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My Dear Teacher: Truth is manifest in its fruit. A gentleman called to ask if rupture could be cured. After talking a few minutes with me he went away; but before going to his boarding-place for th...

Children are surrounded by the unknown, and of the unknown there must always be more or less fear. A mist of romance, wonder, and mystery hangs about the world in which they move. They early learn...

"What can be more lovely?" Said Mother to Ned; And held up before him, So rosy and red, A dish of tomatoes, Rich, juicy, and bright. "Say, are they not pretty,Thus gleaming in light...

In the hush of the Valley of Silence, I hear all the songs that I sing, And the music floats down the dim valley, Till each finds a word for a wing,— That to men, like the dove of the Deluge,The m...

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day?From morn till night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for...

Oh do not bar your mind Against the Light of Good; But open wide, let in the Word,And Truth will be your food. It will from error free Your long-enslaved mind; And bring the light of liberty Where...

DIAGNOSES AND INVOCATION.Dear Brother: I have been frequently asked, How do you diagnosticate a case? and I have been berated severely for my wrong diagnosis. My reply is this: Jesus of Nazareth di...

Shortly after my return to Anamosa, Iowa, I was called to see a patient thought to be dying. The children and friends were standing around to see him breathe his last. "I am nearly gone, Mrs....

For sixteen years I was an invalid, a slave to medicine, seeking health in drugs, mineral waters, in change of air, in climate, in diet; but all was of no avail. I found no relief till I took trea...