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ny Otner mental powers, we'll trained
ana animated by pure moral principles.
It Is the prime minister OF the ideal
physician. Every true man holds be-
lore him O supreme aim, that which
lires and forms him, th9t. which we
designate his ideal.
we figure to ourselves the thing we
like, then we build 1t up as chance will
nave 1t OH the rock or sand.@ That
Ideal may be described in language &c
cepted by the wise, but what 1t is to
this or that man depends upon the
quality and culture Of his own man
hood. His character interprets 1t, en-
!arges 1T, appropriates It. The more he
brings his mind into right relations to
pure Ideal, the larger and more beau
fiiul that Ideal becomes; the more he
struggles to attain II, the more he dis
covers it TO be unattainable.. This gives
rise, not to encouragement, but to ON
ever growing search for an Excel
sior' which wins as 1t woos and woos
as 1t wins. He Is ever learning. yet
never coming to the perfect knowledge
OF the truth, ever going on toward per-
lection, but ever finding the journey
endless. These ideals are not hostile
spirits, but guardian angels who strew
The upward path with seals of success
on which are stamped the assurances Of
more to follow: and they belong to ev-
cry enterprise. The man who has no
clear conception of what he undertakes
labors aimlessly and accompanies lit
tie. There is a moral and Intellectual
ideal, common TO all wise men. And
there Is a specific ideal common to men
ut work I'm the same fleld-a profess
sonal ideal. which must Indeed grow
out of the general ideal, and which de-
fines his life work. which animates his
vocation, which globes his aspirations
and which fruitens for the blessing Of
others, and OF himself as well. The
physician is no exception to this rule
and trust that some profit may
come TO us all in contemplating 1.-THE
Ideal Physician" Consider him.
AS regards his resorces:'
Resources are requisite; without them
is achieved no success. TO the success
ful physician, three things are essen
tial; one Is moral, 1t is goodness; one
is intellectual, 1t is knowledge; the last
is experimental, 1t is skill.
2. Goodness Is the fruit OF balanced
moral qualities: DIT Is the crown OF true
character: It is the parent of Justice
and mercy; ii Is the offspring OF that
faith which is the instinct of fellowship
with God; IL Us the goal towards which
ever strives the highest manhood AS
the diTercntiating quality of true man.
hood goodness allies itself with truth:
that Daughter of God" which binds us
to Him I'm filial ties Of honor. obedience
ana service, and which also beEeta
within us the Eoverning principle OF all
our ministries to mankind. Faith APP
Drehends the truth and applies the facts
which arc the basis OF our vocation:
faith-1 wish to emphasize that power
which propeis all men individually and
collectively; faith is the power to dis
Germ the divine, to realize the divine
and to appropriate the divine. If KEEP
Ter, the astronomer, could say. while
studying the laws and benevolence of
his science, II think the thoughts OF
God" surely the physician, who is
brought so near the Supreme Physician
while studying man, made 'in the i'm
age of God" surely the physician, who
is in search OF Providential remedies
for the relief of suffering humanity
should recognize his agency OF phllan-
thropy and benencence. and reverently
exclaim, II not only think the thoughts
of God, but use his remedies for the
welfare, not of n. class. but OF all men,"
He pcrceivcs. for instance. the laws of
chemistry-that greatest of physical sci
cnces-and commands them, not blind
ly using them as q common cook.
1ntelligently experimenting The law of
cause and effect. as regards both the
disease and Its remedy. he cannot but
stand in awe OF the Supreme I.awglver;
and while looking through nature. up
to natures God, he is taught to ac-
knowledge Him cas- the Oliver of Every
Good and Perfect Gift" Accepting the
law, he is moved to accept the Law
givcr. This rs simple goodness, clear
basal and beneficial. that becomes con-
taSious, magnetic, and almost to a de-
gree cuFAtive.- ----
y good physician! his presence in
spires confidence, his suavity of spirit
and manner. as ozone In the air, diff
fuses strength; his smile, like the sum
beam, Scatters the clouds of the ward
and chamber; his voice, gentle, yet
strong, soothes like a balm his suffer
ing patient, into whose depressed life he
1,.r
blood of a noble manhood. The good
physician is both q diamond 10 reflect,
and load-stone to draw. There was
time when the physician sometimes
abused the laws OF health by habits of
dissipation, and abused the laws OF
courtesy by rudeness Of manners and
speech; but now, more and more the
demand of self-respecting society is
emphasized that the physician should
be, in the care of his body, of his mind,
and of his soul, a model mani
2 The second requisite is knowledge.
Paul said to Timothy, Study to show
thyself approved unto God. workman
that needeth not to be ashamed This
Should be the motto also of the ministry
Of healing, as really divinely appointed
as the other. AS the preacher uses the
word of God, SO the phyeician uses the
remedies Of God
That is superstition and folly which
renounces means for so-called miracles,
for n Science falsely so called"
Lord Bacon says. knowledge is
power" Again he says, Reading
makes full man; conference a ready
man; and writing an exact man," So
many sciences are within the science
or medicine that ceaselcss study and
investigation research are demanded
even proxmately to coordinate and
utilize them. Their mastery must ne
cessarly be limited and relative. but
Should be the goal of the nnadioni ei,,