Milford chronicle., 1903-01-30
TALMAGE
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. DID,.
Pastor Of Jefferson Park Presby-
terian Church, Chicago

specially addressed to the graduates o.
a single profession, there are many sug
gestiOns that must prove helpful anC
inspiring to all young people, irrespec
tive of sex or calling. who are about t.
enter upon life career. The text i:
Colossians iv, IA, Luke. the beloved
physician"
Have you ever explored the east side
OF New York city-that is. where the
BOwery is situated? There many poor
live. There the masses are huddled to-
gether in tenements. 1t is the home of
hundreds of thousands of men and
women who every winter are fighting
the two man eating blOodhOunds, cold
and hunger. which are snarling and
swapping at them like famished wolves.
But, though the east side of New
York city may be the home of the poor
and, in many places of the social out
cast, yet in 1896 there was seen upon
its streets most remarkable funeral.
That day $4,000 human hearts were
aching At least 800 men were walk
ing in line behind that hearse. There
were sixty pallbearers. every one of
whom to more or less extent was in
debted for his health or life to the man
whose body was then sleeping in the
Casket "Who is this man about to
be buried" asked an eyewitness, "a
king or warrior a statesman, an ora
tor, a governor. a city official? No.
He was Il plain, simple physician. He
was a DR.. Aronson. who had given up
He not only cared for the sick body.
but also for the sick soul. He had in
herited small fortune from lis IA
ther, and when he entered the homes
Of the destitute he would leave here
little and there a little along with his
prescriptions. While he lay sick hun
dreds and thousands of poor people
whom lie had befriended came to in
quire at his door. They knelt by hun
dreds in the street about his house.
praying to God to restore to them their
good physicisA. When he was dead
with their own hands the poor carried
him out to his last resting place.
DR.. Aronson was only a beautiful
type of Luke. 'the beloved physician"
Paul would never have written so ten
derly about him unless DR.. Luke had
been that kind of a man. In imagna
tiOn I can see Paul coming to his room
at night and saying: "Where is Luke?
Where is DR.. Luke?" Then some one
would answer: Paul. after you had
finished preaching to that great audi
ence this evening and Luke had closed
the service with prayer, some one told
DIR. Luke about an old Christian saint
who was sick and could not get out t.
the service. Then Dr. Luke immed- |
ately said, Why. l will go at once and |
see her. So he took along his medi |
cine bag in one hand and his Bible in /
the other. He told me to tell you not |
to sit up for him. He did not know .
when he could get back" Eyes, yes" /
half disappointedly answers the mis-
siOnary; that is just like DR.. Luke. .
never seem to be able to have him at
upon some one that is poor and sick
ard in trouble. My how tired he must
get" Then some morning l see Paul
wake w. ie looks over to the other
side OF tie room, where a bed is all
musSed up and yet without an Occu-
pant. "Well," says Paul, Il guess
Luke is off again on one Of his calls.
do hope he will be back in time to
take ship for COrinth. We certainly
must sail today" Then in Imagination
] see the companion Of Paul running
down to the wharf just before the
gangplank is drawn in. He has been
employing every moment of the time
to visit the sickroom. to give Il last
and to offer a last prayer.
and as he rushes up to the ship can
see scores and scores of men and wom-
en- whom he has helped reach forth
their hands as they cry: "Goodby. DR..
Luke! Goodbyl Goodby! May God
bless and keep and reward you for
what you have done for us! Goodby!
Goodbye Then l can see good old DR..
Luke turn and say: "Goodby. my dear
Christian friends! May Christ. the Di.
vine Physician. heal your diseased
physical bodies and your sin diseased
sOuls Farewell until we meet in heav-
enr'
A Career of Usefulness.
nave QWei- I'll tLc liseS Of these two
men-D. Luxe. the beloved physician
Of the early days Of Christianity. and
Or. Aronson of our own time-because
wart you to realize how much the
world is Indebted to consecrated med
cal talent \ csreer of unbounded use
rulness is open to the men who are be.
ginning the study Of medicine Con
WINGED Of this now preach to the Chi
.5go MEDICAL students. over 1000 ol
hem are preparing for their chosen pro
'ession wt@.n a few blocks of this
,hurch. Would tha, they might 60
'orth into the world not only brilliant
physicians and surgeU.s, but consecrat-
d Christian men! Nay God help me {.
n addressing them 10 speak the right :
word in the right wa. 1t may be that :
4 some student within sound of my =
'oice some historian may write half 4,
entury hence such tribute of esteem y
s Ian Maclaren wrote of Dr. MacLIre :
( Drumtochty and as Paul wIote OF n
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