. o!
New 1ork, when q theological student, supplied
a church in a n~eighborhg town, and on his
wayto preach one morning met AZ aged colored
man. We'll, Uncle, do YOU ever so 10 hear the
young preacher 2 asked the uunedgcd doctor.
No, MAssa,' replied thg negro, dis chile don't
let none @ dem students practis on him. The
darkey had begun to think. The free and in
dependent thought Of this age accepts state
ments only where they are proven to be truth,
while the development Of mental power seems
equally great in every other department Of life.
The valuable Inventions Of tho day are counted
by thousands, The increase Of scientific study
is universal. The spirit Of inquiry in all fields
is W marked as to cause
OK EVERY SIDE,
while people seem investigating and advancing
in every direction which can help them moral
ly, mentally or physically. This is specially
true Of the human body and everything which
concerns il, and the truths which the people
have found, even in the last fifty years, are
simply marvellous. How really ignorant some
cultured and supposedly scientific people were
onlys fow years ago as compared with the present
dAy, may be better understood from a few illus
trative facts. Appointment writer prepared an
elaborate essay to prove that steamships could
never cross the Atlantic and his pamphlet was
issued just in time 10 be carried by the first
steamer that went 10 England. People once
believed that the heart was the seat Of life and
health. II is now known that this organ is only
a pump, simply keeping In motion what other
and more important organs of the body have
created and transformed. 1t was once supposed
that if a person felt a pain in the back, the liver
was derangcd; il pain came in the lower chest
the lungs we're affected and consumption was
near: it is now known that a pain in the back
indicates diseased kidneys, while troubles in the
lower chest arise from a 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 headaches and that only
BY removing the cause can the pain be cured.
1t Is a matter OF
PRIVATE HISTORY
that General Washington was bled 10 death.
His last illness was slight, and caused princi-
pally by weariness, Aphysician was called who
'bled him copiously.' Strange to say, the
patient became no better. Another doctor was
called, who again took away q large amount OF
the vital fluid. Thus in succession four physi-
clans drew away the life of a great man who was
intended by nature for an old age, and who pre-
maturely diod-murdered by malpractice
bled to death. That was the age of medical
| bleeding p
The speaker then graphically described an
other period which came upon the people, in
which they assigned the origin Of all diseases to
the stomach, and after showing the falsity Of
this theory, and 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, but who should know it and
attend to them at once, continued;
"Let us look at this matter a little more
closely. The human body is the most perfect
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 II is remembered
that the amount of happiness or misery we are
to have in this world is dependent upon a per-
feet body, is it not strange that simple precau-
tons 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 a time III every ones experience when it
must be faced,
"And here pardon me for relating a little
personal experience. In the year 1870 l found
myself losing both in strength and health. l
could assign no cause for the decline, but it
continued, until finally l called to my aid two
prominent physicians, After treating me for
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 80 weak | could not raise my head from the
Nillow anil
PAINTED REPEATEDLY.
My heart beat so rapidly it was with difficulty }
could sleep. Mylungs were also badly involved
| could retain nothing upon my stomach
while the most intense pains in my back ami
bowels caused me to long for death as a relief
Ii was at this critical ~juncture that physical.
longing which l felt (and which l most firmly
believe was an inspiiation) caused me to senc
for the leaves of a plant / had once known in
medical practice. After great difficulty | al
last secured them and began their use in the
form of tea. l noticed a lessening of the pair
at once; | began to mend rapidly; in five weeks
| was able to be abo1t and in two months | be.
cam perfectly we'll and have so continued to
tnlo udl' IL was uulg HutuIdl llat SUCH u re-
suit should have caused me to investigate mos
thoroughly. l carefully examined fields If
medicine never before explored. | sought the
cause of physical order and disorder, happiness
and pain, and l found the kidneys and liver tt
be the governors, whose motions regulate the
entire system" .nFrg4
After describing Mt length the Offices of tho
kidneys aud liver, and their important part il
life, the doctor went on to say:
Having found thisg great truth, ] saw clearly
the cause of my recovery. The simple vegetable
leaf | had used was a food and r~estorer to my
well-nigh exhausted kidneys and liver. 1t had
come To them when their life was nearly gone
and by it's simple, yet powerful influence had
purified, strengthened and restored them and
saved me from death. Realizing the great bene.
fit which a knowledge Of this truth would give
to the world / began, in a modest way, to treat
those afflicted and in ecery case l found the
sama
HAPPY RESULTS
which / had experienced. Not only this bu
many, who we're not conscious of any physical
trouble but who, at my suggestion, began the
use of the remedy which had saved my life,
found their health steadily improving and theiI
strength continually increasing. SO universal,
where used, was this true, that | determined the
entire world should share in its results, and ]
therefore placed the formula for its preparation
in the hands. Of Mr.. II. II. Warner, of Rochester,
N. Y, 0 gentleman whom / had cured Of q
severe kidney disease, and who, by reason OF
his persOnclworth, high standing and liberality
in e%ndowing the Astronomical Observatory and
other public enterprises, has become known aud
popular to the entire country. This gentleman
at once began the manufacture Of the remedy
on q most extensive Rca1o. and to-day Warmers