Show DOCTOR J J STEINER by B henry heno N hayes hafics doctor J J steiner the physician and argeon surgeon ur geon the scholar and philanthropist the ro bleman and friend has gone to his bis reward renard and if our mortal judgment be a correct criterion great shall be his reward hit his passing parsing away is a matter of much more than ordinary note in the communities where he ined hed and render rendered 1 such abundant service to hii chiq fellow men it is doubtful if any other man who lives or has ined among us has ait ed so man homes and come in direct contact with so ganv far farnalee nAles as dr steiner has lone done he was nas intimately nia tely known by the children the middle aged anti and the aged alike and none knew him but to love lole him none named him but praise ll 11 in his profession he be ranked among the best of his fellows and his fame ar ae a skillful kill ful conscientious humane practitioner extended far beyond the confines of the cities and villages where here ke h e devot devoted Exl the major portion of his time his professional success was due to careful and thorough study a keen ln knowledge of human bernarl na nature ture a sincere sympathy for the sick and the suffering a poA powerful erful mental control 01 er his patients and an inspiring cheerful hopeful disposition thousands Th have bale been relieved from pain ani and suffering by the gentle touch of his trained hand band and by obedience to lus his wise sympathetic advice these thee all unite in calling him blessed As husband and father perhaps he attained to hi highe highet t pinnacle md and as citizen anti and friends he was nas little 10 lower er his hi s one great ambition was to have a beautiful and happ home and neither time nor money did he spare to achieve this possession ard and when his home bec decimo ime childley chil dle through the hand band of death he and his late lamented wife through superabundance of parental love loe and marked generosity took one and then another a third and then a fourth child to their home and their bosoms and reared them as their own oln child i ian L n nun hed them and cared for them educated and trained them and lavished upon them the good things thing of life as freely as natural parents parent would do for their own aleh and mood blood few oh so fel there be ix who ho will vill voluntarily undertake the arduous and responsible autv of taking into their homes aal reinig ab their own the children of others the majority prefer to grael the journey of life along alon the line of least rc rei tance all praise to those who will of their 0 own vir elections sacrifice that humanity may be I 1 roade made better As a citizen dr steiner alas ft as patriotic and the peer of any in the community where here he dwelt no worthy cause went without his big assistance aery undertaking and enterprise that had for its purpose the betterment of tho the public weal eel had his loyal support he fearlessly took a position as to what bat he deemed to be the right and een eNer body canev where he stood upon public questions but withal he v as 33 generously tolerant and respected the honest opinions and beliefs of others As a friend he was faithful and true and it takes a big heart a gem ous spirit a sincere soul and a broad mind to make and keep the host of friend that were ere the undisputed hen tive tire of oh h q poad r cl ma man it is abio malic that no one has ha friends who abo is riot not himself a friend and thus it is easy y to discern v hy dr steiners friends anere legion doctor J J steiner still stall inest ines there is not in this broad southern land a person ho hw felt the pangs of accident and sickness and been relieved by the subject object of these thee sentiments there is not a child who has e eps pe the los of or separation from those who gale ga e it life and became tile charge of others than I 1 its its natural parents there is not a woman loman who would mould prize a home of beauty and comeru convenience ence ll therein herein she be might reign as the domestic queen there is not a man who ho sincerely loies loes the community in which lie he ines and has bas a burning dene for its improvement and adan advancement cement there is i not a person who lole loe freedom of thought speech and action and let et stands tin ds bi his honest convictions while hile conceding to all the world the same privilege lege and according the a ame e right there is not a friend who nho alues aboe all else the boon of true friendship there is not a mourner who ho appreciates the balm of deep sympathy and kind consoling words who nho does not blabs blebs alc god that doctor steiner lived ined and that his life goes marching on |