The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-22

cian- for he can feel at the same time both
tbs pulse of the body and the pulse OF the
soul, and he can administer to both ~
once, and If medicine Is needed be can
give that, and If spiritual counsel Is need
ed he can give tbat-an earthly and d.
vine prescription at the same t11ne-ano
call on not only the apothecary OF earth.
but the pharmacy OF heaveni An, that
is the kind of doctor want at my bed
side-one that cannot only count out the
right number of drops. bnt who can also
pray That is the kind of doctor have
had in my house when sickness or death
came do not want any of your profigafe
or atbeistic doctors around my loved ones
when the balances of life are trembling.
A doctor Tho has gone through the med
ical college, and in dissecting room has
traverscd the wonders of the human mech
anisIn, and found no God in any OF the
labyrinths, is a fool, and cannot doctor me
or mine But, oh, the Christian doctors
What a comfort they have been in many
of our households! And they ought to
have q warm place in our prayers, as well
as praise on our tongues
bless God that the number of Chris
tian physicians is multiplying and some
of the students of the medical colleges are
here today, and / hail You and oriain you
to the tender, beautiful, heaven descended
work of q Christian physician, and when
you take your diploma from the medical
college to look after the perishable body be
sure also to get q diploma from the skies
to look after the imperishable soul Let
all Christian physicians unite with minis
tiers Of the gospel in persuading good peo-
pie that it is not because God IL against
them that they sometimes feel depressed,
but because OF their diseased body sup
pose David, the psalmist was no. more
pious when he called on everything hui
man and angelic, animate and inanimate,
even from snowflake to hurricane, to praise
God than when he said, "Out Of the
depths of hell have I cried unto thee. o
Lord" or that jeremiah was more pious
when he wrote his prophecy than when be
wrote his ttIamentations;' or Job when
| he said, II know that my Redeemer Nv
eth, I" than when covered over with the
| pustules of elephantiasis rs be sat In the
! ashes scratching the scabs on with bro
ken piece OF pottery; or that Alexander
1 Cruden, the concordist was better man
when he compiled the book that has
helped 1O, 600 students Of the Bible than
when under the power of physical disor-
4 der he was handcuffed and strait waistcoat-
| ed In Bethnal Green Insane asylum.
| "Oh,'' says some Christian man, mo one
ought to allow physical disorder to depress
his soul He ought to live SO near to God
| as to he always in the sunshine" Yes,
| that Is good advice. But ] warrant that
| you, the man who gives the advice, has q
sound liver. Thank God for healthfnl
| hepatic condition, for as certainly as you
lose it you will sometimes, like David,
| and like jeremiah, and like Cowper, and
like Alexander Cruden, and like 10, DOC
other inyalids, be playing 3 dead march on
the same organ with which now you play
a staccato-
Designations.
My object at this point Is not only te
emolliate the criticisms of those In good
health against those in poor health, but te
show Christian people who are atrabilioua
what is the matter with them. Do not
charge against the heart the crimes Of an
other portion Of your organism. Do moi
conclude because the path to beaver
Is not arbored with as fine foliage, o1
the hanks beautifully showed with exQui
site OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as once, that therefor
you nre on the wrong road The road viii
bring you out at the same gate wbethe.
you walk with the stride Of an athlete d
! s,rsvr,e cy1rfyhps Thousands If Chris