Sharp County record., 1888-05-03

sions and if YOU want to know now mucn
iealonsv is vet to be extirpated, ask mast
er huilders what they think of each others
houses, and merchants what their opinloA
is of merchants in the same line OF DuSl-
ness in the same street, and ask doctors
what thev think of doctors, and lawyers
what they think of lawyers, and ministers
what they think of ministers, and artlS'S
what they think of artists. AS long aS
men and women in any department keep
down and have a hard struggle, they Will
be family praised, and the remark Will De-
"Oh, yes: he is a good, clever sort OF a
fellow" "She is rather, yes, somewhat,
ouite-well, may say, tolerably nice Klnu
nf a woman.n But let him or her get a
little too high and off goes the aspiring
head bv social or commercial decaplta-
ton.
Remember that envy dwells more on
small defects Of character than on Sre@V
forces. makes more of the fact that Do
mitian amused himself by trans1xlng nleS
with his penknife than of his great con-
ouests: more of the fact that Handelwas
glutton than of the fact that he created I'M
nerisbable oratorios: more Of Colerldge's s
opium habit than of this writing "Chrlsta-,
belr and "The Ancient Mariner" more oL
the fact that Addison drank too much,
than of the fact that he was the author OF
the "Spectator:" more Of mans pecca-
dil1oes than of his mighty energies; more
Of his defeats than of his victories
Look at the sacred and Heaven-de-
scended science of healing, and then see
DR.. Mackenzie, the English surgeon, who
prolonged the life Of the Crown Prince OF
Germany until he became Emperor, ana
hope may yet cure him, so that he may
for many years govern that magnificent
German nation, than which there IS no
grander. Yet so great are the medlcal
iealOusies that DR.. Mackenzie dare not
walk the streets of Berlin. He IS under
military guard. The medical students OF
Germany can hardly keep their hands or
of him. The old doctors of Germany are
writhing with indignation. The fact IS
that in saving Frederick's life DR.. Mac
kenzie saved the peace of Europe. Ihere
was not an intelligent man on either slde
the ocean that did not fear for the result
if the throne passed from wise and good
old Emperor William to his inexperienced
grandson. But when, under the medical
treatment of DR.. Mackenzie, the Crown
Prince Frederick took the throne, a wave
of satisfaction and confidence rolled over
Christendom. What shall the world DO
with the doctor who saved his life? "Oh,"
cried out the medical jealousles OF Eu-
rope, destroy him; of course, destroy
him.
What brutal scene of jealousy we had
in this country when President CARRIED
lay dying. There were faithful physicians
that sacrificed their other practice ana
sacrificed their health for all time IN
fidelity to that death-bed. Doctors Bliss
and Hamilton and Agnew went through
anxieties, and tolls, and fatigues such as
none but God could appreciate. Nothing
pleased many of the medical profession.
The doctors in charge did nothing right.
We who did not see the case knew better
than those who agOnized over it in the
sick-rOOm for many weeks. |, who never
had any thing worse than a run-round on
nv thumb, which seemed to me at the
time-was worthy all the attention OF the
entire medical fraternity, had my own
ideas as to how the President ought to be
treated. And in proportion as physicians
and laymen were ignorant of the case,
they were sure the treatment practlced
was mistake. And when in post-mortem
the bullet dropped out of different
portion of the body from that in which 1t
was supposed to have been lodged, about
two hundred thousand people shouted: 81
told you sop ''There! l knew it all the
time" There are some doctors in all
cities who would rather have the patient
die under the treatment of their own
schools than have them get well under
some other pathy.
Yea, look at the clerical profession.
am sorry to say that IN matters of jeal-
ousy it is no better than other profess
sions. There are now in all denOmina-
tions great many young clergymen who
have a faculty for superior usefulness.
But they are kept down and kept back and
crippled by older ministers who look
askance at these rising evangelists. They
are snubbed. They are jOstled. They are
patronizingly advised. 1t is suggested to
them that they had better know their
place. If here and there one with more
nerve, and brain, and conservation and
divine force go past the seniors who want
to keep the chief places, the young are ad'
vised in the words of Scripture: "Tarry
at Jericho till their boards are grown"
They are charged with sensationalism
They are compared to rockets
that go up in blaze and come
down sticks, and the brevity Of their
career is jubilantly prOphesied. If it be
a denomination with bishops, bishop is
implored to sit down heavily on the man
who will not be nodded; or, if a de-
nomination without bishops, some of the
older men with nothing more than their
own natural heaviness and theological
avOirdupois are advised to fatten out the
innOvator. In conferences, and presby-
teries. and associations, and conventions
there is often seen the most damnable
jealousy. Such ecclesiastical tyrants
would not admit that jealousy had any
possession Of them, and they take on a
Heavenly air, and talk sweet oil and
sugar plums and balm Of a thousand flow
ers, and roll up their eyes with an air of
unctuous sanctity when they simply mean
the destruction of those over whom they
pray and snuffle. There are cases where
ministers of religion are derelict and
criminal, and they must be put out.
But in the majority of cases that l have
witnessed in ecclesiastical trials there is
a jealous attempt to keep men from sur
passing their theological fellows, and as
at the presidential elections in country
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