Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23


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~ HE. body is made in the Image of
VI Cod When Christ came TO the
earth He took upon Himself hu-
man form. After His resurrection He
possessed the same body only glorified.
With this glorified body He assembled into
heaven When the Holy Ghost came down
on Pentecost and rested upon the apos-
ties He made the human body the tenn
pie of the Holy Ghost Co.
rinthians 3:l6p. BY all these Won
derfu facts We realize the sacredness of
our bodies, and we are bound to care
for them. keeping them pure and
clean and healthy, even as We
are bound to care for our minds and our
souls. The realization of this has led TO
what we call Medical Missions. AS
Christ healed the. bodies of men, so he
would have us heal them today as far as
we can teaching the holiness of our phys
ical frame and making it ut Tor the IN
dwelling of the Holy Spirit
Men did not always believe this Even
among the early Christians there We're
some who counted the body as burden
vile doomed to perish. And because 81
many temptations assail us through the
it, even torturing it, and failing to guar
ii in such fashion as to make 1t the nj
home of the mind and soul. Happily We
have left behind these false teachings as
our faith has grown larger, and To-Day III
all our Christian work we are urging
men to be pure and clean and temperate
and strong. and we are building hospitals
for the stick and SymnasiumS for the
young 1t is a happy Illustration of the
strength of our modern Christianity
| inp full
redeemed and sanctited by Christ and III
for the Masters use.
Especially is this blessed work called
for among the heather nations and In
desolate regions of our own land.
heard a missionary tell recently of how
sorely a hospital was needed in a certain
wild region of the west, where there was
no comfort at home and no physician
near to care for the suffering The hearts
of a great many people are reached
through their bodies We may not think
il to be the highest and best road. but II
is often the most direct and lets the
grace of God full into their souls. AND
since Christ was always healing sickness
and is today the Great MUSICIAN upon
Whom we love to call, surely we may
know that i'm doing as He did we are fol-
lowing His will. l love to think OF the
physicians in China and Japan. | know
we'll one splendid young doctor vino went
out from Philadelphia a few years age
to serve i'm a hospital in Shanghai He
had bright prospects at home, but he lett
them to help the poor sick folk of the
land which is just coming to glorious
awakening. | love to think of him as
caring with his gentle skill and with his
devoted Christian spirit for the poor
! Chinese women and children who have
never known "a physicians mnistrations.
| can see the faces frightening as he
comes into the ward where they lie suf-
ferng and speaks words of cheer to each
one God bless him. And God bless every
noble doctor and nurse who goes To the
heather and proves the love of God by
holy and loving ministration
We are about to celebrate the lO9th
| anniversary of the birth of David Living
stone that great missionary physician
who went to Africa to heal the sick and
preach the gospel. He was the son of
a poor Scotch weaver. He saved u part
of his first week 81 wages to buy "A Latin
grammar, and the rest he gave to his
mother. Those two deeds show the be-
ginning of that character which made
him the worlds hero and Gods servant
At nineteen lie had decided to be a med
ical missionary. and after practical
training he went to South Africa in 1S4l,
only twenty-eight years old. He did
much exploring, for he Went to land
practically unknown. but he never per-
mitted his explorations to lessen his
labors for the bodies and souls of the
poor blacks in that vast and desolate
region. 1t is one of the most wonderful
pages of history-this life of Livingstone.
For thirtytwo years he toiled with al
most superhuman energy and with divine
inspiration for the souls and bodies of
the people for whose salvation he had
left home: and when they found him at
last on his knees by the bed in his hut,
dead the world realized the kind of man
he was. 1t was fitting that they should