him.

Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]

cially the children of our Lord because of their medical

discoveries?

We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]

or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have his

words, and the prophet's, as follows: “Take no thought,

saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?”

“And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. [5]

And Asa slept with his fathers.”