West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-04-26

oecame emperor. AMI. hope, may yet cure
him. so that he may for many years govern
\ that magnificent German nation than which
| there is no granfler. Vet so great are the
medical iealonsies that DIR, Mackenzie dare
NOT walk the streets OF Berlin. He IL under
| military guard. Tho medical students OF
Germany can hardly keep their hands Off Of
| him.l The old doctors Of Germany are writh.
ing with indignation. The fact is that in
saving FredoriclS's life DIR. Mackenzie saved
the peace OF Europe. There was not an in.
telhgent man either side the ocean that
did not fear for the result II tho throne passed
from wise and good old Emperor William 10
his inexperienced grandson But when, UNI
der the medical treatment OF DR. Mackenzie
the Crown Prince Frederick took the throne
n wave OF satisfaction and confidence rolled
over Christendom- What shall the world do
with tine doctor who saved his lifel "Oh,r
cried put the medical jeaiouses OF Europe,
destroy him, of course. DESTROY him +"
What a brutal scene OF jealousy we had in
this country when President Garfield lay DIV.
ing There were faithful physicians that
2crlnced their other practice and sacrificed
their health for all time in fidelity 10 that
deathbcd. Drs. Bliss and Hamilton and Az
new went through nnVietes and tolls and
iatlgueS such as none but God could aDprc-
ciate. Nothfng pleased many of the medical
profession. Tho doctors In charge did moth.
ing right We who did not SEQ the case knew
better than those who agonize1 over it i'm the
SICK roomtor many weeks. j, who never had
anything worse than a rIn-round on my
thumb. which seemed 10 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 pro.
portion as physicians and laymen were ignor.
ant OF the case they were sure the treatment
practced was a mistake And when I'm post
mortem the bullet dropped out OF n different
part of the body from that i'm which 10 was
supposed TO have been lodged about 90 0O0
people shouted: 81 told YOU So" There,
knew It all the time" There are some doc
NIL oft
patient die under the treatment of their own
schools than have them get VOL under some
other patty.
Yea: look at the clerical profession. am
sorry 60 say that I'm matters OF jealousy it is
no better than other professions. There are
now IN all denominations great manvsyouna
clergymen who have a faculty for superior
usefulness. But they are kept down and kept
back and crippled by old ministers who
LOOK askance at these rising evangelists
They are snubbed. They are iostled They
arc patronizingly advised It is suggested
TO them that they had better know THAR
place. III 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 advised in the words OF
Scripture; "Tarry nc Jericho till their boards
are grown They are charged with sensa.
tionalism. They are COMPARED to rockets that
go up in blaze and come down sticks and
the brevity of their career Is iubilantly proDh
esied. If IL be denomination with bishops,
bishop is implored TO sit down heavily on
the man who VIII not be nodded; or il
a denomination without bishops some of the
older men with nothing more than their own
natural heaviness and theological avordu-
/ pois are advised 10 tlatten out the innovator.
| In conferences and presbyteries and associa-
/ tons and conventions there IS often seen the
| most damnable iealousies. Such ec,C-lesias-
| teal tyrants would not admit that jealousy
had any possession OF them, and they take
on heavenly air, and talk sweet oil and
SUGAR pums and balm of thousand flowers
and roll up their eyes with an air of unctuous
sanctity when they simply mean the destruc.
! ton of those over whom they pray and
snufiie There are cases where ministers OF
religion are derelict and criminal, and they
must be put out
| But in the majority of cases that have
! witnessed in ecclesiastical trials there is a
/ jealous attempt to keep men from surprising
| their theological fellows, and as at the presi.
dental elections in country places the people
] nave barbecue-which is roasted OK,
round which the people dance with knives
/ cutting off slice here, and pulling out a rib
/ there, and saving a beefsteak Wonder and
/ having high time-sO most OF the denomi.
! nations OF Christians keep on hand barbe
4 cue IN which some minister Is roasted while
| the church courts dance around with their
| sharp knives OF attack, and one takes a finger
! another hand. another n foot and it is
/ hard to tell whether the ecclesiastical plaiT.
tifs of this world the demons OF the
/ neither world most enjoy it. Albert Barnes,
than whom no man has accomplished more
] good in the last 1000 years, was decreed TO
sit silent for q year in the pew of his own
church while some one else occupied his pui-
pit, the pretended offense that he did not
! believe i'm a limited atonement but the real
| oifense the fact that all the men who tried
him put together would not equal one Albert
! Barnes.
Yes, amid all professions and business
and occupations and trades, and amid all
circles, needs to be heard what God says
i in regard to envy and jealousy which
4 though not exactly the same are twins:
/ Envy is the rottenness OF the bone
4 "Where envy and strife is there is confusion
I and every evil work" Jealousy is the rage
! Of man. My hearers, il this evil passion
! Is in any of your souls, cry nightly unto
/ God for its expulsion. That which has do wned
/ kings and emperors aud apostles and re-
/ formers and ministers Of religion and thou
I sands OF good men and women. is too mighty
/ FOR You 70 contend against unnided The evil
! has so many roots, Of such infinite con Volu-
tion,that nothing but the enginery OF omnipo
tence can pun IT out. Tradition says that
| when Moses lift q up his hand to pray it was
/ oil encrusted with mama, and no sooner do
! YOU pray than you are helped. Away with
1 the accursed, stenchful, blackening, damning
| crime OF jealousy Allow il to stay and il
viii eat up and carry OF all the religion you
can pack into your soul for the next half
j century. it VIII do you more harm than Il
4 does any one it leads you 70 assaIl It will
delude you with the idea that you can bull
/ yourself up fy pulling somebody else down.
I va VIII mako more OUT OF the success OF
others than out OF their misfortunes Speak
we'll Of everybody. Stab no man in sac back
BE honey bee rather than a spider; be
dove rather than a buzzard.
Surely this world is large enough for you
and all your rivals. God has given You n
Wors 70 do 60 ahead and do it. Mind
/ your own business In all circles, in all bust.
I nessss, IN all professions there Is room for
l straightforward successe9 Jealousy enter
tanned viii not only badwarf your soul but
30 VIII fatten your skull befnean your eve
put piuchedness Of look about your nostrii
Z give bad curl to the lip and expel from
your face the divine image In which Won
Were created. When you hear n man or wo-
man abused, drive in on the defendants side
| watch Tor eNceilences In others rather than
tnan Tor defects, morning glories instead Of
1 nlghtshade. If some ono Is more beautiful
than you, thank God that you have not 70
many pcrils Of vanity % contend with. II
some one has more wealth than you, thank
tiod that you have not 50 gre1t Stewardship
- answer Tor. II some one is higher no Ina
I social position. thank God that those who
are down need not fear n fall IN some one
gets higher OH in Church or State than
Z sou, thank God there are not 80 many to
wish Tor tue Fastening on Of your obsequies
The Duke % DantNg. in luxurious ap1rt-
rneuts was visited by plain friend aud 10
keep hts friends from iealOusy the Duke said .
'H on can have an J. have III you will stand
wv nty PAGES on and let me shoot at Won a
. Nffrr.Irf-f - !. 80.