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A GREAT REVELATION.
some Valuable Thoughts Concerning
Human Happiness and Timely Sug.
gpstions About Securing 1t.

gpstiOns About Securing IL.
syuop.I. OF n Lecture Delivered by Dr
OhaG Craig, Before the Metropoi-
tan Scientific AssociaiiOn.
"The public speaker OF the present day Ia
borg 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 tho present day ara
usually tho mental equals or superiors OF tho
ones who address them. Roy. DR.. Tying, OF
New York, when theological student, supplied
a church in neighborng town, and on his way
TO preach ono morning, met an aged colored
man. We'll, Uncle, do you eyor go to hear tho
yonng prcacherY asked tho unledgod Doctor,
"No, Massa, replied the negro, dis chile don't
let none O dem students practi' on him. The
darkcy had began to think. Tho FREQ and indo-
pendent thought Of this age accepts statements
only whore they are proven to be truth, VINE
The development Of mental poworsccms equally
great in every other department Of life The
valuable inventions Of the day are counted by
thousands. Tho increase Of scientific study IL
universal. The spirit Of inquiry in all fields Is
30 marked as to cause
COMMENT on EVERY SIDE,
while people seem investigating and advancing
IN every direction which can help them morally,
mentally or physically. This Is specially true oil
! the human body aud everything which concerns
| it, aud tho truths which the people have found
even in the last iiftyycarg are simply marvellous
! How alyigYorant some cultured and suppoS-
| ably scientific people were onlya few years ago,
as compared with the present day, may be bet
! ter understood from few Illustrative facts.
| prominent writer prepared an elaborate o56ayto
provo that steamships could never cross the
| Atlantic, and his pamphlet was issued Just IN
time to DO carried by the irststcamor that went
10 England. People once believed that the
heart was tho seat of life and health, 1t Is now
known that this organ is only pump simply
kccpug in motion what other and more impOr-
tant organs Of the body have created and trans
formed. 1t was once supposed that If person
felt pain in the back the liver Wa5 dcIangcd:
if pain camcin the lower chest the lungs were
affected and consumption was near; 1t is nov
known that n painlnthc back indicates diseased
lidncya, while troubles in the lower chest arise
from Il dlsOrlcrcd liver, and not imperfect
lungs. A severe pain in tine head was once
thought 10 come from some partial dorang'-
mcnt Of the brain; it isnOW known that troubles
in other parts of the body and away from tho
head. cause headaches, and that only by rcmoy-
ing the cause can tho pain be cured. II Is
matter Of
PRIVATE HISTORY
that Cen Washington was bol to death. His
last illness was slight, and caused principally
by wcarincss. A phyairian vas called who
Hdcd him copiou-ly.' Strange to -ay the pa
ticnt became no better, Another Doctor was
called, who again took away n large amount of
the utaI tluld. Thus in succession four ply
-rian, drew away the life Of u great man who
was intended lay nature for an old age, and
who nruWnturpiV dicd-murdcred by malprac-
tcn-bol t. death. That was the age of med
lna hl,cdugW
The speaker then graphically described an
, other period which came upon the people, III
! which they assigned the origin Of all diseases to
the stomach, and after showing tho faIsity Of
/ Tins theory, and that the kidneys and liver wcro
/ the cause Of disease, and that many people are
| suffering from kidney and liver troubles to-day
| who do not know it, but who should know it
| and attend to them ut once, continued
"Irt Us look ut this matter little moro
! closely. The human body Is the most perfect
/ mud vet tho most delicate of all created things.
/ II is capable Of tho greatest results and 1t II
/ liable to the greatest disorders The slightest
causes sometimes seem to throw its delicate ma
chiucry out Of order while the most simple and
! COmmou.sonsc care restores and keeps them IN
perfect condition. When it is remembered thmt
, Tine amount Of happiness or misery we are to
! have in this world Is dependent upon perfect
I BODY Is it not strange that simple precautions
| md care are not exercised? This IL one OF the
most vital questions Of life People may avoid
IT for the present. but there liz certain to come
q time in every ouOs experience when 1t must
, be faced.
"Nnd hero pardon me for relating little
personal experience In the year 1870 found
myself losing both in strength aud health. ]
could assign no cause for the decline, but it con-
timed until finally called to my MD two
prominent physicians. After treatlng 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 10 weak | could not raise my head from
the pillow and
PAINTED REPEATEDLY.
Nv heart beat 10 rapidly it was with difficulty
could sleep. My lungs were also badly involved
| could retain nothing upon my stomach, WhiIC
the most intense pains in my back and hOwclS
caused mo to long for death as n relief. 1t was
at this critical jumcturc that n physical longing
which | felt (and which | most firmly believe
WAS an insplratOn) caused me to send for the
leaves of plant had Onro known in medical
practice After great difficulty at last secured
them and began their use IN the form OF tea.
noticed lrs,cniug Of the pain Mt once; began
to mend rapidly; in five weeks | was able 10 hC
ubout and IN two months became perfectly wcl
and have so continued to this day. 1t was only
natural that such result should have caused
me to investigate thoroughly. carefully
examined fields III medicine never before cHplOr
ed lsouGht the cause of physical order and III.
order, happiness and pain, and found the KID
neys mud liver to be the governors, whose mo-
tiunB regulate the entire system
After describing at length the offices Of Tho
kidneys and liver, and their important par, II
in life, the Doctor went ON tn say:
"IIaying found this great truth, saw clearly
thccau,o ormy recovery The simple vegetable
leaf had used was food and rcstOrcr 10 my
wcIl-ngh exhausted kidncyH and liver 1t hat
come IT, Them when their life was nearly gnn,
and by it, simple, yet pOwcru! Influence had
purified, strengthened and restored them, anc
taycd me from death. Realizing Tn" gr"a
benefit which knowledge Of this truth wouI,
give to the world began. in modest way. t,
treat those afflicted, and in cc1Y case | found
the same
HAPPY RESULTS
which had experienced Not only this. bit
MANY who were not conscious uf any lliyslca
trouble but who, at my suggestion, lcG"h lh
usc OF the remedy which had saved my IA"
found their health steadily improving and Tier
strength continually increasing. 80 universal
where used was this true, that ! determine
the entire world shoud share IN its results, ant
therefore placed the formula for It's prepare
tinn IN the hands of Mr.. II. II. Warner, u
Rochester. \. ", a gentleman whom had cure'
nr fl severe kidney dispasc, and who. lay reason