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title: 'Archibald Alexander on Physicians of the Soul'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-04-30
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-archibald-alexander-on-physicians-of-the-soul
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# Archibald Alexander on Physicians of the Soul

“There is a striking analogy between the office of a pastor and that of a physician. They both have respect to the welfare of men; and while the one seeks to heal the diseases of the body, the other aims at restoring to health the disordered souls of men.” — [**Archibald Alexander**](/authors/archibald-alexander), Introduction to Shepard K. Kollock, *Pastoral Reminiscences* (1849)