Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-06-11
rhage, he needs 20 be in communication
with him who cured the issue Of blood,
saying, "Thy faith hath saved thee. "
Piety and Medical SKIN.

rhage, he needs 20 be in communication
with him who cured the issue Of blood,
saying, "Thy faith hath saved thee.
Plety and Medical SKIN.
do not mean to say that pieiy will
make up for medical skill. A bungliug
doctor, COMPOUNDED with what was not "a
very bad case, went into the next room
to pray. a skilled physician was called
in. lie asked lDr be first practitioner
ION, " they said. hes in the next room
praying. " ''Wcll, said the skilled doc
tor tell him TO come ont here and
help. He can pray and work at the
same time" 1t was all in that sen
tence. Do the best we can and ask God
to help us There are no two men in all
the world, it seems to me, that 50 much
need the grace Of God as tho minister
who doctors the sick soul and the ply
stefan who presoribes for the diseased
body.
Another reason why the medical pro-
fession ought to be Christians is because
there opens before them such grand
field for Christian usefulness. You see
so many people in pain, in trouble, in
bereavement. You ought to be the voice
Of heaven to their souls. Old DR.. Cash
erie De Witt, a practitioner Of New
York, told me in his last days, L al
ways present the religion Of Christ TO
my patients, either directly or indirect
~, and find tits almost always accept
able" Drs. Abercrombie and Brown Of
Scotland, DIs. Hey and Foihcrgill Of
England and Dr.. Rush Of our own cOuD-
try were celebrated for their faithful
ness in that direction. ooh, " says the
medical profession, that is your occu-
patton. That belongs to the clergy, not
to US. My brother, there aTo we're i'll
nesses il which you Will not admit even
tine clergy, and that patients salvation
will depend upon your faithfulnoss.
With the medicine for the body in one
hand, the medicine for the soul in the
other, Oh, what a chancel There lics Il
dying Christian on the pillow. You
need to hold over him the lantern Of
the gospel until its light streams across
the pathway Of the departing pilgrim,
and you need to cry into the dali ear OF
death, "Hak TO the song Of heaven g
welcome that comes stealing over the
watersw There lies on the pillow Gy-
ing sinner All the morphine that you
brought with you cannot quiet him.
Terror in the face. Terror in the heart.
How be jerks himself up on one elbow
and looks wildly into your face and
SAYS: Doctor, can't die l am not
ready TO die. What makes it 50 dark:
Doctor, can you pray" Blessed ior you
and blessed for him if then you can
kneel down and say: 20 GCd. have
done the best l could TO cure this mans
body, and l have failed. Now l commit
to thee his poor. suffering ard alright
ed soul. Open Paradise to his departing
spirit.
The Last Sickness.
But | must close, for there may lie
suffering men and women waiting IN
your Office, OF on The lot pillow, won
dering why you don't come. Bat telcre
YOU 60 o doctors, hear my prayer for
your eternal salvation. Blessed viii be
the reward in heaven for the faithful
Christian physician Some day, through
overwork CT from bending over pa
ticnt and catching his contagious breath
the doctor comes home, and be lies
down faint and sick He is too weary
to feel his own pulse or take the dag
nosis Of lis own complaint lie isworn
out. The fact is his work On earth is
ended Tel those people in the Office
there thoy need not wait any longer
The doctor Will never go there again.
He has written his last prescription
for the alienation Of human pain. The
people Will run up bis front steps and
inquire. "How is the doctor today
All the sympathies Of the neighborhood
will be aroused and there viii be many
PRAYERS that be who has been SO kind
to the sick may be comfortcd in bis
last pang. II is all over now. In two or
three days bis convalesCCut patients,
with shawl wrapped around them, viii
come 10 the front window and look ont
Nc the passing hearse. and the poor Of
The city, barcfootcd and bare headed,
will stand on the street corner, saying,
"Ob. how good he was 20 Us air. But
on the other side Of the river Of death
gone of his old patients who are for
ever cured VIII come out TO welcome
him, and the physician Of heaven with
locks as white as Snow, according 20 TIE
Apocalyptic vision, Will come out aud
say: Come in, come il. was sick