*    *    *

   The Chinaman expressed his gratitude to that mighty physician Sing Lee, as follows:

   "Me velly sick man. Me get Doctor Yuan Sin. Takee him medicine. Velly more sick. Me get Doctor Hang Shi. Takee him medicine. Velly bad—think me go die. Me callee Doctor Kai Kon. Him busy—no can come. Me get well."

   *    *    *

   The instructor in the Medical College exhibited a diagram.

   "The subject here limps," he explained, "because one leg is shorter than the other." He addressed one of the students:

   "Now, Mr. Snead, what would you do in such a case?"

   Young Snead pondered earnestly and replied with conviction:

   "I fancy, sir, that I should limp, too."

   *    *    *

   The physician turned from the telephone to his wife:

   "I must hurry to Mrs. Jones' boy—he's sick."

   "Is it serious?"

   "Yes. I don't know what's the matter with him, but she has a book on what to do before the doctor comes. So I must hurry. Whatever it is, she mustn't do it."

   In a former generation, when elaborate doctrines were deemed more important by Christian clergymen than they are to-day, they were prone to apply every utterance of the Bible to the demonstration of their own particular tenets. For example, one distinguished minister announced his text and introduced his sermon as follows:

   "'So, Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he did eat at the King's table, and he was lame on both his feet.'

   "My brethren, we are here taught the doctrine of human depravity.—Mephibosheth was lame. Also the doctrine of total depravity—he was lame on both his feet. Also the doctrine of justification—for he dwelt in Jerusalem. Fourth, the doctrine of adoption—'he did eat at the King's table.' Fifth, the doctrine of the

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