Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-20
CHRISTIAN PHYSICIANS.
Words Of Famous Surgeon Who
breaches the Gospel.

| I-nII,viug II the address which DR.
| Howard \. Kelly. til" world Renowned
sr,r-cun of johns Hopkins Hospital gave
ia thf,; years graduating class of the
| American Medical Missionary College. It
w.i.; certainly refreshing t" find Il phySi-
elan whose medical work has earned for
him International fame, poa+, s.ing not
only an uubound"d Faith in tn" simple
principles "f the ,;"a"l. but with i mind
nlI.d with the truths Of the Eibc
am clad to come here ana say a few
words tn YOU, b""atlS" ynu represent An
unusual ana exceptional inStitrItiun Yul
:.:.u>r III the great desert Of medical
,ch"nIs wh'r" all ought I" bc Christian.
And IN" beauty Of TINS school Is tnat You
carry out the tru" ideal OF medical work
the i'nIroN' ncht of opportunity FOR
Christian service. That is al W. ar"
ear Il I" u" physicians for nothing else
that WC may win friends, and hriui; our
friends where tItrr 1r."ndNiIip ought to b..
brought I" G"d through Christ. ! can
not. therefore. ~ content merely to -
press Wl"I%ur" :thd kindly sympathy in
rtting phrases. but would Gladly Us" such
prtc.. rs may he gwen me 1" bring Non 4
N, .,%.rGr Which shall strengthen yen aud
go otIt as Il b,>!In1 with each one ol ynu
int" Your ch"%''n u field pI work
Nru may n"t hav" that diS"crnmcnt Of
trlc, Of winch IT." world i'UH%tS ~ it;
peculiar talent ANA handma'd to success
but in place If thu oar Lord rr"frrs thnt
y hich rs FAR. far better unidIling trust ia
lh'' Father. vino h"i'!" al .nIthly n"tyi-
iillihE Ills VIII. III His own authority.
In place IF kn"wl"hg" Of times, "
have. th"rcf"l". r"w'r r. ri"ml:.rl hX
us Of tie Holy Spirit. marking rs ont ~
IT,. firSt marked Christ out; III" prIEil"""
nf b"nG Ills witnesses. .. blessed. i'nl,
htNc entered. hearing fruits even unit"
III" lii" eternal! What u contrast. W ;
can not pnis,. too long to- consider u.
on Tho On" land kuny:lcd2" al present
tin.c%, limited it's horizon to- earth dini"'.
ana often mistaken ANA misleading. ON
th" "tlI'r hHnd. power. ~ indw"ilIn-
$ irt If ':"d. h"arinE fruit through ~
both for tim" and eternity. ! char@" y"".
then. as Yull Journey hence tilht N"u ever
k',p tllis; ,rnwnin% what SHALL "n1 st.,
command. warming, gift "r bl"EimI.- -
of ntr':, Vict%SituIcS that II" n"ttr t.tk'i
au,;ht away from. Ills child but I" -;iy"
that which i Infinitely NOR" vninnhi,, =
it h. worldly rr,d"nc" "r thc guidanc"
of th power Of I'll" Spirit?
Her" LIT IN" charg" y"u most earnestly.
fur according rs Won 20 in this spirit or
in that viii your work succeed or fail II
matters not how famous NJ u one" ."
what institutions ar reared |" 40 -
mighty work under y"ur fostering ,:'r"
or even what great discoveries N"u ma,
make You may. rs Nuu pIlrilI" your cut
in:s. with tho fnJn'lat an lane her" E'N
| bare 3tlld muster Inc secrets t1 us lN''
Wi:ch lave from. time imm"m"rial r"iv-
az, Il nlrr r:irr: and set. f YOU 3" n'' II
th. r'GMt spirit, ,,l Will hc bat d"'d
W,,l H.
| IN tins arrest and ompll.ltic lie
cilIS,. in these d;tAS th,rr are mhnT *Iir
lis abroad. "" are liVu" pm 4 diN when
lfihlrs are II int"d aud circulated and III"
t,ihlr is talk"d about rs never TT fnl" TT
hans in ihc wnr III : history. ana vet DAY;
IA which Gods Word WIS a'+" never lrs'
known. I:ihi's arc turned out 10y th'' tom
+ ,it,s. tar Il
Irnni <. ANA ytt when W" com" to iak'
Statistics il our institution Of l'arl,;
uu.sth,r" III nur lana " tinI that tn
cljl,ir..l comm" ont Of orr homes En""
I,r.ict;r;lly nothing about Gods Word.
"" Ike iu DAYS Of I"W 'l$mS, "i
T. teachers In"f"ssir. I" homer AMI I" drIw
their Inspiration from Gods Word, @hr
Mn; magnify only th"r TlN.S "" hr"
Twins. il days when new ANA Suhtl" rEfl-
u+uIiIi"s are abroad. offering th"n."lV'i
wy :,rc. lrdbl, substitutes fnr the tru"
iaith. ON, nf thcs.. parallels is rs much
I:l.. nrIr t ,ith uS a fnlS" coin n'WlN
rnint"d is ik.. Tia" tru" gold hard To- dis,
ma ring IT, talked with Il man repro
s..rtirp on" If th"s" 'isms' on I'll" triin
ln.tw"cr it aud Gods Word worc truly
uniry.Inus Extraordinary cunning Slttn
has ,!rVclnD"d in th"S" DAYS ana N'f ~
soIut X wth"ut proof-a m"r" phi'"S"rhI
Of living. Christ i"ft ont, IN! not I WORD
about til" HOLY Spirit ana His work.
Y,u .piiI di-tinSush tn" f.,lsc from tn"
tr,r" If ynu hold fast that Word If truth
this ew"rd Of ~" SHiiTt, winch - ~"
WnrG u. God. You VIII detect Y" a. FIJI
ring if ynu mote. as Your i%nt'!H % ,i H",',!'', Nv,
clihlr PRAISES tn" n"w nth, that 'lr.l'
unou~h IIis name may u" rn"nti"n"d' y
-, ,ufnul..t,1v left ont ihat YOU ~" r."hN
IL wv. wr-piIc. With Mary. Th"y hAy
tlk,Y AWAY my Lord. and ! know not
whore th"y have laid Him, w"
flnd TIN, llnv" all thi"GS. that All th"",
tnls" systems l"nv" out the pres NJ" ann
rrv.r II IT," Holy s. ,rit. ami. if th"v
II outinn HIS nam" and III; work. nAIr"W
Tin, rDvn IL som" little method ~
theirs that He must act through %I'll
:,rI ,rIch ,n;nn.l*, ii such and Sn"li
I,.In IN do,r friends IL III" %..cr"t of
the. ,,.,I,i..s of our churches today
Taught faI+" systems rhrtirniirlN IN
tI"s rals" svst"r's hay" thrir Strrn%t@h @ II.
ON. churches. and r"nrl" hlN" n"'l u
tinn M aist.rs Here lis IT," "Npi'nhtl"n |
Of al III" llmcntahl'. Ignorance "i tl''
things nf God I'm pulpit and in r"w fi"i'. |
IL tI;s lark ~ lln"wlcG"'' in tn" "nrt ~ |
tL. Sv;Iit is the CaUS" Of the IN'Nallln' |
,nId, .ryl rms explains why missions |
aud IT," h"Hth"n ~ lnhlA ann IN |
t'hnr wnril they CRY for bread r"""IE' ! |
In ycrv clear about this, and know that
"v"n ~ wE"n our Lord Wa ON In 'al'h: :..,h =,
may u. ;ih to-day Of r"nri" - lA'ii"' III.
tLnI,mh thn words arr-tl't m" r'H''a' |
tr"-" word: Of John IT, E'rII'' n III,
,,idet rf VII ~:anl"th ON" whom N" know |
m"t =, 1ior.nn d,tnitc aud real. IS real !
HI nrr .nrd IIirnevli. th"r"h un%""n :" |
rnmrnrl,r. u guide, i + 'rr'l'r me l"'"
III tL,. -lrr,,.h tn" great IHt" 'iiN"r- N
what oum, Lord -'y% "f I'm i'll i"l,1
ln%,,nl. puIN rrir it thu"IIh N'nN'l.
ChaIt"rs !. ). : ana 1t-tG HnI non 81"
hnw Iilt,, n food II" comes in. 3r""l'i irG H.
n,Ir I.nrl', rrnrii.s, i'll til" ArtS-@r"krn "t
snIr, nrt, t"lI times. about rs m'hmE
tirnry III iii, one hool, alon" ns II Hll ~"
6insn,ls E"roguizr Him and lis work,
ard He vii y" in Y"u ~" p"w'r ~
-'h:i@t living AGAIN on Garth, ana work
ng Ills VIII through yn'i
: ,.,,3,-, vniI therefore. tint v'u z"
-n,th "a voiIr work in christian nati"nc",
-. ~. ,,n,,..r nf thn SniItt VI l,nI.