Rapporto sul cholera-morbus diretto al supremo magistrato di salute di Napoli, dalla sua Facoltà medica.

  • Naples
Date:
1831
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Credit: Rapporto sul cholera-morbus diretto al supremo magistrato di salute di Napoli, dalla sua Facoltà medica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    tlie comparison of the text gives to it a fresh mean- ing and emphasis. What so precious in the eyes of the husbandman as the corn which he hath planted and cultivated ] He cuts it down, not to destroy, but to preserve it ; and, when gathered into his overilow- ing garners, with what complacency does he regard it, as the evidence alike of his wisdom and his wealth ! Thus to the Great Husbandman, whose field is the world ; who sows the seeds of heaven, and watches over his thriving plants, and waters them with the dew of his Spirit, and rejoices in their growth and fruitfulness, — to him precious are the persons of his saints, — precious in life, precious also in death, which he sends to gather them into his heavenly garners, to rest beneath the smile of his nearer presence and more full benediction. Such, my friends, are some of the thoughts and lessons suggested by the text, which find their illus- tration and fulfilment in the event we are called to notice this morning, — the death of one of our most venerable and honored fellow-worshippers, the senior deacon of this church. His relations to us and to the community were so prominent, his character so marked, his public services so various, persevering, and useful, that I should he faithless to you, and unjust to myself, did I permit him to pass from among US without some special commemoration.