CHEST AFFECTIONS. Kee 421 
FEAR OF DEATH, 
which is common to all creatures. This is a natural instinct 
for self-preservation, and notwithstanding the popular belief 
which some sincerely entertain, of being in heaven the 
moment the breath leaves, there is still a clinging to life. 
The best of men are in no hurry to die, unless their bodies are 
racked with unendurable pain. Our own belief, which we 
have as a result of studying the Word of God, is that in death 
there is no life; that the dead are sleeping in the dust till the 
trump of God shall awaken them. The righteous will be 
raised with an immortal pain-proof, glorious body, animated 
with spirit instead of blood as this one. How about the other 
class? The Scripture declares they shall perish ! Thank God 
this does not mean they shall live for ever in hell or torment. 
But excuse us for this digression. Some will say, What has this 
got todo with medicine? Just this, that a calm and hopeful 
view of death is conducive to recovery. To our readers who 
may be consumptive and look, with a certain amount of horror, 
at the near approach of death, we wish to correct this state of 
mind. Tothe believer in Christ, who has done the will of 
God, there is the glad prospect of an eternal life of happiness, 
which will be increased with the realisation of this truth, that 
sin, suffering and death will be no more. 
ALCOHOLISM OR DRUNKENNESS, 
Although self-induced, it is still a diseased condition of the 
stomach. Thedifficulty about cure lies in the fact thatthe victim 
is a slave to or a worshipper of the drink, which is his mortal 
enemy. What power can help a man when he is bent on 
his own destruction? That Power which he does not seek, 
nor will till he sees his own helplessness and sin. Some of 
this sort even try to excuse their folly. Here is an example: 
A friend of ours was holding forth on the Melbourne wharf one 
Sunday. In his discourse he mentioned that the religion of 
Christ was the only one that commanded a man to love his 
enemies. Later on he turned on drink and denounced it as 
an enemy of man. After his discourse, one of his hearers, 
