Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-23
WHOL.ENESs

Tue problem of suffering is as old
as the race. Like poverty, 1t is always
with us. Usually it is associated with
sin: probably more than half of the
pain and weakness and physical inca
pacity existing in the world today is
due to mems direct disobedicnce of the
commands of God. So as the gospel
cleanses The world of sin il gradually
restores it to physical s~oundness. Doc
tors thrive poorly in God fearing COM
riunities. Obedience to the divine will
averts untold penalties that must be
paid here and now III the body. Thus
the work of Jesus as redeemer and
healer are closely allied: He saves men
to physical as we'll as spiritual sanity.
AS truly as when He moved with heal
ing touch among the smitten ones, of
Palestine. He is today the Good Physi-
clan of humanity.
The worst ills are of The spirit. and
these Christ first cures.
Whatever mans want, ii is met in
the Man who freely gave Himself UP to
be satisfaction for his brothers needs.
l. III is Gods way to work through
agents. A healing is none the less di-
vine because wrought through the
heaven taught skill of Il physician.
Ever and anon we read in the daily
papers stories of persons offering their
flesh to supply the lack of some needy
sufferer. In fact, the operation of skin
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great hospitals. In this surrender of
their bodies. at n cost of no little pain.
We perceive the example and spirit of
Jesus repeated in the case of very
matter-of-fact twentieth century men.
1T is the powe: of His healing that
makes men healers of their fellows. The
work that Christ thus does by indireo~
ton is beyond calculation. He came
into u world where there We're no hos
pitfalls for the sick, no aSyiums for the
! blind. the insane or the helpless ana no
homes for the orphans. Today these
institutions coeXist with Christianity
The Great Physician is doing his work
through Il myriad of such channels.
The healing OF His seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain:
We touch Him in life's throng and press,
And we are whole again.
John G. Whittier.
even better sometimes than to be
healed or suffering is to be fitted to en-
durc suffering.
Sin sickness is humanity's worst ill.
In heather lands the cures wrought
by the medical missionaries and by the
mission hospitals are the best adver-
tisements OF the gospel and the best
attestations of its loving ministering
character.
IN persons wh0""enjoy poor health
are IL host. but still more numerous are
the Christians h have not been made
whole. the sort who live, lat IL poor dy-
ing rate" as the old hymn has it. They
possess jus, enough religion to make
them miserable. as DIR. Moody used to
say. No transformations of character
have been effected in them. They dc
not want 20 grow. They covet no deer
spiritual experiences. An ambition fol
service never surges up in their breasts
They are content to go limping com
plainingly along h kings highway, in
stead of leaping M running joyously
Such as these are like the patients who
go to a doctor once or twice to be
treated for their ailments. but refuse
20 go longer or to carry out his direc'
tions. They simply turn their back.
upon health and II power
They ask nothing more of religion thar
that it somehow ave their scrawny
anaemic souls--which is pretty small
sort Of salvation.
The ills of society which make TWEEN
tieth century civilization one intricat,
clan whose certificate of fitness is tn
print Of the nails i'll His hands.
HE touched her hand. and the fever lief
o. we need His touch on our feverc,
hands!
The cool. still touch of the Man of Sor
rows,
Who knows us and loves Us. and under
stands.
Sc many a life is enc long forever!
A fever Ut anxioi:c suspense and care,
A fever of getting, a fever OF fretting.
a fever Of hurrying here and there.
An. Lord! Thou knowcst us altogether.
be:
Touch Thou our hands! Let the feve
And so shall we minister unto T1eet