One day a young man was walking in the middle of the forest, suddenly he heard a cry for help. It turned out that he saw a young man the same age as him struggling with floating mud, moving more and more deeply he was mired. The first young man gave his best to help, and finally with great difficulty the fallen young man was rescued. The young man who was the first to take this mired young man back home.
It turns out that the second young man’s house is very good, big, magnificent, and luxurious. This young man’s father was very grateful for the help given to his son, and was about to give money. This first young man refused the gift. He said that it is appropriate for fellow human beings to help others in distress. Since this incident they have formed a friendship.
The first young man was a poor, while the second young man was a wealthy nobleman. This poor young man had dreams of becoming a doctor, but he did not have the money to go to college. However, there was a generous man, the father of the noble young man. He gave scholarships until finally obtaining a medical degree. Do you know the name of this poor young man who became a doctor? His name was Alexander Fleming, who later discovered the drug penicillin.
The young nobleman entered military service and on an assignment to the battlefield, he was seriously injured causing a very high fever due to infection. At that time there was no cure for such an infection. The doctors heard about Dr. Fleming’s discovery of penicillin and they injected it with penicillin which was a new discovery drug. What happened? Gradually the fever caused by the infection subsided and the young man finally recovered! Do you know what the young man’s name is? His name is Winston Churchill, the illustrious British Prime Minister.
The story of Fleming and Churchill was written by Arthur Gladstone Keeney (1893-1955) in his book Dr. Lifesaver. Keeney was a day-to-day reporter who covered the War Information Office in Florida and Washington D.C. during World War II. Despite the controversy over the authenticity of the historical value of the story, the story of Fleming and Churchill has inspired many people around the world.
In this story we can see the law of sowing and reaping. Fleming sowed goodness, he reaped goodness as well. His dream came true, he became a doctor. Fleming discovered penicillin which eventually helped Churchill’s soul. Likewise, it turns out that a scholarship given by Churchill’s father to a poor young man later saved his son’s life.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
