The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-16
NEED BE NO SICKNESS.
HOPE IS THE CURE FOR EVERY
ILL.
Health ana Happiness Secured by the
Efforts to Make Other People Happy
True Story of How . "strong Mind
cd" Girl Was Cured,

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distant city, where she had made few
acquaintance. She had money, but
homesickness and insufficient occupa-
ton were unfriendly conditions to
health Of mind and body. At length
she felt obliged to call upon physician
and ask his advice.
1t happened that the doctor whom she
consulted was a religious man as wen
as skilled one. He understood her
symptoms, and when she complained
That she was victim to 1.-The blues"
he astonished her with this original
prescription: David Sones lives at
1O4 Dash street. He is i'll, and con-
fined to his bed, and very poor. Call
there, show sympathy with him and hin,
family, and read the bread and but
ter psalm to him; and when you go
away leave a small sum of money in
his hand.'
OF course he had to explain to tho
amazed lady that the Scripture he had
SO oddly named was the 102 Psalm, and
that the heartening and rejuvenating
effect Of fifth verse and all-made
1t to him just what he called it. OF
its virtue in this case he seemed to
have no doubt
But the very idea of doing as he
recommended was as distasteful to the
young woman as it was surprising.
why, how rude and intrusive the
man would think me to break in upon
him so. a perfect stranger!" she said.
I could not do such thing"
She went from the Doctors Office dis
appointed and displeased, but thinking.
The very bluntness of the advice had
stirred her stagnant spirits, and she
was already beginning to forget her
own ailment. The storm Of protest
in her mind gave her bad hour or
two, but finally something-she could
hardly tellswhat-compelled her to sur
render to the doctors orders.
She found the sick man, and after
talking kindly to him about himself
and encouraging him to hope for re-
covery and better days, she opened her
Bible to the psalm. Her lips we're
dry, and the first three or four verses
were pronounced like a mechanical
exercise, but farther on her voice and
mood mellowed. The force and beauty
of the words aroused her, and she read
the last verses of the psalm with feel
ing.
A woman who had entered the room
and listened, sat in the corner weep
ing. She was recent ledger who
had tried in vain to find work at her
trade as a dressmaker, and had be-
come discouraged. The young lady
had already earned the gratitude Of
three strangers. With feelings entirely
new to her she remained in the poor
tenement, conversing with the sick
man and his wife and their needy
friend, until she had quite gained their
confidence, and then left them with
encouraging words and small gift of
money.
Thoroughly interested now. she in a
few days secured orders for the dis
couraged dressmaker and work not
long after came in so abundantly that
the family were placed above want.
The sick man, relieved of his anxieties,
soon recovered. A Swallowed home
had been frightened by an involuntary
kindness.
1t was q lesson that the complain
ing young woman never forgot. Her
experiences-thanks to the good doc
tors consul-had exploded the vain
notion that eft is useless to try to do
good unless you feel like it," A
brave effort to cure "the blues" had
resulted in opening her heart to an un-
selfish act, and to a broader view Of
her relations to less fortunate souls
about her.