Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-05-16
THE MEDICAL CONVENTION.
Forty-second Annual Meeting of the Medi-
cal Society of North Carolina: An Inn
pressive Assemblage.

pressive Assemblage.
FIRST DAYS SESSION.
The Forty-second annual meet
ing of the Medical Society OF
North Ca1 DINA was called to
order in the Messenger Opera
House in this city yesterday
morning by DIR. W. H. H. Cobb,
chairman of the local committee
of arrangements, in the presence
of a goodly number of attending
members of the society and a
representative audience of ladies
and gentlemen of our city,
DIR. Cobb introduced to the
convention Rev. Stewart Nc
Queen, who opened it's session
with the following beautiful and
appropriate prayer:
o, Almighty and Eternal God. Su-
preme Ruler of the Universe. Maker
OF all things, visible and invisible.
Who by Thy Holy Spirit didst pre-
Apostles, be present, we beseech Thee,
with this body of men now assembled
to confer one with another for the well
fare of their fellow e Thy child rem,
made in Thy Image, tine crown of Thy
creation, immortal beings, whom Thy
Son Jesus Christ our Lord didst come
into the world to save unto life ver
lasting, and to lead, at the last, into
regions of undying glory n eve
we pray Thee, as they go from house to
house engaged in their gracious minis
tratiOnS to the sick and the diseased,
the genGle hand, the tender voice, the
sympathetic heart and the mind en-
lightened by wisdom and knowledge
and learning.
Let the conviction hat theirs is in
deed a noble and grand profession act
as a stimulus to prove themselves
worthy of their high vocation, while
they strive to discharge their humane
n benevolent duties earnestly and
faithfully,-with no thought of self
seeking and without desire for mems
applause,
Make them to realize in the spirit of
manly humility, however eminent their
skill, however extensive their expert
ences, however profound their attain
ments, hat after all, without Thee
they can do nothing; without Thy bles-
sing their efforts VII be in vain and
come to nought, for il is Thou and
Thou alone, that dost make the work
of mems hands to ptosper.
And above and beyond everything
else. dear Lord, we implore Thee, hal
each of them shall set before him as
his daily ever-present, inspiration and
example our Holy and Blessed Re-
deemer-the Great Physician of the
soul, the Physician of Physicians,
striving ever to follow in His Divine
to partake of His ineffable, transcend
ont U1Orv heraaftar And finally wa
beseech Thee, grant that all the dis
eases of our souls may be healed by
the wholesome medicines of the life
giving Gospel through the merits of
Thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with Thee and the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end
Amen.
At the conclusion Of the prayer
Mayor Jno.H Hill, on the part Of
the city, welcomed the Society
to Goldsboro, expressing in we'll
chosen words the pleasure of our
citizens at their presence, assur-
ing them Of a cordial welcome.
and indulging the hope that their
stay among US will be pleasant
and agreeable
On behalf of the local medical
profession our eloquent towns
man DR.. W. j. Jones then came
forward and spoke as follows:
M. President and Gentlemen of the Medi-
cal Society Of North Carolina:
The presence of your learned aud dis
tinguished body in our city emphasizes
an event of which we feel proud, and
to which in after years memory will
revert with pleasurable reminiocence.
In your annual pilgrimage, after the
cycle OF many years, you once again
appear at u gates, and in behalf OF
the local fraternity, our excellent Lord
Mayor and Board of City Councilmen.
with war; hearts and ready hands we
extend a hearty greeting and cordial
welcome to the inequalities and priv
ileges of your chosen Mecca, which we
trust to make enjoyable during your
temporary stay in our midst.
Coming, as you do, from the various
sections of u grand old Common
wealth: sone from her rock-ribbed
are daily coronations by mingled cloud
and corruscating sun rays hers from
near the blue waters of the Atlantic,
whose ripping pillows awake with
their splashing laughter the suubeams
of morning and others again from our
own beloved plains. And while unable
to excite your admiration and awe with
enchanting scenery of picturesqueness
and granduer afforded by mountain
and sea, still they come with radiant
smiles and joyous hearts born of the in
SEPARATION of nature around them; and
j would point you to the Goddess Of
Plenty, whose c~ornucopia is W. re-
plenished by this propitious climate
and prolific soil also, as typical Of
their aspirations, they have in their
forests the tall and majestic pine, that
sways it's lofty head when fretted by the
gusts of heaven and bids defiance tC
the storm clouds, and yet bows com.
placiently at the rage of an impotent
and the County of Wayne. Yes, gen.
tlemen, during your short respite from
laborious professional work, we trust
, that while in our city your enjoyment
!. will be commensurate with our esteem
u and appreciation of your distinguished
l body.
Al Mr.. President, the scientific. guili
over which you have the exalted honor
to preside on this occasion lit being
your forty-second annual SESSION. i
: comparatively but a small contingen
(, ever progressive and widening domain
5 OF medical science. With the popula
i, ton of seventy millions in the United
= States of America we have one hundred
and five thousand and one hundre,
r and eighty-three praeticing physicians
and we hope, sir, that the physician
and surgeons of your learned body will
mot in the future, as in the past, b
e content, with their God-given talents
4 to merely swell the overlooking medi
ocrity of their profession, but achiev
O and maintain the highest standard c