The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-03-17

-1S@iC1I cOiIepe ne mas seen q
le" l dissect>l /, a few tunors re-
moved. the ligamentz. arteries and
VEINS traced, ami over The drr Irofcs-
slonal books he has fingered for short
while until the diploma makes him an
NJ. d., which does not alvavs stand for
Medical Doctor but NAV sometimes
for Medical DoSc-," without q I-aovI-
edge OF diseases or tie power 10 heal
them.
So iRthe ecclesiastical world. With
alittle literary learning evidenced b. a
diploma, and after spending three OF
four yearsina Theological semitarr.
he comes out a ~fall-1edged ID. D."
which may stand either for Doctor of
Divinity" Done Dead" or Doodle
Digger as the case may be.
a little peripatetic, perfumed. pusil-
luminous parsOn, who knows how to
shake hands with the brethren. make
friends with the sistren by kissing the
babies, and having his hair elegantly
combed and PEI med with cinnamon
drops, is frequently at 4 premium.
The patient, wise, skilled, toiling
physician who lives in his profession.
who honOrs his profession by a fidelity
to the sick and conservation to the
task of their recovery, is 4 benedic-
ton to the profession to which he be-
longs, and is honored of men. and is
doing as sacred work as any minister
who breaches the gospel.
A broad, sensible preacher, whose
knowledge Of psychology and theology.
coupled with a thorough knowledge
Of men and things, without affecta-
ton, without morbid dignity, who in
the enthusiasm of a genuine, sympa-
thetic soul, can lay his hand upon the
moral disease which hurts, and the
malady which ruins, and by applica-
ton Of right remedies, lifts his pa
tients into moral health and spiritual
regeneration, he honOrs his profess
sion and demonstrates his call to that
profession.
Many Of our doctors rank with the
physician whom Pat approached, and
said: doctor, my wife is sick. | Will
give you five dollars if you will go to
see her, kill or cure" The physician
paid the visit. Pats wife died. The
physician presented his bill to Pat.
Pat said: Faith, doctor, I don't owe
you a cent" why" the physician re
piled. You told me you would give
me five dollars, kill or cure" Then
said Pat: Did you cure my wife?'
No" said the doctor. Then said Pat:
Did you kill hero ''No," said the
doctor, and Pat replied: Il don't wv
you a cent. was to give you five dol
lars, kill'or cure, and you did neither"
And many q minister would starve at
his profession if his pay depended up
on killing or curing. for with thou
sands Of his patientshe has never lone
either.
In the practice of the medical pro-
fession we have our sovereign rene
dies-quinine, calomel, and so on. In
the profession Of the ID. D., we have
our sovereign neutrality-suspicious.
towards God and faith in Jesus Christ.
A remedy administered by the most
skilled physicians for the body, or the
most skilled physicians for the soul,
will not avail unless the patient takes
the remedy, follows the prescriptions
and takes advice.
So let us who are ministcred mt by
those professionals, look we'll to our
relation to them, to the diseases that
prey upon US, and to the dangers and
dcStinies ahead Of us.
Hcroism, heroic treatment and con-
fdence of the patient in the doctor
and skillful nursing, have almost raised
the dead physically and morally.
The doctors say that in the physical
world, a complication Of diseases
means the involvement of the vital
organs, the heart, the liver, the lungs
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manage.
SO in the moral world. When will,
conscience, intellect, and sensibilities
are involved in mora wreck and spirit
ual dissolution, then moral dynamite.
spiritual digitallis, moral calOmel
and spiritual ~quinine and SO III, right
ly administered, will save the patient
and demonstrate the skill Of the d. D.
Both professions may spend too
much time with books. and too little
little with men; know too much about
the science and not enough about the
practice. The little doctor whose pre-
| scripti0n is compound cathartic pills
and a jug Of liquor has about served
his day and generation and must re-
tire. The little parSOn who lives up
on his sectarian creed and believes
in no good outside of his own narrow
theology and narrower church, has
| his walking papers and must surrender
the field to the worthy men,, who, like
Saint Peter al the home Of Cornelius,
saw that God was no ~respecter of per-
sons. but that in all nations, II that
feareth God and worketh righteous
ness Is accepted of Him"
SAM. p. JOKES.