The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-20
DIR. WILLIAM ARTHUR sTnoLE.

church. Mr.. Forsyth is forcible
|speakcr,sa man OF warmth ana earnest
ness, and his address was characterized
by his usual vigor. The church was
fillod within large audience made up
OF both students and friends
The text Of Mr. Forsyth's sermon
was Second Timothy. fourth chapter
4 eleventh verse-"Only Luke Is wit
Me. The preacher paid common
tribute to the allied schools Of medi-
cine. dentistry and pharmacy as being
coordinate and mutually Indispensable
to- each other and to the MASSES Of the
community.
st. Paul, he said was enduring the
second Roman imprisonment, and but
for ST. Luke the so-callcd patron saint
The association of these two men was
remarkable from one fact-namely, st.
Paul was gifted with the power Of
healing. while ST Luke was healer
through natural means. True religion
and true science are never antagonis-
tic. Within their spheres they are sep
arately safe and mutually compatible.
Perhaps, Just as Christ would work no
miracle In Els own behalf, so ST. Paul
depended upon the natural. the ordi-
nary, the commonplace. for his support,
comfort and relief. The association of
Luke with the Great Apostle suggested
three characteristics, as those OF the
true physician and medical men of
every department.:
l. Cultivation. Luke was an educated
man. Upon his knowledge and accu-
racy depended the verifcation, Of the
Book of the Acts. of which he was the
author The unassigned condolences
of the book are due to the accuracy
Iof Luke's observation. knowledge,
record. Luke was the artistic writer
|esque conventions and given to sympa..
thetic delineations His breadth of
vision his scope OF sympathy, his COS
pei Of sacrifice. his minute, careful,
vivid and tender delineation, all bore
witness to his cultivation and his touch
with needy humanity.
2. The second characteristic is spirit
uality. On this Whitsunday the days
teaching is that the body of man is
the rightful temple Of God. The ca
animated frame the highest reach. Of
human limit. There is an 8intangir:e
soul but recent experiment declares 1T
is not imponderable. S@#i'2 ~
A Spiritual Creature.
But man Is more than soul and BODY.
He is a spiritual creature, not body
having a spirit. but a spirit having q
body, and, therefore, bound to dominate
and control that body. The medica,
apostle Of his calling. knowning that
physical perfection is dependent upon
moral and spiritual excellence Hence,
the ministers OF medicine may not
"tread a primrose path Of valance"
any more than the ministers and other
opponents of religion. They are judges
Of conduct. arbiters Of charact ter. They
are repositories Of confidence, sacred
and otherwise. and they who must
point out paths of safety to others
must themselves know the value and
concede the use and emulate the ways
Of goodness.
The third characteristic Is fidelity.
The physician was found with the old
apostle, from whom all had fled. The
medical men Of every department. have
given and are giving every day touch
in gprofs of their fidelity. Births and
deaths witness their steadfastness. The
sharp and dangerous conflicts with
disease, are the scenes of their loyalty
and fearlessness.. Ian Maclaren (John
Watson) Just gone to- his rest. has
made fidelity of the Scottish physl-
clans personifed in DR.. Mcclure. an
idyl in modern il ternture The preach
err made a plea for consccrated lives,
filled with the spirit which rang in
one Of tho hymns sung for the occa-
sion, some verses of which was as fol-
lows:
Go, labor on !! spend and be spent
Thy Joy to do the Fathers will;
IT is tho way the Master went:
Should not the servant tread it still?
Go labor on! .Tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee
The Master praise: What arc men?
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