Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-01

with those where adequate light and
air may be had. 1t is cheaper in the
long u to make your workman con-
tented and keep him well. Simon
Legree's policy is a ruinous one.
Hence the necessity of a propaganda
for the betterment of living and
working conditions. But something
further is necessary. Something
must be done for the thousands al
ready afflicted. Hospitals must be
established for the advanced and in
durable cases. Sanatoria must be
built for treating the durable cases.
Dispensaries should be opened for
early diagnosis and advice. And
there is need Of open air schools for
children predisposed to the disease.
tuberculosis may be communicable,
but it is also preventable and cur
able; the organized warfare should,
therefore, be maintained against 1t
until 1t is forever banished from our
fair earth.
Such is the gospel of health, good
news for all men concerning one of
the most terrible scourges to which
their bodies are subject. the procla-
nation of salvation therefrom unto
all who believe. With the body set
free from such thralldom there
should result a finer manhood, a
mar with a sound body as the tene-
ment of a sound mind, with a strong
and vigorous will power able and
willing to execute the mandates of
the spirit. Then may mankind break
forth into the age-long song of joy:
BLESS the Lord, o my soul,
And forget not all his benefits;
Who forgiveth all thine iniquittes;
Who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from de-
struction;
Bless the Lord, o my soul"
Words OF DIR. Palmer.
DR.. William E. Palmer, of the
Simpson NJ. E. church, preached an
excellent sermon yesterday morning
on tuberculosis" saying in part:
This is a wonderful day in which
to live. 1t is good to be alive, in this
day in which SO much is being done
to benefit mankind and to alleviate
the ~sufferings of all. Wherever the
gospel is preached it carries in the
other hand relief for the sick and
suffering and the unfortunate of
men. 1t builds and equips its hospi-
tails and schools, and strikes at in
iquity and human ills and sufferings
everywhere.
Dread smallpox has been slain.
Doctors in middle life with large
practices, have never seen a case of
smallpox and now the battle is on
against diphtheria, scarlet fever, etc,
to Danish these dreadful diseases,
that need not be.
Tuberculosis, with its awful har-
vest, must be stayed. Koch, with
his wonderful discovery, of It's real
nature, so late as 1882, has led the
way in the attack and treatment of
this dread disease.
THE safety of none can be Sc
cured without the safety of all. 1t
concerns everyone of us, how every
other family in town, in the state, in
the nation, aye, in the whole world,
fare, for in our own or the next gem
Grafton our posterity. may in,
contact with some that are now Iiv-
ing in unhealthy or immoral condi-
lions with tragic effects.
Il never can know when some
child from some neglected or pow
erty-stricken home ing in the
next Dr.. sFi fas the the
tn11d To- carry home, that may result
in permanent injury or death. Sure
ly we are our brothers keeper: Even
If we are only selfish, We dare not
neglect anybody, and if we are truly
Christians we will be glad and eager
to help every one to overcome dis
ease and suffering.
when ever I stand on the brink
of a grave, in which the child of
some parents is being lowered, and
rain my tears down with theirs, I
cannot help thinking, "Why was 1t
not my child instead Of theirs
THE call is to everybody to rally
and do to the death such a terrible
scourge as tuberculosis, that~can be
SO easily prevented and even readily
cured in its early stages. Everybody
should help by careful and cleanly
living, and the improvement of men
to ave the people from the terrible
suffering and sorrow that this ter
rible disease entails.
Pure food, fresh air, cheerful
surroundings, a good conscience, and
wholesome life, will work wonders.
Yesterday I visited the playmate of
my boyhood, out of the city, whose
days are nearly numbered in the
prime of life by this terrible maIady.
"No one need but to go with the
minister in his daily rounds and look
into the CLASSY, hungry eyes of the
victims of this disease to be stirred
to the depths of his heart and to be
stimulated to the utmost endeavor
for the relief of all.
d" tbs life, not death, for which we
pant.
'Tis life whereof our nerves are
scant;
More life and fuller, that we want"
II live to hail the season by gifted
minds foretold,
When man shall live by reason, and
not alone for gold;
When heart to heart united, and
every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted, as
Eden was of Old"
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