Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-30
Subject OF Lecture Delivered Sunday
In Presbyterian Church by
Or. s. D. Swope
HOW TO KEEP RIDER AWAY
Efforts Of Medical Fraternity to De-
feat Vaccinations Of
"0uack" Doctors

cred by DR.. Samuel d. Swope last
Sunday evening in the Presbyterian
Church and was listened to attentive
Is by n large number of Deming ciii-
Zens:
Are you looking for The Rider
With the Pale liorsel
There is u great pageant going
through the by-ways of this great
old earth. A parade extending from
the cradle to the grave. BY the side
of thousands in the procession, The
Rider With the Pale Horse. keeps
step with the music of time. Are YOU
looking for ihemi They are always
near you. You may see their shad-
ows and hear the echoes of their
footballs. Are you looking for ihcm'
Some time you will look up and see
a skeleton hand reaching over to
grasp your own and you will be face
To face with the problem of the fu-
lure state. Are you looking for the
moment when the rider on the pale
horse shall overiake You!
We are all in this great procession
of lie and we will al drop out when
Death beckons us.
The great question To which ]
would direct your thought is, Shall
We drop out of the procession before
the iulnesS of time shall arrivel
Shall we give up the triumphal march
before the three score and tenth
milestone has been reached or shall
We nanfully retain our places in the
great procession! Shall we reap the
flowers and fruits of the golden har-
vest of health and happiness, or
gather the thistles and the thorns of
pain and diseasel
II is about this that ! want to talk
10 you. II is this that all the good
Doctors IN he world are striving to
accomplish. the keeping of The Rider
With the Pale Horse away from you,
and keeping you away from The
Rio"r With the Pale Horse. |, is
toward this that our days OF labor
and nights of vigil are directed. Il
H. cnr III, that ,,.a laaun all athar,
and cleave alone to the bride that
wears the esculapian veil 1t is for
this that we become the meek and
lowly seeker after knowledge. For
this we become the servant of your
servants and the humble instrument
OF Him who holds your destiny in
the hollow of His hand.
fou are simply children gathering
flowers of life. we want to guide your
footsteps and show You the pitfalls.
Among the flowers are th0rns,
amongst the fruits are poisons. We
want TO protect You from the one
and warn YOU from the other. Some
oi the poisons are so seductive that
you roll them under yonr tongue as
delicious morsels, never dreaming
that their effect will some day be
like biting serpents and stinging ad-
ders. You will meet in your wander
mgs smooth parsonage whose hoofs
are hidden in patent feathers, whose
barbed tail is covered by II frock
coat and whose horns are concealed
by silk hat, "The Quack Doctor"
who goes about sometimes with the
social lion. seeking whom he may
devour.
They will frequently be seen in
company with their half brother, the
mercenary commercial individual,
who writes physician, surgeon, ac-
coucheur and general specialist after
ms advertisement. They will some
times be seen with their first cousins
by marriage, the patent medicine
vrnders who are doing a great work
Tor themselves, by selling You some
thing for what ails you, for which
You pay your hard earned sheckels
even your pound Of flesh.
For u great many years the medi-
ral profession has recognized the in
ability of the general public to COM
prehend the intricacies of medical
m'enee OF which the public knows
Nme in acquiring knowledge Of o
scenee Of which the public knows
niue or nothing. Recognizing his In
lhllity to enliehten his patient In the
''me at his command he has allowed
an apparent mysticism to surround
bis calling,
The human mind is changing as all