The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-29
HEALTH IS ALSO
CONTAGIOUS, SAYS
NEWARK PASTOR
Rev. DR.. Thomas j. Villers Dis
courses on Failure of
Many Physicians"
CHRIST AN EXAMPLE
or PERFECT HEALTH
Interesting Moral Drawn from
Chapter in
- Mark.
At the Peddle Memorial Church last

At the Peddie Memorial Church last
night the Rev. DIR. Thomas j. VilIers,
.. D., spoke on Title Failure of Many
Physicians,".s thought suggested by
Mark v.i9s26: @she had suffered many
things 81 many physicians, and had
spent allsthat she had, and was noth-l
Ing b~ettared, but rather grew worses'
He said:
'"witatlls only disease is contagious.
Christ vas an example of perfect
health. and Ills health was contagious.
BY, ftsfpverdow He healed Others only
a t6dch was necessary. If 1 may but
toieheHi garment said this suffering
wor1aii3 I shall be whole
Scripture declares that We are al
hicted With a. disease called sin. The
seart Is desperately sick. There is no
s%oundness in us That is Gods dag
bosis of us all. Various healers offee
q cure. But When all their remedies
have been tried we are compelled to say
What Job said to his, miserable comfort
ers: 'Ye a~re9fprgers of lies. We are all
physicians Of no value"
There is Of: Apathy. He says.
Think nothing about your malady. IT,,
as the fool has said, there is no God, it
ID, useless ~fotAyou to worry about re-
lfeion. If there is a God you will in
Some way at last obtain His favor.
ChIistianitN.ygill de~well enough for old
and dying people. My prescription is.
Re Indifferent to what these Christians
are saving about the higher concerns
of the SOU. Repeat the dose as often
as necessary Aaron Burr tried DR..
Apathy. AT lineage of 19 he said. 4 am
determined never again to trouble my
self about my souls salvation and he
die6 a disappointed, ~dishonored, god
less ands hopeless man. D..
's'Tiien there is DIR. Anodyne. He at
ternpts to rid his patient of disease by
giving something which win ease for
the moment. Instea d of striking at the
RIOT oil the Illness he gives an opiate or
narcotic so as to nunlb the pain or put
the sufferer 20 sleep. In spiritual mat
tiers Dr.A Anodyne is the physician who
recommends us to plunge into the
pleasures and pursuits of the world in
order to forget our relationship to God.
MY prescription, He says, is this: AS
often as you are roubled by the word
of God or by the warning of conscience
drowntsuch thoughts. Repeat the dose
whenever restless. r.
"Dr. Anodyne is a wretcheS imposter.
Forgetting sin Is not curing sin. The
man who seeks to .dissipate his thoughts
of eternity by drinking of worldly cups
il an enthusiast drunk with an unreal
joy.
And then there is DIR. Hygiene. He
says: Patient, there Is not much the
= matter with you. Be regular in your
habits. Be careful as to your diet. You
will soon be rid Of this unpleasant feel
ing TIe is the moralist who thinks
that the souls disease is not serious,
and that II a man is careful he can
rEre himself. Ee sees no need Of an
atoaernent. The ingredient S of his
dppipopnd are Something like this: Two
parts works. one part feeling n one
ssrt Christ Dr. Hygiene has no heal
Ing medicines. Moral information Aay
turn the devil out but will never bring
salvation in. BY the deeds of the law
no flesh is justified In Gods sight.
Since there is only one physician,
{ who a heal the sin-sick soul. I have
we suggestions. One is. you who have
fried the many physicians and have
found n rest, come at last to Christ
IF o cannot lay hold on him with a
strong hand of faith, give him, like
this woman, at least a trembling touch.
THE other suggestion is.you who are
seeking relief for the first time, come
directly to the divine physician. Dc
! not try the others. You will only suffer
many things of them and be nothing
!, .hsttered, but rather grow worse. Reach
nut your hand and torch the Christ
!. and near His word: 7 will restore
health unto thee, and I will heal thee
OF. thy wounds"