The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow\u2019s heart to sing for joy. \u2014 Job 29:13.<\/p>\n
It is said that Dr. Blair once wrote out a plain prescription for a wealthy lady who had many imaginary ills that ran thus : \u201cDo something for somebody.\u201d The doctor heard nothing from his patient until Christmas morning when he was hastily summoned to the cottage of her Irish washer woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not meself, sir, it\u2019s me wrist that\u2019s ailin\u2019. You see, I was goin\u2019 out into the black darkness for a few bits of wood, when me foot struck this basket. It stood here like a big mercy, as it was full of soft flannel from Mrs. Walker. She told me that your medicine cured her, doctor; so if you\u2019ll plaze to put a little of that same on me wrist, I\u2019ll be none the worse for me nice present.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a powerful remedy,\u201d said the doctor gravely. And more than once in after years he wrote the prescription, \u201cDo something for somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seldom can a heart be lonely,
\n If it seeks a lonelier still:
\n Self-forgetting, seeking only
\n Emptier cups with love to fill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow\u2019s heart to sing for joy. \u2014 Job 29:13. It is said that Dr. Blair once wrote out a plain prescription for a wealthy lady who had many imaginary ills that ran thus : \u201cDo something for somebody.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2510,180,376,402,4209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}