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Show o DOCTORS GO TO HEAVEN. The doctor occupies a unique position. posi-tion. Ho lays down rules for tho betterment bet-terment of other pooplo, but ho cannot can-not keep them himself. For illustration, tho doctor knows better than anybody else that hurry Is bad for a man. When tho business man calls him In and describes his mental agitation, difficulty in sleeping sleep-ing Irregular heart action, indigestion, indiges-tion, and so on, tho doctor tolls him ho must cultivate placidity, never bo In a hurry, tako his time about eating, eat-ing, etc. Then all of a sudden nn nnx-lous nnx-lous look gathers on his face, ho hurriedly hur-riedly glances at his watch, says, "Well, I have no time to lose, there aro a lot of patients waiting at my office," of-fice," and off ho rushes. Ton to one, If ho gets any midday meal at all It is bolted at a rate that would mako tho business man burst with envy. If you remonstrate with him ho will say, "But I must look after my patients. pa-tients. They depend upon mo." No; ho hasn't time to tako care of himself, him-self, the good doctor, ho is always busy looking after other people, but ho has to tako tlmo to die long before tho natural expiration of his period of usefulness, and if anybody deserves to visit thoso "glory-gilded banks of mm Paradise" wo aro told about, it is tho self-sacrificing doctor who is always H in a hurry ministering to tho needs of H others. If ho reads this ho will fcol as Km though ho had been stealing sheep, for ho Is as modest as ho is good, and -mm takes it as a matter of courso that 'mM ho should dovoto his lifo and powers to a scrvlco which is often thankless and ill-paid. Tho doctor's generosity Is match-less match-less and his sense of bcnovolenco Is often his own undoing. Not long slnco wo dropped Into a friend's offico and overheard him say-lng: say-lng: "But, my dear madam, why did you not havo tho prescription filled?" ml and saw him slip a half dollar Into KM tho patient's hand as sho murmured mm somo response, and say, "Havo It VI filled at once. It is Important to loso II no moro tlmo." 11 Whon wo hear tho preacher talking II about going to hcavon, wo always ZA think, "What a mustering ground for 'm doctors," for if any ono goes, thoy aro HI suro to bo thoro In force. Tho Modi- f H cal Brief, St. Louis, Mo. H |