Omaha daily bee., 1884-10-08
Were I go large I could reach the pole
And grasp the ocean in q span,
l must be measured by my soul,
The mind's the standard Of tho man.

In your studies during your ~sojourn with
your Alma Mater, you will learn that man is
not at all times q proud sbelng, possessed of ?
beautiful body and knightly soul, born to rule
with u%ndisputed sway the myriad of creatures
with which God has filed the earth, and to
command the tightening and winds of heaven
to do his bidding, bu. you will see him and
study him when he is fick, AMI q meaner,
weaker, more selfish and..moro contemplate
thing does not exist than a sick man. We
read how the great Cseser shook when he had
the fever in Spaiu, wept like a girl, aud blub-
bered like n BOBBY for n dink of water, and
probably like the strong man of the present
day, although history is silent on thi point,
grumble because his medicine had q disagree.
able taste, and accused the doctor because the
disease was lot checked in n day.
In the study of the manifold diseases which
afilict the human race aud the medical agents
which sre afflictable to their alienation or
cure, the student will fud a theme of great
interest aud Of instruction. There is no sub.
j'ct in the broad domains of science which
more fully demonstrates The Ommicnce OF the
almighty, and tine love and protection of our
Creator.
II W. accept the history of creation, as
beautifully and c~oncisely related in Genesis,
we learn that during the first days of man's
existence on the earth, be they many or few
we know nor, before he yielded to the smooth
words and Establishments of the tempter, all
his wants were supplied by a bene6cient Prov.
idence. To satisfy the cravings of hunger, he
had but to reach forth his hand and sieze the
had but to stoop and drink from the rill which
poured forth from the hill side, and reclining
on soft moses, he closed his weary eyes in
sleep protected from the noon days sun and
dreams of night by the outrageous forests.
In these utopean days Of pleasure and sim
l l...N. ItnnnaA nta a-I IAatl V.-n .--
known But after that historic act of disobe.
dience our first parents, hand in hacd with
wandering steps and slow. through Eden
took their solitary way" They became de.
pendent upon their faculties of reasoning,
their observation of passing eventc, and pow
ers of investigation to acquire that knowledge
which was necessary to protect
them from the many dangers, which
surrounded them and threatened theii
very existence. With their systt ms poisoned
by malarial emanatiOns from the faludal sur
rOundings, aud the noxious vapors aud disease
germs, pTOpagated thr0ughtheir Ignorance and
vice., their minds naturally turned toward
the fading out the means by which the heavy
/, bur5en could b9 Iigbtsued, and by which the
!, weakened and diseased body could be restored
to its former condition OF health ard strength.
If man thus brought upon himself ''woel
unnumbernd, " the all wise CieatOr "also kaew
our necessities before we ask" 10 fact, ages
before their necessities existed, had placed al
mans disposal many valuable curative agents
They are concealed in the plants that bloom
on hill and dale, in the various roots tbatdrat
their subsister CO from mother earth, In tn
leaves and fruits OF shrub. AND mighty tr, ~
: Of the forests in the minerals, complex II
, their inti icate combinati ns, tn lie deep hid
. den in dark recfssfB Of the mountains, IN IN,
= srIings that INCREASINGLY foW from tho INK
h u.tible ftore houses OF nature, in THE bird
I Of the cir, the beasts Of the fed and bshes 0
/, the sea" AID it W. been the task Of the ply
/ siciau Of all ages, with all races, to discoye
Y these hidden Treasure 3 aud ~ learn In VIVA
3 manner their blessings cen bB made available
= UpUu the Parihcncn, that beautiful tempt