The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17

! the lrrItatlons OF the shattered nerves ard
I the becloujed brain % women and more
/ especially OF men who never know how
gracefully "a bp sick. and who with their
saIiyated mouth curse the doctor giving
I him his dues. as they say-about the only
/ Dues that h will IN that case collect The
/ last bill that Is paid is the doctors bill II
seems 90 incoherent for restored patient.
/ with rudy checks AM rotund form. to b.
( bothered with q bin charging him for old
/ calOmel and jalap. The physicians % this
country do more missionary work without
charge than al the other professions put
Z together. From the concert room, from
the merry party. from the comfortable
couch on cold night. when the thermonn-
{ eter BE- degrees below zero. the doctor
must go right awsy-be always must 60
/ right away. To keep up under this ner-
I Nous strain. TO 20 through this night-vork.
Z 10 bear all these annoyaHces, many ply
sictans have rvsorted 20 strong drink ard
[ persisted Others have appealed 20 God
/ for svmpthy and help and have lived.
I Which were the wise doctors, Judge ye?
seed God in Their Work.
/ Again: The medical profession ought
{ 10 0e Christians because there are profess
sional exigencies when they need God
Asa's destruction by unblessed physicians
Z
every medical practice when doctor
ought 10 know how TO pray. All The hosts
+ 81 Ills will sometimes hurl themselves on
I the eak points OF the physical organism.
/ or with equal ferocity will assault the en-
/ tire line OF susceptibility TO suffering. The
next dose Of medicine will decide whether
/ or not the happy home shall be broken up
Shall il be this medicine CT that medicine?
/ God help the doctor. Between the five
drops and the ten drops may be the aues-
\ ton Of life or death. Shall II be the five
/ or the ten crops2 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 per-
4 ishes Under such circumstances a ply
! stefan needs not so much consultation
with men of his own calling, as he needs
/ consultation with that God who strung
\ the nerves and builh the cells. and swung
I the crimson tide through the arteries. You
wonder why the heart throbs-why It
( seems TO open and shut. There is no Won
der about IL. 1t is Gods hand. shutting,
/ opening. shutting. opening. on every heart
/ When a man comes to doctor the eye he
I ought to be in communicative with him
+ who said 10 the blind: Receive thy sight
/ When a doctor comes to treat a paralytic
arm, he ought 10 De in communication
with him who said: Stretch forth thy
hand. and he stretched il forth When a
man comes TO doctor bad case Of hemOr-
rhage, he needs to he in communication
with him who cured the issue of bloc!
saying: Thy faith hath saved thee
Faith No Aid TO Ignorance,
81 do not mean to say that piety will
make up for medical skill A bungling
doctor, COMPOUNDED with what was not a
very bad case, went into the next room
/ TO pray. A skilled physician was called
/ in. He asked for the first practitioner
I oh they said he's in the next room
/ praying Well said the skilled doctor.
/ tell him to come out here and neip; he
! can pray and work at the same time II
was all in that sentence. 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 so much need the grace of God
as the minister who doctors the sick soul
and the physician who prescribes for the
, diseased body.
Another reason why the medical pro-
fessiOn ought to be Christians is because
there opens before them such a grand
( field for Christian usefulness. You see so
many people in pain, in trouble, in be
/ reayement. You ought to be the voice OF
l lIdSneTle
/ De Witt, a practitioner of New York
told me in his last days: I always pre-
I sent the religion of Christ 10 my patients
/ either directly or indirectly, and | find il
/ is almost always acceptable Drs. AbcT-
Crombie and Brown Of Scotland. prS
Hey and FOthergill, of England. and Or
/ Rush, OF America, were celebrate ted for
their faithfulness in that direction. oh
/ says the medical profession that is your
/ occupation; that belongs TO the clergy
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! illnesses in which you will not admit even
/ the clergy, and that patients salvation
: Will depend upon your faithfulneSs. With
/ the medicine for the body III Jne hand
/ and the medicine for the soul in the other
I oh. what a chance There lies dying
Christian on the pillow. You need % 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 dull ear of death: 'Hark to
| The song of heavens welcome that comes
/ stealing over the waters There lies on
! the pillow a dying prOf1gale. All The
/ morphine that YOU brought with you saG-
[ not quiet him Terror in the face Terror
! i'm the heart. How he jerks himself 40
/ on one elbow. and looks wildly into your
| face. and says: Doctor, | can't die; / am
| not ready TO die. What makes it so Ozark ?
! Doctor can YOU pray% Blessed for YOU
/ down and say: oh, God, / have done the
! best | could 10 cure this mans body, and
! / have failed. Now / commit to Thee his
poor. suffering, and affrighted soul. Open
| Paradise TO his departing spirit
Welcome by the Great Ply stefan.
Put | must close, for there may be suf-
| fering fu.a and women waiting in your
office. or on the hot pillow, wondering why
YOU don't come. But before you 20. oh
doctors, hear my prayer Tor your eternal
! salvation Blessed will be the reward in
heaven for the faithful Christian physic-
ian. Some day, through OverwOrk, or
! from bending over 4 patient and catching
his contagious breath, the doctor comes
home and he lies down faint and sick. He
! is too weary 10 feel his own pulse or take
the diagnosis of his own complaint. He
is worn out The fact is his work on earth
/ is ended. Tell those people in the office
there they need not wait any longer; the
doctor VIII never go there again. He has
! written his last prescription for the ale
/ Walton OF human pain The people viii
run up his front steps and inquire: How is
| the doctor to-day All the sympathies of
the neighborhOOd will be aroused and
! there Will be many prayers that he who
] has been so kind TO the sick may be COM
forted in his last pang. 1t is all over now.
In two or three days his convalescent pa
. tents, with shawl wrapped around them,
Will come 10 the front window and look
out At the passing hearse and the poor
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will stand on the street corner, saying
on, how good he was 10 US air But on
the other side of the river of death some
of his old patients, who are forever cured.
will come out 10 welcome him, and the
Physician of Heaven, with locks as white
as snow, according 10 the Apocalyptic
vision, will come out and say, Come in,
come in. ! was sick and We visited mer -
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