Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-25

l The Rev. c. A. Johnson, Canadian negro
 preacher, believes, with Brother Jasper, that s'de sun do move" He has been featuring | in support of his belief in Troy, New York. | In addition to 8 sun revolving around the earth he described square, flat earth. 'I | have no reason to doubt" he said, that we l are dwelling on a four cornered earth. John,
 the revelator, speaks of angels standing at
 the four corners of the earth. How do scien- | tifc men have better knowledge than the i Scriptures? When men became too inquir' ! ing they discovered the earth was round. My friends, this is all a mistake-a grand
 mistake. It is said that while it is night with
 us it is day with people opposite us on the l earth. If that be so, and the earth is round, at night people must be standing on their 1 heads. I don't believe we are standing our heads. I believe the earth is a great plain surrounded by water. Theassertion of scientific men should not be blindly re- 1 ceived, but the Scriptures can give us au- thority." Some of the preachers hearers put questions to him, indicating that his
 arguments were not convincing, but for all l he had the same reply: q am not here to
 answer questions. You may ask them if you choose. But if the sun didn't move, how did Joshua make it stand still, as the Scriptures prove he did ?''
 The current number of the Medical Record contains the following timely and forcible
 statement of the necessity of revaccination
 In view of the spread of smallpox in different
 parts of the country, the necessity for exten-
 sive and wholesale vaccination need hardly
 be enforced The profession understand
 their duty in the matter and are prepared to
 perform it. From different centers we hear
 that extraordinary efforts are being made to
 protect communities from the ravagss of the
 disease. Despite the efforts of the anti-vac- cinationists, the doctrines of Jenner have the
 widest possible following, and there is every
 reason to believe that in every section the peo- pie are in hearty accord with the efforts of the health authorities. The medical men
 throughout the country can do much to aid the adoption of the neces- sary protective measure. It would ap- pear to be duty on the part of every prac- titioner to. advise the families under his charge to revaccinate and thus run no risk. With the use of bovine virus, now almost universal, much of the prejudice against vac cination is overcome in the minds of the people, and the physician has little, if any necessity for argument or persuasion. AL though it is impossible to say when the pro tective power of the virus ceases, it is gen erally the rule to revaccinate after puberty, and at intervals of from seven to ten years thereafter Especially would this seem to be necessary in cases of epidennics, or when the occupation of the individual should pre- | dispose him to contagion. In all cases of doubt the benefit of such doubt should be given in favor of revaccination. When the physician is not thoroughly satisfied that his patient is protected, he should revaccinate him without delay, apd repeat the operation if he is not assured by trials on others that the virus is trustworthy.