October, 1937
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
375
all things, and desperately wicked” (Jer. 17:9). FEET: “Their feet are swift to shed blood” (Rom. 3:15). THROAT : “Their throat is an open sepulchre” (Rom.. 3:13). MOUTH,: “Whose mouth is full of curs ing and bitterness” (Rom. 3:14). EYES: “There is no fear of 'God before their eyes” (Rom. 3:18). EARS: “The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing” (Eccl. 1:18). LIPS: “The poison of asps is under their lips” (Rom. 3:13). THE ENTIRE BODY: “They are to gether become unprofitable” ; “there is none righteous, no, not one” (Rom., 3:12, 10). Doctor, look over this diagnosis and see what kind of prognosis you would make in such a case as this. Do you think you could successfully treat and heal one whose entire body is as abnormal as this description shows? What would be your own prog nosis in such a case? Is it not a dark out look? Does it not seem quite hopeless? I am sure you will admit that the great Physician has left a very unhappy report about you as the result of His findings. God's Specific Treatment The treatment of this case can be pre* scribed only by the One who made the diagnosis, the living Lord. He sends a call to you, Doctor, saying: “ Come unto me” (Matt. 11:28). Come for the diagnosis and accept it. But come also for the treat ment and accept it. What is the treatment? It is not found in quinine, nor strophanthus, nor pilo carpine, nor in any prescription compounded by human hands. It is found only in the blood of Jesus Christ. It is Christ Jesus whom saved ones—and only they—can praise as “ him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood” (Rev. 1:5), for “without shedding of blood is no remission” (Heb. 9:22). Will you come to Him for treatment, Doctor? By faith you trust your case to this Doctor of the Soul, and He applies the remedy, wash ing away the sins in His precious blood. His work for you will save your soul. It was your work at the operating table, removing the ruptured appendix, repairing the peritoneum, that saved the life of the helpless patient lying asleep on the table. It was the saving work of Jesus Christ at Calvary for you that will save your soul from the terrible ravages of the sins that possess your life. Christ must do it for you, even as you do for your patients. Christ must have your confidence and trust, even as you must have the faith of your patients. You must definitely commit your case to the Lord Jesus, the Saviour, even as your patients must commit themselves to your care. There must be no question about it, nor doubts. Trust your very doubts to Him. With the confiding heart, kneel just now to this great.loving Physician, Christ Jesus; turn your case over to Him. Accept Him; re ceive the treatment provided at the cross o f Calvary, and at once He will make you His child and save you by His grace. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
What Doctors Say — HOWARD A . -K E L L Y s M.D.$ LL.D. • • « surgeon . . • thirty years Professor of Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., . . . now Professor Emeritus . . . Fellow of American College of Surgeons . . . author of many medical hooks and scientific articles, as well as of “A Scientific Man and the Bible," a volume widely used in Chris tian work among students. (Photo by Converse Studios, Inc., N .Y.)
0 If oil that we hold as Christians is in very trnth the Word of God, then every physician should be a Christian who real izes as he enters the sickroom, “ The place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” He must know also that he is called to a sick bed as a representative of Him who died that we might live, and that he enters the chamber of the sick as an ambassador for Christ who said to His Father in His great prayer (John 1 7 ), “ As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” Yes, let every doctor heed the messages of God’s Word, for to neglect them is fraught with danger. May I add that I fail to see how my colleagues can hold out in their so strenuous and often disappointing labors with out a clear consciousness that they are dependent upon and
fellow laborers with God as His agents in the promulgation of the gospel of our salvation through Christ. Indeed, as soon as this great fact is both recognized and acknowledged, it becomes the major in all life’s relationships, which are by it elevated to a new and higher plane far above the customary mere earthly level upon which the world lives. MARION McH.JHJIJj, M.D., . . . . four decades in the practice of medicine . . . for many years professor of therapeutics . . . formerly in charge of Christian hospital . . . now Dean of Atlanta Bible Institute, Atlanta, Ga., and still an active practitioner.
• The practice of medicine is too comprehensive for any one to know it all or even all about any part of it} so it is wonderful to be able to call in consultation the great Physi cian who knows it in entirety. Many patients baffle us; every test is negative. The disease is of the spirit, and the soul and the body are being affected by it. Only the Christian physician can discover the cause, in such a malady, and can point to the Cure which is Christ. Physicians have their peculiar temptations; many are over come by them because they do not know Him who is able to give victory over every temptation. Too, the physician shoulders great responsibility, and the conscientious physician realizes his burden. Only the Christian physician knows also the Burden-Bearer, and rests when others are restless.
The saddest lesson the doctor learns is to meet with ingratitude. Those for whom one has done the most are frequently the ones who fail you. I must not fail the One who gave His life for me, who is my Counselor, my All and in all. I know how ingratitude hurts, and I do not want to hurt Him. Mere gratitude demands that we give Him our hearts. ARTHUR I. PROTO M.D.C.M., F.R.C.S.Ed., . . . . Vancouver, B. C., . . . author and lecturer in the field of science and the Bible.
® My message to those members of the medical profession who have not accepted Christ as Saviour, would be the same as to any other unsaved person. I say to them, in the words of Scripture: “ There is no difference” . . . “ God is no respecter of persons” . . . “ All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” . . . “ He that believeth not is condemned already” (to hell, which is an eternal separation from God). Then— if he will hear me— I will tell him that the Lord Jesus Christ “ his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto right eousness” (1 Pet. 2 :2 4 ). I would warn him that he must make his choice between eternal death and everlasting life, that he must exercise his God-given free will one way or the other.
I would not have a physician imagine that because he holds a responsible, hon orable, and respected position in the community, he therefore has any more chance of salvation without Christ than has the vilest sinner. He should realize that the greatest sin in the universe and the only one which consigns the indi vidual to an eternity of judgment, is rejection of the Saviour, Jesus Christ. I would like to tell him also, if I might, that counting “ all things but loss” in order to ‘win Christ” is the greatest and most exciting and blessed adventure in this world. To know him, and the power of his resurrection” and then, if need be, to “ fellowship” with Him in “ his sufferings,” brings the peace which passes all understanding— and, after all, is that not the most precious of all possessions?
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker