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THE ORGAN OF TBS NORTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS-DEVOTED TO BIBLE RELIGION, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. RALEIGH, N; C WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER -4; 1893. Volume 59. - Number 14, The Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED BVKRY WEDNESDAY. OFFICE t 113 (up talru) Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N. 0. TXBHS OF BUB8CEIFTIOVt Oo copy, op year..'. I S.00 1.00 20.00 On cop, monuw ...,,... ... iciubi or ten (copy extra to Bender) (Anonymous communications will always find their way to the waste basket. No exceptions. I In tending letters of business, it Is absolutely neo ssaiy that you give your postofBoe address hi full, (The date on the label of your paper Indicates when your subscription expires, and also serves as l receipt for your money. I Obituaries, sixty words long, are Inserted free of 'charge. 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TV W Vass. j The appalling tragedy at Roanoke,' Va., vrhich resulted in the slaughter of twelve Iranian, beings, deplorable as it is, bears an Important lesson to the American people, of jwhich they can not take advantage too jsoon. - It should have j been learned two .thousand years ago, when it would not hare pst so much. "They that take the sword shall perish with the sword," were the words pi our Master at the beginning of the cen jtaries, as true to day as they were when first they fell from his divine . lips. , How Wch blood has been shed by the disregard, pr the wilful ignorance, of that one precept will never be known. Through the ages, since that first tragedy in which brother destroyed brother, men have shown a dis fegarcuor divine law, and a contempt for human life, that plainly proclaims that the )vorld is far from perfection, and is likely to femaln so forages yet to come. We have Had divine law almost from the beginning, "nd we have had human law, confessedly ften poorly executed, since man first at tempted a higher civilization. Both have een disregarded time and again; both were disregarded in the recent Roanoke tragedy? d those who disregarded them the negro )rnte and the lawless mob alike have suf ored the consequences. The pity is that anocent spectators of the terrible scene suf ared es the guilty brute out of whose inhu- J C Scarborough, Chairman; C Durham, Cor ry N B Kroughton, w H race, i M. Al- JriecK. J a tioia- mandevilisliness "sprung thedlreful "afiair? But they, like the spectator and coat bearer of old, were not gmltlessTtEough we would be the last person on earth to say that they deserved the terrible fate which befell them. But mobs and mob law are to be avoided by all good people; and neither passive curiosi ty, active sympathy, nor indignant passion, should lead one to resort to such means; for once mingled with a lawless herd, our life is accounted no more than theirs. We have laws that were enacted for the protection of the law-abiding, and when those for whom these lawswere made turn them from their proper channels, their only safeguard is de stroyed, and anarchy in its worst form hov ers over the people. And we feel confident in asserting' that all people would prefer weak and poorly executed law to that dread condition when each citizen holds his life in his hands a veritable reign of terror. We have read with unusual interest a recent editorial in the Religious Herald which reminds ns that in searching out and abusing the "long haired, wild eyed cranks, ? called anarchists, that we have overlooked a class that is far more dangerous to the ex istence of the institutions of our govern ment, but who appear as the main-stays of our national life, who pose as philanthro pists, and public-spirited citizens. In our opinion the remarks of the Herald are true to the letter, and our people cannot be made aware of them too soon. It says : " The ' thoughtful observer will discover more peril to human liberty in the class who occupy the other extreme of the social scale than in those who are at the bottom. All history is insignificant if it does not uni formly teach that the influences which have contributed most largely to the oppression of the masses, which have most seriously retarded the progress of human freedom and most stubbornly resisted the contention for equal political rights, have come from the privileged, the titled and the wealthy classes. The sodden and costless anarchist is a nui sance, but he is an easily abatable nuisance. If he throws a bomb he can be quickly se cured and outraged public opinion will see that he speedily gets his just deserts. But that other communist,wbA clad in purple and fine linen, controls in large degree the fortunes of myraids of human beings, who, combining the power of practically unlim ited wealth with a greed utterly pitiless and insatiate, can pull down one ana set np an other, cannot be dealt with quite so sum marily." We do not hold that it is a crime to be rich; but we do claim that the temptation to crime, and the power to ba dangerously criminal, is with the rich rather than the poor; and history teaches that they have yielded to that temptation many times in the history of mankind. To gain wealth honestly, and to use it worthily, is noble. Bat there is a rich class that cares noth ing for the shrieks of the dying or the silence of death and they are more dangerous to our welfare than can be possible with bla tant bomb throwers. Thk influence of our modern Christian civilization - on the Eastern empires is ad mirably shown in the recent accomplish ments of Americans in Japan. One hun dred years ago Japan was as far removed from civilizing influences as if it were on another planet Her people groped in the most intense intellectual darkness There were then in force laws to the effect that no ship or native of Japan should quit the country under penalty of death; that Japa nese returning from a foreign country should be put to death; that nothing was to be pur chased from foreigners; and that the recip ient of a foreign letter should suffer death. To-day there is a new civilization in Japan; and nothing remains of its former conditioq "except the natural scenery." . And now the nation aspires to leadership among its fellows. Missionaries find a more congenial field here than elsewhere in the Orient, be cause the government has learned to value their worth. In recent years the " Doshisha Mission Hospital and Training School" has been established under the supervision of a worthy American, Dr. J. C. Berry, and an able corps of assistants, under whose work the great possibilities of that once hopeless nation are fast developing. This school has graduated over thirty 'native doctors and nurses, whose influence on the country has not fallen far short of the marvelous. They are an effective aid to missionary work as disciples of a new Christian civilization, and the vast benefits that have resulted from their school and hospital cannot be esti mated. Japan is already in advance of the remainder of the Orient, and we hope to see the day when Bhe can claim a place in civil ization sefond to none. Her natural situa tion is most fortunate, her climate all that could be asked; and her only fault is the in tellectual darkness, business lethargy," re sultant from centuries of non communica tion with enlightened nations. Now that her crates are open, there is no reason why she should not rise to her destined station among uie nuuuus in uv ctutu. Talks on Medioine No. 3. FBOM A RETIRED PHYSICIAN. -' ' STIMULANTS, ' Perhaps there is no subject that has en gaged more thought of lato than the use of stimulants. It has been dUcassed from all of its standpoints by the wisest, and best of men. Books have been Written, lectures de livered. and schools bare been required to teach the proper-use of the various stimu-, lanta which are so popularly used to day. So in talking about family medicine, we find it not out of place to spend our time for this conversation upon this important theme. And in doing so, we shall notbe expected to deal with the moral aspect of the question, but with its physical bearing. And by stim ulants in this conversation, we are not to in clude all the forms of medical stimulants, but shall speak largely of ; those in common use, viz , spirituous or fermented liquors. . THEIR PLACE. ' I am not one of those so cranky as to deny that stimulants have a place in ; the treat ment of disease. I know that there are phy sycians who take- the extreme ground that spirituous liquors have no place in medicine. Something else, tbey say, will answer just as well ; and hence, in their practice, they deny the patient the use of, them at alL There are also some temperance fanatics who decry their use, and will refuse to allow them to be used in their families, and refuse to use them themselves. Such a wild, crazy fanaticism must only react, and can possibly accomplish no good at all either for the sick or for the temperance cause for which they are such zealous advocates. Spirituous liquors are medicines; and the man whoJ would doubt this would shut bis eyes to re sults and his mind to facts. 'Tis true that men and thinking men, at that have been so prejudiced against spirituous liquors that they refuse facts which may be in their fa vor. No physician void of prej ud ice and f a- fiaticism can doubt that around the bedside hes'e remedies in their Various forms have done wonders in his hands in bridging over death-chasms and prolonging life. Take, for example, the treatment of typhoid fever who to day would deny whiskey, brandy or wine a place in its treatment t And yet, there are certain temperance organizations which forbid in their pledges even a phy sician's prescribing them even in suah ex treme cases of necessity I In my own prac ticewhich was largely :, in a typhoid dis trictI tried for a time to treat my patients in conformity with my rigid temperance views, and my work was largely a failure until I had realized that common sense and cranky fanaticism were two things, and that life was more important than the perpetua tion of certain wild-cat hobbies which I had been trying to ride. Hence, I changed my method of treatment and also my opinions of those matters. And while dealing with this subject in order that I may impress you with the matter as I feel it, I will give you the words of one of the greatest practition ers upon this continent, as I heard them in class-room: 1 - "The treatment of .typhoid fever may be summed np in the following; whiskey, opi um, cold water and milk." 1 The greatest stress was upon the whiskey., No man can afford to be an extremest in matters of life and death. Extremists may have their place's, but not in' dealing with' the sick. - A mistake at the critical moment may mean death. ' The fact .is, it is not In this way that temperance reform Is to come. No man can hope to convince men to agree upon a proposition which is based upon an absurdity, a falsehood. Whisktp per se is not an evil. True, it has caused untold mis ery and suffering, but in itself it is not an. evil. It only becomes an evil in its inexpe dient use. . Strychnine is a much more pow erful poison than alcohol," and yet it is not an evil. It will cause death, but per se it is not an evil. It is a drug, a medicine. No physician refuses to use it ; no fanatio re fuses to take it when properly prescribed. O, we hear the temperance reformers talk about one drop of alcohol's turning the stomach upside down and playing havoc with its normal functions. But it is all bosh, and no sane man can hope to succeed upon such a premise. ' What we want to accoov' plish is to convince the world that it is a poisonous drug, and, as such, should be taken from the open saloon and put in the care of the drug shops, and such legal regu lations placed around it as we have thrown around strychnine; and place a heavy pen alty upon a man who dispenses it for other than medical purposes as we would pun ish a man for selling strychnine or other such poisons. how rr is ABUSED. Now I am aware thafr there is danger in the application of this principle which I lay down dangerous, in that this wonderful therapeutic agent maybe sadly abused. Some doctors have a plan, either from habit, Igno rance or indifference of prescribing alcoholic stimulants for everything regardless of the needs or idiosyncrasiesrof the patient. I once heard of an old physician who never wasted any medicine. When a patient was discharged as well, he would gather up all the medicines left, take them home, put them in a bottle and label them "cure all." Once he was asked what he did with his " cure all," and he replied by saying, " When I get a man and I don't know what is the matter with him, I give him a bottle of my 'cure all,' and most generally he gets well." Some physicians are that" way' about" pre scribing whiskey. It is their "cure all," and when they pet to their "road's end," tbey fall in on whiskey. It generally suits the patient, and the doctor 's relieved as he thinks of great trouble. Now, it is useless to say that such a course is dangerous, and the man who would be so careless should be regarded as the highest type of a fraud, and yet there are plenty of just such doctors. I once knew a man who had once been fond of his dram was a drunkard. But be had long since quit and was a good member of the church. For years he never drank a drop. He was finally taken with measles, and while recuperating, his doctor persuaded him to take a little whiskey as a tonic. Ha did not want to do S3, but the doctor in sisted. It was not long before the old fires were burning in that man's stomach, and he found the habit fastened upon him again, and while under the influence of drink was killed. O, it was a sad sight as I looked upon him I But his condition was not so sad as the doctor who had prescribed it in a reckless mac ner But w?Mt shall bs the rule to follow f As I see the matter, there are two : fir6t, let no patient prescribe for himself so deadly a poison. It is too dangerous. Humanity is too weak. It may give us an appetite which is beyond control. Second, if a patient con templates the need of such stimulants, let him go to an honest, competent physician tnot an old soaker himself), and let him see whether or not such a course is needed, and if so, to what extent. If these two rules are carefully and honestly observed, in most cases the difficulty will be removed. It will serve to make the doctors more careful in prescribing. , - ' STIMULANTS IN CHILDREN. This is a subject which should call for consideration. There is really too much carelessness and thoughtlessness in this mat ter. Some mothers think nothing of giving the little babe every time he cries out at night a bit of whiskey and flag-root tea. The flag-root is not objectionable, but in the in terest of your child and in the interest of his soul, don't be guilty of this dangerous habit. It is wonderful now soon habits are formed. There is no telling we know that the child begins early in life to cultivate tastes; and besides, the law of inheritance has a vast deal to do with a child along this line. How often these things are but the breezes which simply fan into a blaze the spark of latent appetite which lies dormant in the child. O, parents ! I can't plead with you too much pr with too much earnestness in this matter. Be careful how you tamper with your children lest you destroy their bodies and send their souls to hell. I might say something to you just upon this point concerning that dangerous and sinful prac tice of some of our parents (good parents at that, members of the churches,) of putting wines and brandy in cakes, using them upon their tables, &o. But I leave this for you to think out for yourself. ' OPIATES AND OTHER NARCOTICS. Before concluding this conversation with you, I wish to say something concerning the use of opiates and other narcotics. There is a great and growing practice to day among our people, growing out of our rapid life, to resort to such drugs to make us sleep when we are tired and sleepless. , People think it nothing strange to take now a dose of -bromide or chloral or sulfonat when they can't sleep ; and sometimes, if there is a slight pain, they resort to even stronger drugs and take opium in some form. This plan is fraught with great danger. The person re sorting to it will sooner or later find himself or herself overcome by an enemy which can not be controlled.. Better a thousand times die of sleeplessness than die of some of these remedies. While upon this point I want to say that the plan of taking antipyrine, an tikamina, phenacetine, &o., for every lit tle ache or pain, is one which should re ceive a sudden condemnation . from any thinking man or woman in the world. ' It is positively dangerous. Leave these drugs alone ; suffer a while.- The pain will be re lieved of itself after a while without them, and your nervous system spared the de pression which so often follows such, a course. ' J . , fc . In a Missionary Home, This morning I stepped in to see Dr. Graves a moment in his temporary home in Macas. It was just after breakfast, and the household were just assembling for prayers in Chinese. There were parts of several families met under one roof for a few days of rest and recuperation during the heated term. Besides several members of our mission In Canton,, there were present also Rev. George Campbell and his sister of the Northern Baptist Mission at Swatow. Besides the missionaries, there were present several Chinese employed in various capaci ties as teachers, cooks and the like by these several families and individuals. On invi tation, I remained to take part in the wor ship. First, we sang, "Every day, every hour" in Chinese, Miss White playing the organ. Then we read in the Epistle to the Ephesians, each reading his verse in turn, except the Chinese woman. Women in China very rarely know how to read unless they have been taught in Christian schools. Bro. Campbell and his sister and their cook had the same characters as the rest of us ; but, as they speak a different dialect, they called these characters quite different names, so that the rest Of us -could scarcely under stand any of it. After the reading, Dr. Graves commented a few minutes on the assage read, and then called on the cook to ead the prayer. . It has seemed to me that this incident would rarely find a parallel in Christian households in America. So many fail to have family worship. Of those who do meet for worship, some fail to call in the ser vants. But how rare a thing it would be for an American pastor to a&k one of his servants to lead the prayer at family wor ship. But here it is not at all a rare thing. Our.cook is not a Christian, and so we never call on him, but I have frequently heard the. cook pray and preach, too. Chinese cooks are usually men. Bro. Simmons had a cook last year who could preach an excellent ser mon and did so on every opportunity. OUB NATIVZ PREACHERS. Several of the men whom the Lord has called out of heathenism into the light of the gospel of Jetus Christ, have been called to preach that gospel and are now in the active ministry. Some of these whom I have come to know are worthy of mention. Bro. Fung King Him is the pastor of the church in Canton and is supported by the church. In his boyhood he was employed in the home of one of the missionaries and in this way became acquainted with the gospeL He is a good man, an earnest, ac ceptable preacher and a faithful pastor. Un der his pastoral care, the church seems to be growing in numbers and in efficiency. Bro. Li Tsai Leung is a young man, but one of the most promising of the preachers. -He lives in rooms adjoining the city chapel, and his work is to have the chapel opened every day for preaching to the heathen and to preach himself whenever there is need. Besides being a good preacher, he is an ex cellent business man. He is clerk and treasurer of the Canton church, and keeps the books and the finances in excellent con dition. The native Christians are building an academy in Canton, and this brother U chairman and business manager of the board of trustees. This brother was raised in a Christian fmily, being the son of Deacon Li, for many years the main stay of the Can ton church. " Bro. Fung Wut Mau is pastor of the church at Shin Hiog. A part of his support is raised by the church, and so he gives part of his time to pastoral work. lie also does much missionary work, preaching to the heathen almost every day. He has been to America several times, and was for some time pastor of a church in Portland, Oregon. He has recently been invited by the Home Mission Society to take charge. of work among the Chinese in Brooklyn, N. Y., and is disposed to accept His place will be hard to fill. In his boyhood he was a servant ia the family of one of the missionaries, and when he applied for, baptism, some of the Chinese Christians feared he was too dull to understand the plan of salvation. But he Is now one of our brightest men, a clear and forcible preacher and a zealous worker. He speaks English. . In my last I wrote of the recent death of Bra Tso Fot Suen, pastor of the church at Tsing Uen, and of Bro. Au Yeung Hong, iu charge of the work at Teung Fa. : Bro. Cheung Yuk Peng is a jolly, fat Chi naman,, who enjoys a hearty laugh, and gets much pleasure out of life. He travels as evangelist, in the Scriptural sense of the word.; , He goes up and down among the towns' and villages, everywhere telling the story of the Cross." Though not a first-class sermonizer, be is admirably fitted for the work he does, and has been very successful, many having received from him their first knowledge of the gospel. - He was converted in middle life and has been preaching ten or twelve years. There are several "other preachers who give, all their time to the work. Most of them travel to and fro among the people, preaching and selling books, and using all available means to make known the good news.' . I ought not to omit to mention Bro. Cbau Earn Suing, who has nominal connection with the Mission, but ia supported by one of the churches in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is not a popular preacher, but is one of the most pious and consecrated workers. He is espe cially gifted in bringing men who are " al most persuaded" to make a decision for Christ. He has probably baptized mere peo ple than any other man about Canton, ex cept the pastor of the Canton church. Ila is now very feeble, threatened with con sumption, and we fear that his work ia al most ended. Besides these who preach regularly, tin ro are many others who preach occasion.0 Ily. Some who are employed to teach the 1 guage to new missionaries, often go out r- 1 preach when they are not fully cccr; I with teaching. One of these ia a very ; -ular and striking preacher. My t?.v. ' r . a promising young man, who fetid r " 1 1 preach, and preaches quite frcqm r.tly. There are, also, physicians, sn.lt'- -teachers, and merchants, and co.' can and do preach acceptably, r '.' the heathen in the week, p.o:rc ; Christians on Sunday. TL ) t called to give'their whola tirr.i I ; but make their support frc: it and preach when tLey t.ivn When Satan Cxit modest and cr.!;s tut I ' ' . and looficns the rrc'3 r f I tree falls tLe e:v ' r ciT -tatlon. (7i;r;:T.V.
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