AN EXPLANATION.
■ , ' . ' . TO THE EDITOR.; ..'."" ,' Sir,—My attention has. just been drawn ttf "M.D's" correspondence .in Wednesday s Times regarding the following statement I aw supposed to have made: "JJ.they did not allow him to preach the Gospel, he would no) heal their son." This is said to bo ,'atrocious." So it may seem, when thus read. How easy it is to pick a sentence put of a speech, and criticise it! . " If in my hurried description I did make such ■ a statement,1 this was not. the interpretation I intended to convey. Many a time our:out-^ patients; and others in the hospital, have been' • relieved of their troubles, where no ■'preach-; in" " has taken place at all, simply from lack o Aime and opportunity. The idea I wished to convey was this—the work of a medical missionary is to keep the spiritual side of his palling ever to the forefront, and never let it take a second place. . . ■ The sentence, as renorbed, is certainly misleading. Any intelligent reader could see' that such was not my meaning. I thank my professional brother for, drawing attention to the error, and hope the above.reply to'the* "atrocity" will bo satisfactory explanation, —I am, etc., ' ■ .. . Sewell.S. M'Faklane. Dunedin, September 9.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11215, 10 September 1898, Page 8
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204AN EXPLANATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11215, 10 September 1898, Page 8
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