Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-30

into sinI They VIII gladly take Chris
tian advice from you. which perhaps
they would not take from minister.
They may say. "a minister is merely
working for his salary" but they will
know that you are disinterested in
speaking in the name OF the Lord Je-
sus. In Christ's name will YOU not try
to prevent sin as well as TO cure sin
after Il has already come?
have been trying 10 show you the
glorious opportunities of Christian
physicians life. But now there comes
over me the overwhelming thought that
perhaps you are not Christian young
man. Perhaps you may be very bril-.
liant I'm your medical studies, but have
never yet confessed the name OF Jesus
Christ.
Are You n Christianf
Yes" answers some young man in
my audience. "thnt is the truth. Since
I came to Chicago | have only been
once or twice in city church. We
medical students have to work SO hard
that when Saturday night comes we
are dead tired out. SO | always take
my Sabbath for rest and fun" Alas.
l know only too well that what you
say may be true; that your life may be
very similar to the hundreds and thou
sands of young men who every year
enter our large cities to get a medical
education. Il know that your state
ments may be too true, because scores
OF my old friends and classmates be-
came physicians. They have told me
many of the temptations besetting a
medical students life. Besides that.
have lived among the young medical
students not only I'm New York, but
also in Philadelphia.
But. though you may declare that
since you have entered the medical
school you have not lived a Christian
life, yet there are still two or three
tremendous facts that 1 think, may
work change In you, two or three
facts by which, 1 believe, you are go
ing TO be redeemed for Christ and con
fess him and live for him as a Chris.
tan physician. In the nrst place, !
know that you came from a Christian
home. 1t is wonderful truth to tell
that nearly all the men who enter the
medical or legal or ministerial profes.
sion come from Christian homes. Az
coon as father and mother become
converted their chief desire seems to
be to give their boys q liberal educa-
ton, so that they can make the most
out OF their lives for Christ. Thus.
young man, no matter where you go OF
what you do, you can never get away
from the many parental prayers which
have been offered I'm your behalf. They
are always Juggling and pulling you to-
ward better life. They are pulling
your heartstrtngs now toward Christ.
In the next place, you are not a
homeopath In a spiritual sense. You
may be a disciple OF Habnemann, as
many of you are, but In a spiritual
sense you are not. In the realm of the
higher life yoa do not believe similia
similibus curantur, that like cures
like" You do not believe that "sin
cures SIM" Oh, no. You know and
you feel only the blood of Jesus, the
Saviour, can make you as spotless as
the driven snow. So, now, feel that
the purer and hoiier life is dawning
upon you. feel that all the good and
the true In you are leading you ON To
fully consecrate yourself to the Mas
ter's service. We have often heard
how brave the surgeons have been in
buttle. President Roosevelt declared
that there never was a drawer set of
men than the doctors who belonged to
his rough riders. At San Juan hill.
upon their bucks, they carried the
wounded 10 the rear, while the Spanish
sharpshooters were firing at them from
among the trees. That was brave.
That was heroic. But today want
you to be Just as brave and true.
hero and now want you, in order to in
sure your future Christian usefulness
as family physician, to surrender
your whole life to the service Of Jesus
Christ. You will do it. will you not? !
he Like DIR. Luke.
And 80, young physician, as you are
now ready to consecrate your life TO
the Saviour I am going to tell you
about beautiful scene which perhaps
may happen In your life and death
hope the death scene may happen many
years from now. Some day In the dim
future, lot us hope when your life's
work Is drawing to a close, there will
be great excitement in some village or
In one OF the nelghborhoods of great
city. Everywhere the word will be
whispered: "Have you heard the news?
Have you heard the news? The doc
tor. the good old family doctor, is very
sick." Then the news Will be printed
IN the village or the city newspapers
that the good doctor, the family doctor.
II dead Then in your family home
there wiz be assembled fearful gath
ering.' The young men and the young
women there will not only remember
that you welcomed them into the
world, but also will tell how YOU nut
your gentle hand OF remonstrance upon
their shoulders when they were about
to drift away into sin. Then the older
folks will tell how you prayed with
them when they lost their first babies.
And the minister will tell how your
presence was always the strongest spir-
itual reinforcement IN the church. And
the poor families will tell how you not
only paid for the medicines out of your
own pocket, but also how you got your
friends to help out their winter need
with clothing and food and coal. And
while these weeping friends are telling
or your good works, as the weeping
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there will be heard fiutter OF wings.
Then the same messenger which car
ried up your soul-your redeemed soul
to the white throne of God will return.
And the same voice which spake when
the white dove lowered over the Christ
standing In the Jordan will speak then
And then all the weeping friends will
recall the divine commentator. at was
sick. and We visited me-" Oh, my
young friend, will you not here and now
consecrate your life to the cross7 BY
the grace Of God will you not be a
Christian family physician? Be a good
Or. Aronson or good DIR. Luke.
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