Killed by Kindness by Sel.

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 24, 1884

Killed by Kindness.

By Sel.

A PHYSICIAN informed your correspondent that in a very severe case of sickness of a child that he was attending, he found that the remedies given did not have their usual effect, and he instituted a searching inquiry and ascertained that the anxious mother, who was nursing the child, was in the habit of giving her everything that callers suggested. He remonstrated with her, and finally informed her husband that he could not consent to continue in charge of the case unless the mother would adhere strictly to his instructions. He was assured that the husband would endeavor to correct the fault of his wife, and continued in charge of the case. But the child died, and, when the neighbors called to condole with the afflicted mother, she assured them that it was a great comfort to her to know that she had done all that she could for the dear departed child. She gave it everything that was recommended or that she could think of, but nothing seemed to do any good, and she supposed her little daughter's time had come; “it was to be.”—Sel.