The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19

ing scientific attendance. Dispensarie'
and infirmaries everywhere under the
control of the best doctors, some o.
them poorly paid, some Of them mo-
paid at all. A half-starved woman
comes out from the low tenement house
into the dispcnsary, and unwraps the
rags from her babe, q bundle Of ulcers
and rheum, and pustules, and over tina,
little sufferer bends the accumulated
wisdom of the ages, from Esculapius
down to last weeks autopsy. In one
dispensary, in one year, 100, 900 prescrip
tons were issued. Why do show you
what God has allowed this profession
to do3 Is it to stir up you vanity? Oh,
no. The day has gone by for pompoua
doctors. with conspicuous gold
headed canes and powdered wigs,
which were the Accomplishments in the
days when the barber used to carry
through the streets of London DIR.
Brocklesby's wig, to the admiration
and awe Of the people, saying: make
way. here comes DR.. Brocklesby's wig. y
No, l announce these things not only
to increase the appreciation of laymen
in regard to the work of physicians,
but to stir in the hearts of the men of
the medical profession feeling of
gratitude to God that they have been
allowed to put their hand to such a
magnificent work, and that they have
been called into such illustrious COM
pany. Have you never felt spirit of
gratitude for this opportunityp Do
you not feel thankful now? Then l
am afraid, doctor, you are not q Chris
tian, and that the old proverb which
Christ quoted in His sermon may be
appropriate to you: physician, heal
myself"
Another reason why think the med
ical profession ought to be Christians
is because there are so many trials and
annoyances in that profession that
need positive Christian solacc. l know
you have the gratitude of 4 great many
good people, and know it must be a
grand thing to walk intelligently
through the avenues of human life,
and with anatomic skill poise yourself
on the nerves and fbers which cross
and recross this wonderful physical
system. l suppose a skilled eye can
see more beauty even in malformation
than an architect can point out in any
of his structures, though it be the very
triumph of arch, and plinth, and aba
Gus. But how many annoyances and
trials the medical profession have. DIR.
Rush used to say, in his valedictory
address to the students of the medical
college: Young gentlemen, have two
pockets, small pocket and a big
pocket; a small pocket in which to put
your fees, large pocket in which to
put your annoyances.
Again: The medical profession ought
to be Christian because there are pro-
fessional exigencies when they need
God. Asa's destruction by unblessed
physicians was a warning. There are
awful crises in every medical practice
when doctor ought to know how to
pray. All the hosts of ills will some
times hurl themselves on the weak
points of the physical organism, or
with equal ferocity will assault the en-
tire line of susceptibility to suffering.
whether or not the happy home
shall be broken up. Shall it be
this medicine or that medicine?
God help the doctor. Between the five
drops and the ten drops may be the
question of life or death. Shall it be
the five or the ten drops? Be careful
how you put that knife through those
delicate portions of the body, for if it
swing out OF the way the sixth part Of
an inch the patient perishes. Under
such circumstances n physician needs
not so much consultation with men of
his own calling ms he needs consulta-
lion with that God who strung the
nerves and built the cells, and
swung the crimson tide through
the arteries. You wonder why
The heart throbs-why it seems
10 open and shut. There is no wonder
about it. 1t is Gods hand, shutting,
opening, shutting, opening, on every
heart. When n man comes to doctor
The eye, he ought to be in communica-
ion with Him who said to the blind:
Receive thy sight" When a doctor
comes to treat parnlytic arm, he
ought to be in communication with
Him who said: "Stretch forth thy
hand, and he stretched it FORTH
When a man comes to doctor bad case
If hemorrhage, he needs to be in COM
with Him who cured the
ssue of blood, saying: "Thy faith
hath saved thee"
But l must close, for there may bc
men and women waiting in
your Office, or on the hot pillow, won.
iering why you don't come. But be-
ore you go, o. doctors. hear my prayer
or your eternal salvation. Blessed
will be the reward in Heaven for the
'aithful Christian physician. Some
lay, through overworlS, or from
over patient and catch
ng his contagious breath. the doctor
comes home, and he lies down faint
md sick. He is too weary to feel his
own pulse or take the diagnosis of his
own complai mt. He is worn out. The
act is his work on earth is ended. Tell
hose people in the Office there they
iced not wait any longer; the doctor
will never go there again. He has
written his last prescription for the
Of human pain. The peo-
pie will run up his front steps and in
Iuire: How Is the doctor to-davpy