Letters
NOTHING OR SOMETHINGHow often I hear the question: Is nothing being done for her? Are you giving her nothing?Is it nothing to make a spring in the face of mortal thought, of sin, sickness, and deat...
DISEASED SPINE
Dearly beloved Journal: For over thirty years I was an invalid witness for Generalissimo, the ruler of mortal mind. I have become, through the regenerating power of Truth, a valid testator to the M...
THE GREAT QUESTION
What is Truth? said jesting Pilate, Waiting not for a reply; What is Truth? the laboring Helot Asks, while he his task doth fly. Not in meanness, can they bind it, Bondman low or noble Prince; But...
LYING DOWN
I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. EZEKIEL XXXI V. 15. This is what the priestly preacher and...
TWO INSTANTANEOUS CASES
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...
STARS AND STRIPES
"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...
Agates
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...
UP—HILL
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...
Letters
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...
SIXTEEN YEARS
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...