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A ‘SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. ALBERT JONES LORD.
Subjeci : Sacrament of Service.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev. Albert
Jones Lord. pastor of the First Congre-
gational Church, Meriden, Conn,
preached in Plymouth Church Sunday
morning in exchange with the assistant
pastor, the Rev. Willard P. Harmon.
Mr. Lord had a good audience, and
preach~d an excellent sermon. His
subject was ‘“I'he Sacrament of Ser-
vice.” The text was from Isaiah xli:6:
“They helped every one his neighbor,
and every one said to’ his brother, ‘Be
of good courage.” Mr. Lord said:
We have been passing rapidly in the
jast half century from an individual
istic to a social type of civilization.
Paul’s words were never more true
than to-day, when he said, “None of us
liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself.” All the forces and factors
pertaining to human life—mechanieal,
social and religious—have been moving
to such a degree toward each other
that the twentieth century can say that
the one word which will serve her best
for a watchword is “Together; togeth-
er.” !
In the industrial world the concen-
tration of forces is most manifest. Dr.
Josiah Strong calls to mind how that
fifty years ago it was the age of home-
spun. Families could meet all the
needs of their households, spinning,
weaving and the making of garments.
The fields about the home supplied the
inmates with the necessities of life.
Then it was that the main force was
the brawny arm. But to-day manufac-
ture has forsaken the home for the
mill and the factory, and steam and
electricity are the regnant forces. Di-
vision of labor has taken the place of
the single hand. Then one man made
many things; now many men make one
thing.
But as industrially, so: socially are
we becoming more intimately related.
‘A half century ago there were com-
munities, many but small in number
and limited in advantages, yet complete
in themselves. Citizens seldom went
beyond the borders of their respective
towns. But gradually those communi-
ties have been grouped into towns, and
the towns. developed into cities and the
cities into greater cities. . Whereas our
fathers were independent of all the
world, we are more or less dependent
on the whole world. This made Robert
Louis Stevenson exclaim, “It is really
disheartening how we depend on other
people in this life.”
This complex life has given rise to a
great many social and fraternal or-
ganizations. Men have banded them-
selves together for mutual helpfulness.
Fathers, working by the week and
for small wages, having little cnes de-
pending upon them, have serious
thoughts when they realize that sick-
ness may be lying in wait for them
and short hours may be their !lot.
When the head of the family is sick
and unable to work, the income ceases,
but expenses increase. To meet all
these possibiiities the various beneve-
lent societies and fraternal orgariza-
It is every man's duty to consider not
only the present demands of the fam-
ily, but its future welfare. If is a
crime for a father to spend his money
freehanded at tke bar, or in hospitality
at the club, or squander it in sports,
when le has not, either in the savings
bank or in insurance, made secure the
future welfare of his family. It is
every man’s duty to endow the future
with as good a livelihood for his fam-
ily as lies in his’power
We heartily sympathize with frater-
nities and societies in their sick bene-
fits and care of widows and fatherless
children. They have a mission in soci-
ety. But, however commendable they
may be, they must not take the place
of the two divine institutions—the
home and the church. There is but one
place where God has set up the altar
of domestic affection, where conjugal
relations are sanctified by the presence
of children, and that is the home; and
there is but one institution which the
Son of God ordained while upon earth,
and that is the Christian church. Fra-
ternal organizations should be supple-
ments, but never attempt to be substi-
tutes for the home or the church.
But we cannot say that because life
js becoming more highly organized it
can be lived more easily. On the other
hand, we are inclined to say that the
closer men’s relations are the greater
the friction and the more difficult to
have every event work good to every
person. This kind of life, I repeat, is
far better but more difficult to live in
all its relations. The tone of a three
o1 five bank organ is much Detter,
richer, more sympathetic and harmoni-
ous than the tone of a cabinet organ.
In the one there are few combinations,
while in the other there are hundreds.
An amateur can play the one, but only
the master organist can play the other
satisfactorily. So in these times of
highly developed social and religious
life it is difficult to live a full, rounded
Christian life. A company of peopie
spread over a large area can get along
comfortably well, but crowded into a
small inclosure they will suffer em-
barrassment. They all have elbows,
and where it is ideal to march through
life, touching elbow to elbow, it is not
so comfortable when men are cramped
and their elbows touch one another
under the arms. Our whole social life
is, therefore, a question of elbows.
This leads us naturally to the ques-
tion, How can life be lived so as to ful-
fill all these manifold relations The
answer is found in the words of the
text, “They helped every one his neigh-
bor and every one said to his brother,
‘Be of good courage.” I wish these
words might be placed over the doors
of every church, inscribed upon the
walls of every place of worship and
selected as a watchword for every
charitable organization. What a
changd world this would be if the sen-
timent of this text should go into effect
{o-morrow morning. The words sug-
gest to us two ways by which we may
administer the sacrament of service.
Humanity is in constant need of help.
The circle of suffering and misfortune
is all the while changing, but it never
happens to be empty. In spite of the |
fact that we are a rich country and
are living in times of plenty, there are
children in every city in need of bread,
and elderly people in need of support
and comfort. It is no disgrace to be |
yoor or to be sick if we have done all |
our power to drive away the wolf
from the door and beat down the
germs in our system. Jesus was poor,
more so than the foxes and the birds;
Paul was poor, having few or no pos«
gessions but “the cloak and the parch-
ment;” Peter was poor, “Silver and
gold have I none.” Poverty is no dis-
grace, unless it be the dregs of a
wasted life. Wherever there is hon-
ored poverty there should be generous
benevolence.
To pity distress is but human;
To relieve it is God like.
When Jesus was upon earth He said
that every benefaction which was be-
stowed upon one of the least of the
brethren in a loving spirit was accepta-
ble unto Him. Inasmuch is a word
which is full of significance to all char-
ity workers. “All the beautiful senti-
ments in the world will weigh less than
a single lovely action.” Many of the
fraternal organizations might teach us
who are members of the church lessons
in charity. A short time since I re-
ceived in my mail by mistake a postal
sent by one member of a fraternal or-
ganization to another, asking him to
call and assist a sick brother. "How
often does our fellowship prompt us to
do this? Yet the Bible says, “Do good
unto all men, especially unto those who
are of the household. of faith.” No gift
of means or might will ever fail to be
thrice blest. Let the ‘largest end of
your generosity be beneath the surface
if it chances so to be; let the number of
your benefactions be a secret if you
will, but, whether secret or public,
crowd your life with endless benefac-
tions and countless mercies.
Edwin Markham has a beautiful
poem entitled “Inasmuch.” He pictures
a watchman, Ivan by name, on Mos-
cow’s castled height guarding the cit-
adel. The driving snow was heaping
itself against the citadel wall when a
half bare beggar man tottered past.
The watchman ran and threw his own
coat around the half frozen beggar, but
that very night died himself from ex-
posure:
But waking in that Better Land that lies
Beyond the reaches of these cooping skies,
Behold the Lord came out to greet him
me,
Wearing the coat he gave at Moscow's
dome— :
Wearing the heavy, hairy coat he gave
By Moscow’s tower before he left the
grave. =
* * * #* * ® x *
“And ‘where, “dear Lord, found you this
Jeoat of mine, +
A thing unfit for glory such as Thine?”
Then fo5, Jord answered with a look of
ight: :
“This coat, My son, you gave to Me last
nights” +
But +*here is another way to again
offer the sacrament of service than by
giving food to eat and raiment to put
on: It is suggested by the last half of
the text: “And every one said to his
brother, ‘Be of good courage.’ ”
need an encouraging word more than
they need bread. Man does not live
by bread alone. There are men on our
streets who have been unfortunate in
their lives. They are pessimistic and
discouraged and distrust all the world.
There are others who are in some vo-
cation which does not measure up to
their ambition, and they need to have
some one tap them on the shoulder and
say, “Be of good courage.” There are
a good many men who become discour-
aged before they become drunkards.
There are others who lose their hope
before they lose their good name.
There are many who need to be met
at the door of the factory at the close
of the day’s work and led beyond the
saloon to the doors of their homes,
that they may be saved to themselves
and to their families. They need words
of strength. Their wills are weak and
must be reinforced. They need to be
inoculated with courage, and the power
to resist evil
Very few of us realize how much
help there is in a handshake when
given in a brotherly way. One of Wel-
lington’s officers when commanded to
go on some perilous duty, lingered a
moment, as if afraid, and then said:
“Tet me have one clasp of your all-
conquering hand before I go, and then
I can do it.” The majority of the
needy ones of earth ask not for our
money, but for our sympathy, and our
sympathy we ought to give. “Some
one ought to do it, but why should 1?”
should be turned into the sacrificial
sentiment, “Some one ought to do it,
so why not 1”
appreciated the uplift which Lincoln
always gave him when they met, for
Douglass said: ‘He is the only man
who does not remind me that I am a
negro.” To say to a weak brother with
all the meaning in your soul, “Be of
good courage,” will often make him a
moral giant and suffer him to rise
above his difficulties and his shortcom-
ings. There are very few persons who
do not need words of encouragement,
who do not need to have some one say
to them, “Be of good courage.”
No one has ever been able to speak
this word with such pathos as Jesus,
and no hearts have ever been lifted into
the presence of their best selves as
those to whom He spoke. When the
woman was brought to Him taken in
her sin, it was “Go sin, no more.”
When others would condemn the wom-
an who stole her way into the house of
Simon the leper to anoint Jesus’ feet
He said: “She hath done what she
could.” When Mary and Martha were
mourning the loss of a brother it was,
“Thy brother shall rise again.” When
the thief on the cross threw himself
upon Jesus’ compassion, the Master
said, “To-day thou shalt be next Me in
Paradise.”
Something Extra.
It is not enough, according to Chris-
tianity, to be as good as the average,
yet many seem to think so. It is hard
to overcome the childish habit of com-
paring ourselves with others, and tak-
ing what comfort we can from the
thought that we are not any worse
than they.
Jesus said: “What do ye more than
others?’ Christianity, if it is anything
new at all, is something extra. It does
not say that the old religions are alto-
gether wrong. No, it says that they
arepinadequate. Christ came to fulfil,
not to destroy. The bruised reed He
does not break, the smoking flax He
does not quench. The first He seeks
to bind up, that it may become just as
strong as possible; the second Hé fans
into a flame. Christ says to all men:
“you are My disciples indeed when
! you become all that God intended you
to be. Do not remain in the lowlands.
Do not. be contented with a common-
place life. Come upon the mount with
Me. Live the separated life. Be some-
thing extra.”—Northwestérn Christian
Advocate.
There.
are men and women in this world who
Frederick Douglass.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER 10.
Subject: The Life Giving Stream, Ezek,
xlvii., 3-8—~Golden Text, Rev. xxii,
17=—=Memory Verses, 3-5—Commentary
on the Day’s Lesson,
I. The source and progress of the
gospel (vs. 1-5). 1. “Again.” Now
follows another vision to inspire hope
and faith in the exiles, to lead them to
prepare by a right life for their return,
attracted by the blessings yet to come
upon the ‘land, contrasted with their
sad condition in exile. “The house.”
The temple. “The waters,” ete. The
natural fact on which this conception
rests is this, that there was a fountain
connected with the temple hill, the
waters of which fell into the valley
east of the city, and made their way
toward the sea. This was the only
natural fountain stream flowing from
Jerusalem. It was a small stream,
whose soft-flowing waters were al-
ready regarded as a symbol ofthe si-
lent and unobtrusive influence of the
divine presence in Israel (Isa. 8:6).
The waters of this stream flowed east-
ward, but they were too scanty to have
any appreciable effect on the fertility
of the region through which they
passed. “South side of the altar.” The
stream flowed not only from the tem-
ple, but apparently from the holy of
holies, and flowed close by the altar
of sacrifice.
2. “Ran out,” ete. This stream is a
symbol of the miraculous transforma-
tion which the land of Canaan is to
undergo in order to fit it for the habita-
tion of Jehovah’s ransomed people.
The waters did not come to the tem-
ple, as if intended for the purpose of
washing the sacrifices, but they issued
from it, and proceeded to refresh and
fertilize other places.
3 4 “The man” -The angel de-
seribed in‘chapter 40:3. “Measured,”
ete. There is no special significance
to the exact distance, but only to the
fact that gradually the river broadened
and deepened as it flowed toward the
sea. ‘“Ancles—knees,” etc. This may
be applied to the gradual discoveries
of the plan of salvation. 1. In the pa-
triarchal ages. 2. In:the giving of the
law. 3. In the ministry of John the
Baptist. - 4. In the full. manifestation
of Christ by the Holy Ghost. Or this
vision may be applied to the growth of
a believer in the grace and knowledge
of God; or to the discoveries a penitent
believer receives of the mercy of God
in his salvation; it is’also a type of the
progress of Christianity. 5. “Waters
to swim in.” The small rill, starting
from the temple, is a type of the gos-
pel as it spreads and deepens among
all the nations of the earth, transform-
ing the desert into a Garden of Eden.
II. The power and efficicy of the
gospel (vs. 6-12). T. “Many trees.”
So long as the beholder, the prophet,
followed the measurer, the angel he
saw nothing of the trees on the bank.
The looking forward gave Ezekiel the
knowledge of the progressive fulness
and depth of the waters; not until he
looks back does he come to know the
fertilizing, enlivening effect of these
waters. = ’ :
8. “Into the desert.” The Arabah,
the valley of the Jordan and the Dead
Sea extending south to the Red Sea.
The country between Jerusalem and
the Dead Sea is the most desolate and
inhospitable tract in the whole coun-
try. “Into the sea.” The Dead Sea,
the waters of which are so impreg-
nated with various salts that no fish
or animal can live in them. “Waters
shall be healed.” Restored to the pro-
per condition, made healthful. This is
typical of the work of the Holy Spirit.
G6. “Everything—shall live.” Life
and salvation shall continually accom-
pany the preaching of the gospel; the
death of sin being removed, the life of
righteousness shall be brought in.
“Multitude of fish.” The Dead Sea has
become a sea of life. Out of death
there arises, by.the grace of God, a
rich life. The sea is a symbol of the
world; accordingly men appear as the
living creatures in the sea, as the
fishes. Hitherto they were only dead
fishes, unspiritual, unsaved men.
10. In this verse we are told that the
fishers shall stand from one end of the
sea to the other and catch many fish.
11. The miry places and marshes shall
not be healed, but shall be given to
salt. Those not reached by the healing
waters of the gospel through their
sloth and earthly-mindedness are given
over to their own bitterness and bar-
renness. The gospel is the only heal-
ing medicine for the disorders of our
fallen nature, and they who will not
receive it in the love of it remain in-
curable and are abandoned to final
ruin. The salt comes into considera-
tion here, not as seasoning, but as the
foe of fertility, life and prosperity.
The thought is this: Only those who
bar themselves against the gracious
stream of divine love and are unwill-
ing to regain health are henceforth to
be given over to the curse, continuing
to exist as monuments thereof.
Around the sea of death there lingers
on a death unto death.
12. “Trees for meat.” Salvation
must present itself for the terribly sick
heathen world, above all, in the form
of saving grace. Besides the nourish-
ing fruits, therefore, are named aiso
the healing leaves. The figure of the
fishes refers to the extent, the great-
ness of the cemmunity; this figure of
the trees to its nature, in so far as the
divine grace transforms it into truly
living members, who themselves bear
rich fruit and thereby become a means
of life and recovery to others also.
“Fruit according to his months.” This
signifies a constant disposition, desire,
resolution and endeavor to bear fruit,
not in their own wisdom, power or
goodness, or any goodness in them-
selves, but by the continual supplies
of divine grace. Whoever may be the
instrument of planting them, it is di-
vine grace which gives the increase.
‘“License—The Price of Blood.
The deriving of vast sums from the
pitter sufferings and grinding pauper:
ism of the people is a terrible offense.
—Canan Wilberforce.
I cannot consent, as your Queen, to
take revenue from that which destroys
the souls and bodies of my subjects.—
Queen of Madagascar.
To sell rum for a livelihood is bad
enough. but for a whole community to
share the responsibility and guilt of
such a traffic seems a worse bargain
than that of Eve or Judas.—Horace
Greeley.
DEMOCRACY.
There is a Bowery restauranteur—they call
him “Coffee Jake”— 9
Who makes a humble specialty of serviag
amburg steak.
He shouts your order down the tube, “A
chopper—make it flat!”
The meat comes hot and costs a dime—
and isn’t bad at that.
But at the new St. Rich Hotel more formal
airs you'll find,
And one. who goes to luncheon leaves the
simple lib behind. :
A footman meets you at the steps, another
-_. at: the door, a
And lined up to the dining room stand
many, many more.
A butler bows you to the room, a waiter
to your chair,
And luncheon takes the aspect of a serious
affair.
A flunkey brings a menu card with rev-
erent aspect—
The heavens are hushed and waiting for
the order you select.
You pause. You're rather short on French,
but then you'll make a bluff.
A Something a la Something Else seems
nourishing enough.
The waiter takes your order and attends
to your commands,
As grave as an ambassador with nations
on his hands.
With portents of a great event the atmos-
phere is stored.
The silver forks and crystal glass gleam on
the snowy board,
And hark! the corps of servitors attention
seem to stand—
The waiter is approaching with your order
in his hand!
A silver dish of fair design he sets beneath
your nose,
And lifts the cover tenderly its wonders to
isclose,
When—Tlights of poorer, humbler days and
: shades of “Coffee Jake!”
You recognize no other than your friend,
the Hamburg steak!
MORAL.
When one, through change of circumstance,
becomes a gilded denizen,
It's fun to see a Hamburg steak assume
the airs of venison.
+» —Wallace Irwin, in Life.
give me a little
hope?’ She—“Why—er—yes.” I have
a maiden aunt who is dying to get
married.”—Life.
Whene’er I buy a suit of clothes
The mirror makes me very sad.
I cannot, howsoe’er I pose,
Look like the picture in the ad.
—Washington Star.
“YWhat is your idea of a classic?”
“A classic,” said Mr. Cumrox, “is some
thing you have to listen to because
somebody “else said it was good.'—
Washington Star.
‘Hawkins — “That pickpocket they
caught is really a very intelligent fel:
low.” Sampson—“No doubt of it. Ie
proved that by his ability to locate a
lady’s pocket.”—Jud;
“She’s still encouraging Mr. Hug
gard, although her mother told her she
must keep him at a distance.” “Well
she’s keeping him at a distance—from
the other girls.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Hicks—“Joln, I'm sure there's a
burglar down in the dining-room.” Mr,
Hicks (sleepily)—'Gocd! If we keep
quiet maybe he'll take away that chaf:
ing dish of yours.”—Philadelphia Press.
It is easy enough to be cheerful
When pleasures come fast and thick,
But the man worth while
Is the man who can smile
When his ‘‘woolens” begin to stick.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
“pon’t let it happen again, that's
all,” said Johnny’s mother when she
heard Johnny had played truant. “It
didn’t happen this time,” replied John:
ny between his sobs. “I did it on pur-
pose.”—Boston Transcript. .
Bleeker—“Say, old chap, I'm in
beastly bad luck; need money badly
and haven’t the least idea where I can
get it.” Baxter—“Well, I'm glad tc
hear that—I thought perhaps you had
an idea you could touch me for it.”’—
Puck.
Mrs. Grawford—“Now that the hon-
eymoon is over I suppose you find
your husband has grown economical
with his kisses?’ Mrs. Crabshaw—
“He has reached a worse stage than
that, my dear. He has grown economs-
ical with his money.”—Philadelphia
Telegraph.
He—“Can’t you
The Chinese Coolie.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mainfield, of the
British army, writes: “My admi-
ration for the Chinese coolie is un-
bounded; there is no man in the world
who does the same patient, laborious
work so cheerfully. Farther on, when
we came to the mountainous water-
shed country, where only load backs
are possible, I became still more con-
firmed in this opinion. Often after a
long and weary day with the sur-
veyors, in the course of which we
would have climbed up from 5000 to
8000 feet, and made several such as-
cents and descents, having, perhaps,
been on the move from 5 in the morn-
ing until dusk, we would come in,
rather inclined to pat ourselves on the
back at the thought of what a hard
day’s work we had successfully ac-
complished, only to find that the Chi-
nese coolies had made as good time,
each man having covered nearly as
much ground with a load of 100
pounds on his back. This done on a
few bowls of rice and bean curd, for
a wage of less than ninepence (18
cents).
“Then, on their arrival, one might
have thought that the coolies would
have been glad to rest; but if, as was
often the case where accommodation
was limited, I slept in the same house,
1 found to my annoyance that to re-
tire to bed was far from their thoughts
and that my sleep was often disturbed
by the noise they made as they sat
up gambling long past midnight and
yet they would be again on the road
before 6 in the morning, having risen
to make up their loads and get their
food cooked before 6 o’clock.”—Chicago
News,
By David H. Reeder, Ph.D,, M.D.
During the hot summer months there
are frequently days when one feels
as though rest was out of the question.
Although one may not be doing extra
work, in faet, not as much as is ordi-
narily done, yet rest seems far away.
The very atmosphere appears to make
one tired, whether standing, sitting or
lying down. Nothing seems to give
rest or refreshment. 1
A number of years ago 1 was, one
hot summer day, having just such an
experience in Providence, R. I. Walk-
ing down Westminster street I met an
old gentleman whom I knew quite
well, and he appeared so cool and
bright and comfortable that I felt it
woud. be a relief just to stop and chat
with him. I made some complaint
about the depressing effects of the
heat, and he at once asked me to go
with him to one of the little restaurants
for which Providence is famous. I
protested that I was not hungry, as
it was only 11 o'clock, but he said:
“Hungry? No, of course you are not
for ordinary food, but your nerves and
blood are hungry for a kind of food
which but few people know how to
supply.” Hoping to learn something
and get rest and comfort, if possible,
I went gladly.
“Give Dr. Reeder a glass of my com-
pound double extract of youth,” was
the order he gave, and I watched with
interest while the waiter took from a
large sack a quart of common wheat
bran. Into this he poured ice water,
all it would hold. He then waited upon
another customer, being gone about
five minutes. My friend in the mean-
time had been chatting pleasantly. At
last he saw me look rather anxiously
toward the waiter, and remarked:
“Don’t be in a hurry; you will find my
double extract much better if it is not
made in a hurry.”
Presently the waiter returned and
strained the water out of the bran and
then proceeded to make a couple of
glasses of lemonade out of -the water,
which looked a creamy white. It
semeed to me that I had never par-
taken .of anything quite so delicious.
We sipped. it slowly, and every drop
seemed to be doing its duty. In half
an hour the tired feeling had vanished,
and I felt as fresh and vigorous as I
usually felt when the temperature was
fifteen or twenty degrees lower.
A couple of hours later I was sur-
prised to note that my usual lunch
time was past and that I felt no de-
sire for food. About 2 o'clock I went
to the little restaurant and called for
another “compound double extract,”
with equally satisfactory results. Nat-
ural hunger cameabout 6 o'clock, and I
went hometo a good dinner with the keen
appetite of health. Many times since
then I have recommended this cool-
ing. strengthening, delicious drink for
invalids, for brain workers, for rheu-
matism and as a substitute for the
noon meal in obesity, with perfectly
satisfactory results. It is easy to
make, and as a cooling, strengthening
drink for men who are working in the
harvest field it is far superior to plain
lemonade or water. It is also an ex-
cellent drink for nursing mothers, al-
though there should be less of the
lemon used. Children can use it freely.
CLUB NOTES.
Virginia.
Dr. David H. Reeder, Laporte, Ind.:
Dear Doctor—Will you kindly tell me
through the columns of the Home
Health Club, what I should do to lim-
ber up a stiff knee that became stiff
from lying in a steel frame for one
year and two months? I can bend it
some, nearly to the shape of a steel
square, but not any farther. I have
practiced and tried my level best. I
have not applied anything, but have
simply rubbed it with the palm of my
hand. And oblige, F.H. A.
In the first place, I would advise you
to foment your knee with a decoction
of lobelia leaves and mullein. Then to
treat the disease constitutionally, I
think you ought to use the Schuessler
method of treatment. Schuessler was
an old German doctor who discovered
the system of incorporating into tablet
form the various tissue elements of
the body. He then supplied them in
that shape to the diseased tract—the
specific element required by each spe-
cific condition, the disease being caused
by lack of balance in the tissue ele-
ments, which balance must be restored
before a cure is effected. Thus in
your case those elements which would
build up and feed the tissues in the
nerves. muscles, ete., of the knee would
be selected. By all means continue the
manipulations. I trust you will adopt
these suggestions.
Mechaniesville.
Dr. David H. Reeder. Laporte, Ind.:
Dear Doctor—We take much interest
in your lectures and have saved many
of them. Will you please tell us what
to do in a case of insomnia in a young
a of steady habits? He is married.
e is in the hardware business, and.
of course, confined to the store most of
the time. He can get but few hours’
sleep each night, and then it is after
midnight. He is pale and nervous and
his general health is suffering.
He would be very thankful if you
could give him some method of treat-
ment which would be beneficial. Will
it be necessary for him to get out of
the store? What kind of baths would
you recommend? He will gladly fol-
low your instructions. Medicines
seem to do no good. Very respectfully
yours, 1. C.
I would sug
t the young man
.the difficulty, however,
take a horse ride every evening
after supper. Also that he take no
meat after the noon hour, and before
retiring he should take a cup of hot
milk, as follows: Heat it very hot, but
not so that it boils, then, keeping it hot,
sip it slowly with a teaspoon—if it
takes fifteen minutes to sip it all, so
much the better. Taken in this.way
it will not constipate, and is extremely
soothing and refreshing. A cold sponge
bath in the morning and a tepid, not
hot, bath at night, about twice weekly,
will be best.
He is probably one of those kind
who do not require much sleep, and
will be better off if he does not retire
until about 11 o’clock. At the evening
meal lettuce salad would be good, but
the cup of hot milk should not be taken
until time to retire. He should use no
tea or coffee, under any circumstances,
and should make a practice of masti-
cating his food very: thoroughly, drink-
ing nothing while food is in the mouth,
but an abundance of pure water be-
tween meals. I think he would find
much of value in this line in the eloth-
bound book of Home Health Club lec-
tures, described in the circulars which
I sent to you. I trust that these sug-
gestions will prove of value, and that
your interest in the Home Health Club
will increase to such an extent that
you will decide to become a member.
New Hampshire.
Dr. David H. Reeder, Laporte, Ind.:
Dear Doctor—When a bad breath and
a poor complexion indicate a deranged
stomach, what is the best remedy? Is
powdered charcoal a good stomach
purifier? If so, how often and in what
quantities should it be taken? Does
it make any difference what kind of
wood is used to produce it? S.J. R.
Charcoal tablets made from willow
are the best and are an excellent thing
for such a complaint. One tablet after
each meal is sufficient. The cause of
must be re-
moved or a cure will not result. The
bad breath may come entirely from
catarrh “or from bad teeth. Write
again, giving a more detailed descrip-
tion of your case, and I will be able to
advise you more fully as to the cause of
your trouble.
Je Maine.
Dr. David H. Reeder, Laporte, Ind.:
Dear Doctor—I am an interested
reader of your Home Health Club lee-
tures and notice that we are entitled’
to write to you for advice. I wish to
become about twenty-five or thirty
pounds heavier than I now: am. I am
nineteen - years old, five feet seven
inches high and weigh about 100
pounds. I live in the country and can
eat almost any kind of food with “the
exception of onions. Sometimes X
have very severe pains in my hack.
My blood seems to be too thin and I
have a poor circulation. My com-
plexion is very poor and I am, as a rule,
quite pale. If you will give me some
advice I will be very thankful. Re-
spectfully, J. 1),
I think you are wise to wish to put
on more flesh, because according to
your figures you are abnormally” thin,
while if you were to gain normal
weight your blood would be enriched, *
and you would not be so liable to pains
and aches as you now are. How to
put on the needed flesh is described
in the cloth-bound book of lectures, un-
der the subject of Obesity and Lean-
ness. The many other lectures which
this book contains will be of value to
you in correcting your habits of living,
and enabling you to rid yourself of
aches and pains. If after applying the
treatment outlined in the book for
leanness, the pain in your back does
not disappear altogether, write me
again of your success, and I may be
able to help you further. I have sent
you circulars regarding the Home
Health Club and its books. You should
also follow the Home Health Ciub
method in regard to diet. To increase
flesh you should eat as a dessert once
daily after your principal meal about
‘one ounce of almond nut meats, the
skin being removed from the meats,
and if they are dipped in chocolate, it
will be better. You should also eat
about one ounce of fresh layer raisins
and afterwards drink an abundance of
water.
All readers of this publication are at
liberty to write for information on
subjects pertaining to health. = All
communications should be addressed
to Dr. David H. Reeder, Laporte, In.
diana, and must contain name and
address in full and at least four cents
in postage.
Planting a City.
Dr. Heinrich C. Leonhardt, of Tona-
wanda, recently supplied almost the
whole city with young trees, says
Country Life in America. At a dinner
which he attended he heard the sug-
gestion made that the city needed
shade trees. Immediately he bought
thousands of young elm, maple and
chestnut trees, and as soon as it was
possible had them shipped to Tona-
wanda and stored in a nursery there.
Then he announced that all who would
might have trees by applying at the
nursery. The effect was wonderful.
Streets that never would have had
trees were soon filled with flourishing
young saplings that in twenty years
will be priceless—a magnificent monue
ment to one man. Two thousand of
the trees were distributed in an in-
credibly short time. There was more
tree planting in Tonawanda this spring
than ever before. The only condition
attached to the offer was that persons
taking.trees should guarantee to plant
them for shade purposes and to plant
them in accordance with directions
given at the nursery.— World's Work.
“For Willie.”’
The laje Joseph Jefferson's son, Will
iam, went abroad several years ago,
and while he was “doing” London he
found that his funds were running
short. He cabled to his father: “Send
me $300." The elder Jefferson cabled
in reply: “What for?’ Bacl he
answer: : “For Willie.” ka
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