Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-01
TUBERCULOSIS
DAY SERMONS
Event Observed in Churches
Pastors Words.

Tuberculosis Day., set aside by
the National Association for the
study and prevention Of tubercu-
losis. was observed by several
churches in this city yesterday ana
special rmo were preached by
the pastors on the subject. In the
First Baptist church, Rev. William
H Bawden, pastor, preached on the
theme, "The Gospel of Health at
the morning service. At the Simp-
son M. E. church in the morning
Rev. DR.. William E. Palmer, preach
ed a special health sermon on Iu-
berculosis." Rev. c. w. Hanson, or
the Danish NJ. E. church. at the
morning service took occasion to I'M
press upon his congregation the
earnest movement to stamp out the
dreaded disease.
Rev-Mr. Hanson spoke on the
causes and how each could by doing
his or her part to largely prevent the
spread of the white plague as 1t Is
called. Mr.. Hanson's remarks were
in all a good sound health sermon
In other churches special mention
was made of the day and the preven-
ton of the disease.
Mr.. Bawden's Remarks.
In the First Baptist church, Rev.
William H. Bawden spoke as fol-
lows:
"Our physical natures form the
platform upon which the spiritual
stands. The condition of the body so
directly affects that of the spirit that
1t becomes a moral duty for a man
to care for his physical welfare. True
it is that a man ought to rise supe-
rior to all adverse environment; but
when the body is diseased the Will
power is SO impaired that a mar can
not so well resist temptation mol so
surely do what he knows to be right.
An essential part of the good news
of salvation unto mankind is there
fore the gospel of health.
The Great Physician was always
interested in the physical welfare of
the common people, and performed
many cures while here upon earth
among men-"he healed all that
were sick" But why should such a
beneficent manifestation of power
have ceased? Why could not some
arrangement have been made for It's
continuance? God never does per-
manently for men what they are able
to do for themselves. For centuries
the world in which we live has been
willing to yield it's secrets to those
men who have diligently sought to
discover them. Men have brought
most, il not all diseases upon them
selves, and are surrounded by the
to combat them, If only they
know how to decipher them.
Many of Jul diseases are the pro-
duct of our boosted civilization; and
1t is to the glory of our modern civ
ilization that medical science has
tracked these diseases one by one to
their lair ahf discovered the means
of destroying them. One of the worst
diseases of civilization, in that mod
ern civilized life brings men together
IN larger numbers than ever before,
Is the much dreaded tuberculosis, the
white plague" For years this
dread scourge held an almost undis-
puted sway. Even now its rayaS v
are appalling. Here in these& red
States It csrries or 10000 people
2nn1aafniyy-one every three minutes.
1t claims from one-tenth to one-sev-
enth of u population, while fully
one-third OF the flower of our nation,
those between eighteen and forty
-fye. lick the dust before ia grue-
some battle with a grim foe!
Until about twenty-five years ago
the cause of this disease was I'M
known. Then DR.. Koch discovered
the infinitesimal, rod shaped yeget-
able parasite that causes all the
trouble tiny-growth, one ten-thou-
sandth of ar inch long and one-tenth
as wide. This breathed into the
lungs, OF swallowed with infected
food or drink, sets up a growth any
where within the body, although
more commonly in the lungs or the
bones and joints, that destroys it's
sues and produces poisons that soon
er or later induce death.
During the past quarter OF a cen
fury much has been learned about
the disease, n of the most comfort
Ing things being that it Is not inner
tied. A weak constitution may be
inherited, which renders one suscep-
tible to hat or any other disease.
But a man may bring about a weak
ened condition by oyerwork and wor-
ry, or mayneglect to nourish his body
with sufficient wholesome food, or be
SO foolish as to poison his system by
alcoholic drinks, or %ignorantly to per-
sist in living and working amid i'm
pure air, darkness, dirt and dust. or
course, all other diseases that lower
the vitality, especially such as ordi-
nary colds, grippe, pneumonia, pleu-
risy and measles, are p~redisposing
causes. The disease Is preventable,
and plenty of fresh air and sunshine.
moderation in work, wholesome food
and temperance in all habits, will
make one practically immune from
the scourge.
Another source of comfort is that
the disease is durable, especially
when early recognized and
promptly treated. When one
has a persistent cough or
cold that hangs on, experiences a
loss of weight and appetite and feels
generally run down, when night
sweats terrify and an afternoon rise
IN temperature is noticed, or when
blood is spit, then nature is flying
her danger signals, and one should
be prompted to secure adequate med
fcal advice at once. Then is the time
to. commence a life out of doors night
and day, to eat that food which is
more especially nutritious, and to
rest from work so that all the
strength of the body may be used to
fight the enemy.
That the disease is also communi-
cable lays upon the individual and
society a responsibility that we are
not fully awake to as yet. A disease
that is one of the greatest foes OF
modprn civilization m1ISt he fOuubt