The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-19
BOON OF MEDICAL
MISSIONARY WORK
How it Brings Natives in
Close Touch.
cAnRIElCE &c NECESSARY
SACRIFICE Is NECESSARY
DR.. Taylor Once Dentist For Twenty
Million People.
THE NATIVE DOCTORS METHODS
The Closing Services Of the Series viii be on
Monday at $3.50 in The Baptist Taber-
nac!e and at Night in Eden.
ton Street Church.

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| At the Presbyterian church last night,
| DR.. r. Howard Taylor, of the China In
| land Mission, again addressed large au-
dience, speaking principally of the medi-
cal missionary work, showing how the
mnistering to the bodies made friends
| of the natives and brought them close
| enough to allow of ministering to their
| souls as we'll
1t was. as have been all of the series
| of addresses, an extremely interesting
| and instructive talk, as well as one call
culated to arouse deep interest in the
work of this great mission that never
asks for money, but only prays to God,
| and always gets enough to keep it going.
| DR.. Daniel, in his Introductory remarks
after the service of prayer and song,
| told of the awe he had felt the first time
| he eyer saw a missionary, when he was
| college boy in the Southern part of
Mississippi. He said he could never
| forget the thrill as of an electric shock
| that passed through him on that occa-
| sion. He thanked God the time had pass
| ed when the sight Of man consecrated
| to the noble work of preaching the
| Gospel in foreign lands was a novelty.
He referred to the deep impression made
| upon him by that great missionary, DR..
| Hampton Dubose.
| DR.. Taylor commenced his address by
| telling of the visit of his wife and him
| self some eight years ago to Dr.. Hamp-
( ton Dubose at 500 Chow.
| Again. as on the preceding night, DR..
Taylor took up the fifteenth chapter of
ST. John, beginning at the 9th verse.
| Even as the Father hath loved me- so
| have | loved you. What wonderful
thing is this love and friendship of our
Lord.
"Our service for Him often requires
sacrifice, and He knows it, and will re-
ward us even as he rewarded Mary OF
Bethlehem by his appreciation.
This great missionary work cannot be
! accomplished without great sacrifice. 1t
| was not meant to be. That is the great
plan of redemption and salvation. But
/ He pays the best of wages. Brethren,
sisters, let us trust him little more
! DR.. Taylor then spoke of the medical
part of the work, explaining how it
brought the natives to the missionaries.
| instead of the latter having constantly to
go to their pupils, while they all the
while keep backing, wondering what you
! want. He spoke of one case in which
a tumor weighing 80 pounds, was re-
moved successfully from patient at one
of the missionary hospitals. The patient
weighed weighed only 20 pounds the day
| after the operation. The friendship and
good feeling established by such case
as this can well be imagined.
| The speaker referred also to the great
church Missionary Sanitarum of DR.. and
/ Mrs. May at Hanchow, telling of the
wonderful influence these great mission
| aries have established for themselves
among the authorities there, having ac-
tually gained permission to put their hos
pital building where a grea. pagode
stood. Now the pagode still stands with
] in the walls of the sanitariurn, a grand
monument to the success of medical mis-
| slionary work
| He dwelt upon the fact that throughout
the length and breadth of China there
/ is not a trained doctor or nurse. Con-
scquently the gratitude of the people for
this medical work is very great and far
| reaching.
| A very amusing description was given
of the native so-called Doctors method
of procedure in treating a patient. If
| the patient gets well, the doctor
| is great man If he dies, the fates
dccrecd it, and how could the doctor be
supposed to controvert the DEGREES of
| fate.
! Some lood-curdling anecdotes were
| told of the dreadful practice of using
{ counter irritants to thwart the effects
| of evil spirits.
/ DR.. Taylor told how on one occasion
/ he had operated upon the eyes of a
blind mandarin from Chang Flu, city
extremely hostile to foreigners and mis-
| sionaries. He succeeded in restoring the
mans sight. and the mandarin actually
| had all plans made to admit the mis-
| sionary TO his inhospitable city, when
! the doctor was unfortunately taken ill
| and had 20 return home.
| He spoke of how he had drawn teeth,
| acting as dentist for twenty millions of
people, and added that the gratitude of
| the people was of considerable import
| ance in a land where the missionaries
| arc liable to be rioted at any time. Every
/, patient is a friend.
| In closing, DR.. Taylor urged upon all
| who were thinking of going into mis-
| sionary work the necessity of preparing
| themselves for the medical department
| of tho work
| He then offered a beautiful and elo-
qucnt prayer, referring to the martyrs
| in the recent Boxer troubles.
| DR.. Daniel expressed the indebtedness
| Of all to DR.. Taylor for bringing them in
| touch with this great work He spoke
with deep earnestness, and was evidently
| deeply moved
After singing the first and last verses
of Hymn APO All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name. the bcncdiction was pronounced
by Dr.. Daniel.
DR.. aylor announced that on Monday
the closing addresses OF the series would
be delivered In the afternoon the ser
vice will begin at $3.50 instead of )
o'clock. and will be especially for the
benefit of the young people. The after