Putnam patriot., 1910-05-13
Is His Steps.

Perhaps no class Of workers walk more literally in the footsteps of Jesus than medical missionaries in lands where hospitals are piiifuliy feN. Here is graphic picture of the way Dr. C. ' B. ffssbef gees about t5e sfreetso Van in Eastern Turkey.g He wrttes. We take circuit oi the city. down one side and ID The other, sieitlHg rich and poor as they come. First we enter one story mud house whese earth floor has an oven ln it about three feet deep. This may or may not contain hot ashes Of coais from the dried manure burned in the morning. according to whether ihe peopie are fortunate enough to have gathered some Of the manure. They cover The oven with A quilt and sit un- der 1t for warmth. i sick woman lies on a few rags spread on the damp earth. The house consists Of one large room and dark closet lighted only by a tiny papef-covered window near the ceiling The one hen belonging to the household, worth ten cents, k peTched on top ei her body to share tbe scaDt heat Tbe children, emaciated and wi.h swollen abdomen. sit around. taeked under the same quilt to get the warmth. Tue youngest ehiid ciuiehe. piece ni bread ffie4 fafsiae lhe name
 nade 8f a mixture af bran md dirt sified from lhe soidiefs flour. and liu. sHefI fiI5Hks left oxef after the oil has | au extracted Se wonder that at azs suffering from kezffisIs and diaf. rs4a The poor mother also has se- 4efe pneumonia. Bat when SC sayi s#eaHe to She hospital. she replies, ef cannot leave the ehIidfeuH We per- saade 0eighbof to care for them, f=s cents Of relief funds sent by gepef- oas American friends provide a little f1ud. and the woman K then happy to enter eHf-to hef--palatiai hospital.
 The neighbors enffeal ns to see the father ef another family. siek for two months, and we find him in worse con dilion than the woman We have just left. HIe is covered with bedsores and filthy to the last degree. Ills wife died month ago, and his only attendants are three half naked, hunRty children, the oldest fl girl of nine and the young est four. He begs to be taken to the hospital and O. what Joy IL Is if our funds suffice If NC can also help his children to food and clothing, through the generosity of friends in the home land, how much readief they are to be- ileye what we tell of Gods love.
 Our next call k at the house of well to-do merchant. The second story con sisis Of four large rooms, one each in tht four corners, q wide, cross shaped hal betwe The rooms afe furnished witl divsns and rugs. In the corner nearest the door is 6 sheet iron stove, a yeftica cyiindes. in which wood K placed or end. This is lighted once or twice 1 day, then the hot coals are placed In | brazief and put under low table. iik' structure covered with large, thiei quilts. Under this the sick lie or th, family sit most of the day. Few us, bcdsteads; nearly all spread their bed ding on the floor.
 The next dwelling Is the house of aI artisan. We enter through low door and at the end of a long dark passage come to room whose floor Is below th' level of the ground. The walls ar, damp, and the patient has rheumatism which she thinks k caused by beini frightened In a dream. Nearly ever, disease Is attributed by the people |, fear. As we go back toward the stree tue son of the sick woman calls out stumble yourself humble yourself '
 Hut il is too late. My head strikes ! low beam, and drop lo my knees hal stunned and considerably "humbiedn
 Daring the year Df. ussher and hi assistant yisited IoT patients in thei
 homes. When the people were in bet ter circumstances, the medical depart ment Of The Van hospital was nor, than supporting, but for severn years prices have heen rising steadily and last year only +5 of the 4t9 in. pa tients were able le pay regular charges There is a dtspensafy ia the building to which all sorts of persons come, of len on some ones tack, and sometimes l so lar gone a. to die on the road or ou the steps. IL is nitlahle and numb ling to see their faith in the Prote doctor, One poor fellow said, "Pieas, lay your hand on my hand aud know l shall get well l''