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The Castle Window

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 13, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 35.

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The Castle Window

A GREAT and angry army tried to get into the Castle of the Body, but it seemed impregnable. At last, one dark night, they found a little window left unfastened, and in slipped a Germ. The Germ speedily flung open the great door of the Castle, and in rushed, pell-mell, a raging Fever, a Headache, a throng of cruel Pains, a crowd of Agonies, Deliriums, Aches, Chills, Dangers, Complications, Abscesses, Wastings, Contagions, Surgical Operations, Hospital Beds, Ether, Cocaine, Knives, Saws, Bandages, Sleeplessness, and scores more of varied troops. They took possession of the Castle for days, weeks, months, and it was only after a long, long countersiege that they were driven out, and the Castle of the Body left free again. All because of the one little unfastened window! That window was a sore place, not a fourth as large as a penny, left heedlessly to take care of itself.—“Æsop Jones,” in the Christian Endeavor World.