The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05
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LETTER FROM REV. GEORGE
CANDEE


Rev. George Candee, Of Toledo,
now in his eigthy-fourth year, was
one of Brother Fees helpers in Ken
lucky before the war, laboring in
the vicinity OF Berea and Jackson
County. Several Of his children have
been in school here in comparative
" recent years. The daughter OF
whom he writes was for some time
assistant matron at Ladies Hall.
So many frozen men (colored SOL
diers) crowded into the Army hos
pitals in Camp Jackson, st. Louis,
Mo-, soon developed typhoid pneu-
monia. The air was full of it. So
much so, that little children contract
ed it. A four-year-Old daughter OF
an Army commisary officer, play
mate of our little girl, died with it
when our little one was taken SICK
with it. A chaplain, who had prac-
ticed medicine, treated her for q
few hours, then gave her up and
advised me to call doctor OF CITY,
wide fame to treat her.
Twas so discouraged from the pre-
,ailing fatality of that plague among
70 the soldiers in the hospitals, and
from the lament Of our little girl:
Mama, shall get worser and
worser and die and be buried Ike
little Mable," that | had no courage
TO send for the famous doctor OF
sny other doctor. l loved the little
one as loved my eyes. While look
ing at her on what supposed was
her dying bed was moved TO
kneel down by her side and try to
play, and to be reconciled to the
worst. The moment | knelt | was
reconciled, and said to the Lord:
Thou knowest best. | love this
dear one and would be so glad il
Thou seest best to spare her to us
if Thou canst help her to live a
holy life. II not, | would rather
Thou wouldst take her in her innO-
cency." This l said with all my
heart. But surprising to myself |
Immediately had an impulse to go
for that doctor. | found him, but
he could not go back with me.
asked if he could recommend first
class doctor to me? 1t was lamp
light. His office was surrounded by
d cluster of doctors offices. He
pointed to one, and another, and
another who were Of his school.
thought / detected little misgiv-
ing. He was highly educated Ger
man physician. | said: Doctor,
want a good doctor or it will be no
use; my child is very sick" He med
itated a moment, then pointed to-
another window and said: There
is a good doctor. He is not of my
school, but he is a flrst-class doctor.
He is lecturer in the Medical Col
lege.P | called on him. | told
him who recommended him TO me.
He went home with me, said he
would take his medicine chest as
there was no drug store near my
home. He dealt out a drug and
gave it TO the child and told me TO
call for him if she needed his further
service. The next morning the
crisis had passed in her favor. She
recovered very rapidly.
When | went TO settle with the
doctor | told him that had little
hope for her recovery when | called
him. He replied: II had little hope
for her, but my creed is TO try as
long as there is life"
have always regarded this as a
true case Of answered prayer.
Whether the Lord did il through
the agency Of that drug or in spite
OF IT | do not know. But it would |
seem from the impulse He seemed |
10 give me in that consecrated |
prayer, 10 go for a doctor, that he |
did use that drug. He has surely |
helped the daughter 10 live a useful |
Christian life.
p. S.-Since writing the above
nugget and others, there has come