The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-24
COMBINE DISEASED ONES

'In the Biblical days, as I have read
 you when there was a suspicious man in the community he was dragged be- fore the priests and if he had the speck on his skin that resembled lep- rosy he was put into confinement for seven days and then examined again, and if he was found to have that loath- some and contagious disease, he was placed where he could not come into contact with anyone. That is the way
 people ought to be done who have con- tagious diseases, for I say it is a crime
 for anyone to spread a disease that is contagious.
 Jesus healed wherever he found the diseased lame and afflicted, and I think that any first class practicing physicians work is just as sacred in
 the sight of God as the work of a first class preacher. But I don't want any preacher giving me pills if he don't pray, and l don't want one praying for ! me all the time who don't give any l pills. What do I want anyone pray | ing for me all the time not to get thirsty or hungry when there is run 1 ming water everywhere and plenty of | appetizing food to satisfy my hunger. Why go out in the morning and 1 look at the sunshine and say: Well, it's bright and clear but it won't last
 but about 10 hours, and then 1t will 1 be dark tonight Health makes you 1 happy and disease makes you immor- 1 al. Did you ever look at the people l in Jail? Disease is a moral issue. There
 are only two kinds 4,f criminals; the kind that is guilty of criminal ac-
 tion and the kind that Is guilty of no
 action at all The no-action fellow is always as big devil as the fellow | who did something. I had rather see | an aggressive devil converted and 1 turned around than to see one who Is | not aggressive converted, for the ag
 gressive man no matter how mean he l has been, will do something worth 1 while once he gets on the right track. | He may be making a mile minute | toward hell. but when you turn him
 around he will make two miles toward | heaven in the same length of time.
 SPREADING DISEASE CRIMINAL Anyone who is party to spreading disease is criminal. There arc very | few people who are in perfect health. ! Diseases are spread by contact as general rule. There are thousands of people in this city who are spreading diseases that contaminate the blood and the germs go down for genera tions, and any man who spreads or
 allows disease to be spread is a crim- nal~
 You hear that fire wagon out there going down the street now? The fire
 men are going to put out the fire, but /, human bodies are daily being burned
 up and nobody cares. Disease is spread | by filth. Did you ever take the rounds
 of your city and investigate the meat
 and fish and milk and butter places
 and see how the Alth and dirt settle on the products you buy and how the flies swarm over these commodities? "It is not popular to preach on this subject, I know. and l can hear some of you saying so now, but I am not | looking for popular subjects. If I I was I would preach on the new Jerusa- lem, for 1t would affect very few of
 the people here, and I am afraid that
 not many of us will ever get there. | RED PLAGUE
 "This damnable red pIague-I won't
 name 1t before this cultured audience.
 but there are 100000 people In thIs
 country suffering with 1t. and there h
 bunch of men here working on it
 now, in order to stop It's spread. segre-
 gate the victims, and 1t is every man'a
 duty to aid in this work. (Applause.) Now, if you believe in thAt, stick to
 these men until they get through with the job.