The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-17

Agents.
young maiden wouid smile under the
twinkle Of his fatherly eye as lie chat
ted to her of her first sweetheart. Even
the bees would buzz louder and the
dogs bark more happily, ANA their tails
would wag faster MS yhe doctor drove
along We remember the old black bag
he always carried ana the long white
bandageS he placed about the Splints
when we fell off the haymoW and
broke our arm. The strange looking
bottles filled with pills bottles that an
looked alike and the pills. too, seemed
to be the same.
When the minister OH the Sabbath
day entered the pulpit and gave ont the
first hymn down the church aisle the
good old doctor would walk. He was
always Il little late for services. Doe
tors are always a little late. | think
that is part of their education. 1t is
never dignifed for q doctor to be on
time In PRAYER meeting we loved to
hear the good doctor pray, We have
heard a good many great and noted
minister's pray in our time. but we al
ways thought the old doctor prayed
better than any He seemed to he so
near to God hc had seen so much trou-
bic. When the poor family over the
hill was starving he bought them food
out OF his own pocket, We never knew
how much good ne did until after the
funeral, He was part OF every ones
life He was the poor mans helper.
He was the rich mans friend.
The Consecratcd Doctor,
One day the news went flying over
the country roads THE doctor, the
good doctor is sickw Was it not too
bad that he could not prescribe for
himself and take his own medicine?
Ii he had we know he would have be-
come well. But he could pray. How
he did pray in his own sickroom!
Then one day the news Went over the
country roads that the old doctor was
dead! While we were gathering in
the home where lay the wornout body
Of the tired old physician | can imag-
inc that the good doctor went mp TO the
gates Of the New Jerusalem and timid.
~ knocked. The gatcman called out
"Who is thereT" The old Christian
answered; only poor, wornout vii
lage doctor who is advancing in
ChrlSt's name. Can come inW Then
the Lord God Almighty from his
throne called out: let him in! Let
him I'M! Let the village doctor come
i'm And the angels in the celestial
choir began to chime; Let him in!
Let the village doctor come in" Then
all the redeemed spirits over whose
earthly deathbcds he had lowered
cried Let him in! Let our village
doctor come I'M" Then Christ himself,
the great Physician. came forth and
led the wornout man to one of the
highest thrones in heaven as he said:
come in friend. Come in. This IL
your thfOne. Fof 1 was SICK ana sc
visited me,'
Will you not believe in such u conse-
Grated physiciant win you not he.
iieyc that by the sick bed faith can go
hand in hand with works and the sur,
gcon's knife and that the physicians
have part In the civil
lizaton and the Christiani2ation Of the
world? And will not you. O physi
elm, he Il Christian doctor. as well as
you, . layman, a Christian patient?
All honor, then. to our Christian
whose calling and office
are thus diyincly eonsccrated, and may
II blessing rest upon their earnest cf-
forts for the alienation Of the physical
Affections of the human race.
Copyright 1904 by Louis Klopschi