The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-04-20

60 into all occupations and professions, anG
Il you want to know how much jealousy Il
yet to be extirpated, ask master builders Khai
tney thlnK OF each others hbuses, and mer
chants what their opinion is of merchants il
! the same line of business in the same street
and ask doctors what they think of doctors
| and lawyers what they think of LAWYERS. and
ministers what they think IF ministers, and
! artists what they think of artists. AS lone
as then and women in any department keeL
down aud have a hard struggle, they
VIII be family praised and the remark
VIII be: 'Oh, yes; he is good, clever sort OF
fellow" "She is rather yes. somewhat
| quite-well, may say, toerably nice kind OF
| woman" but let him or her get a little too
high and off goes the aspiring head by social
| or commercial decapitation.
| Remember that envy dWells more on small de-
| hclts OF character than on great forces makss
| more of the fact that DOmitian amused him
| self By trans1xing flies with his penknife than
! of his great conquests; Of the fact that ne
/ created impershable OratOriOs; more of Col
erdge's opium habit than of his writing
| 'Chrstabe" and 1.-The Ancient Mariner;''
more of the fact that Addison drank too much
| than Of the fact that he was the author of the
| Spectator; more of mans peccadilloes than
| OF his mighty energies, more of his defeats
| than of his victories:
| Look at the sacred and heaven-descended
| science Of healing and then see Dr.. Macken-
| zie, the English surgeon who prolonged the
| life of the Crown Prince Of Germany until he
became Emperor and hope may 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 medical
| jealousies 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 off of him. The
old doctors OF Germany are writhing with in
dlgnatOn. The fact Is that in saving Freder-
icks life Dr. Mackenzie saved the peace of
Europe. There was not an intelligent man
on either side the ocean that did not fear
for the result if the throne passed from
wise and good old Emperor William to
under the medical treatment of DR.. Mac.
kenzie, The Crown Prince took the
throne, 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 jealousies of
Europe, destroy him; of course destroy
him"
What brutal scene of jealousy we had in
this country when President Garfield lay
dying. There WEIR faithful physicians that
sacrificed their other prabtice and sacrificed
their health for all time and fidelity to that
deathbed. Doctors Bills and Hamilton and
AgneW went through anxieties aud tolls and
fatigues such as none but God could ap-
preciate. Nothing pleased many of the medi-
cal professions The doctors in charge did
nothing right. We who did not see the case
knew better than those who agOnized over it
III the sick room for many weeks. l. who
never had anything worse than Irun-rOund
on my thumb which seemed to me at the
time was worthy all the attention of the en-
tire 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 practiced was a mistake. And
when rt-mO hn1 ont
of different part of the body from that in
which it was supposed to have been lodged,
about two hundred thousand people shouted:
II told you So" ''There, l knew it all the
time" There fare some doctors in all cities
who would rather have the patient die under
have them get we'll under some other pathy.
Yea; look at the clerical profession. l am
sorry to say that in matters Of jealousy it is
no better than other professions.
There are now in all denominations
great many young clergymen who
have faculty for superior usefulness But
they are kept down and kept back and Grip
pied by older ministers who look askance at
these rising evangelists. They are snubbed.
They are jostled. They are patrOnizingly ad-
vsed. 1t is suggested to them that they had
better know their place. If here and there
one with more nerve aud brain and cOnse-
Grafton and divine force go past the seniors
who want to keep the chief places, the young
are advised In the words Of Scriptures" Tar
~ at JericO till their boards are grown"
They are charged with sensatiOnalism. They
are compared to rockets that go I'D in a
blaze and come down sticks, and the brewer
itv of their career is jubilantly prOphesied.
If 1t be denomination with bishops, a bish-
OPP is implOred to sit down heavily on the man
who will not be moulded, or of a denOmina-
ton without bishops, some of the older men
with nothing more than their own natural
fbnOlnninu1
vised to aatten out the innOvator. In con-
ferenceS and presbytcries and associations
and conventions there is often seen the most
damnOble jealousy. Such ecclesiastical ty-
rants would not admit that jealousy had any
possession Of them, and they take on heav-
emily air, and talk sweet oil and sugar plums
and balm of thousand flowers, and roll up
their eyes with an air of unctuOus sanctity
when they simply mean the destruction of
those over whom they pray and shuttle.
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
In ecclesiastical trials there is a
jealous attempt to keep men from surprising
their theological fellows, and as at the
Presidential elections in country places
the people have a barbacue-which
is roasted OK round which the
people dance with knives, cutting off slice
here, and pulling out rib there, and saving
off beefsteak yonder, and having a high
time-sO most of the denominations of Christ
ians keep on hand barbecue in which some
minister is roasted, while the church courts
dance around with their sharp knives of at
tack, and one takes an ear, another a hand,
another a foot, and 1t is hard to tell whether
the ecclesiastical plaintiffs of this world or the
demons of the the neither world most enjoy it.
Albert Barnes. than whom no man has &C
more good in the last thousand
7ears, was decreed to sit silent for year in
The pew of his own church while some one
else occupied his pulpit the pretended offense
hat he did not believe in limited atone
nent, but the real Offense the fact that all |
he men who tried him put together would |
not equal one Albert Barnes.
Yes; amid all professions and businesses |
and occupations and trades, and amid all cir |
les needs to be heard what God SAYS in re-
-ard 10 envy and jealousy, which, though not |
Exactly the same, are twins: Envy is rot |
cnnesS to the bone" Where envy and /
trife is, there is confuSsOn and every evil /
york; Jealousy is the rage OF a man" Nv |
searers, If this evil passion is in anv of YOUR /
ouls, cry nightly unto God for its exclusion. |
That which has dowLed kings and emperors |
md apostles and refOrmers and ministers Of |
eligion and thousands of good men and WON |
n, Is too mighty for you 10 contend against /
lnaided. The evil has so many roots, Of such |
infinite convolution, that nothing but the en- |
,inery Of omnipOtenCe can pull 1t out. Ira |
litiOn Eays that uhan Mosas ta1 /