Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-05-02


a man BY the name of Malchus and Peter
let his sword fiY aiming at the mans head
but the sword slipped and newed OF the out
side ear. and our Surgeon touched the lacera-
ton and another ear blOomed In the place o.
the one that Ead been slashed away. But it
is not the outside ear that hears That IS
only funnel for gathering sound and pour
ing it into the hidden and more elaborate
ear On the beach Of Lake Galllee our Sur
geon found man deaf and dumb. The pa
tient dvelt in perpetual silence. and was
speeches. He could not hear note OF mu-
sic or a clap OF thunder. He could not call
father or mother or wife or children by name
What power can " AIKEN that dull tyllpanum
or reach that chain OF small bones or revive
that auditory nerve or open the gate between
the brain ana tie outside world The sur
geon put His fingers in the deaf ears and agl-
tated tnem, and Kept on agltatlnG them until
the vibration gave vital energy 10 All Cne
dead parts and thev responded and Wnen
our Surgeon Withdrew His fingers from the
ears the two tunnels Of sound were Car Tor
all sweet voices of music and frIenC3hT:'- r or
the first time in his life he heard the dash %
the waves of Galilee Through the desert OF
painful silence had been built a king hlsa-
way of resonance and reclamation. But vet
he was dumb. No word had ever leaped over
his lin Speech was chained under his tongue.
NocaliZatiOn and accumulation were TO hlm
an impossibility. He could express neither
love nor Indignation nor worship. Our Sur
geOD having unba 1red his ear, will now melt
the shackle of his tongue. The Surgeon VII
use the same liniment or salve that lie used
on two occasions for the cure or bind people.
NAMELY the moisture of His own mouth. Inc
Application is made. And 10, the rlgldlty OF
the durnb tongue is relaxed and between the
tongue and teeth were born whole FOcaou-
larry and words flew into expression. he not
ONLY heard but he talked. One gate or MS
body swung iii to let sound enter, ana the
other gate swung out to let sound depart
Why is it that while other surgeons USED
knives and fOrcepS and probes and spectre
scopes this sur geOn used only the ointment
of His own liDS? To show tnat all the cura-
tive power we ever feel comes straight from
Christ And if He touches Us not, we shall be
deaf as a rock and dumb as tomb. On,
thou greatest OF all aurists, compel us to hear
and help us TO speak. .
But what were the Surgeons fees for all
these cures of ewes and ears and tongues and
withered hands and crooked backs? The skill
and the painlessness of the operations were
worth hundreds and thousands OF dollars. DO
not think that the cases He took were all
nlOnevless Did He not treat the noblenan
son? Did He not doctor the ruler S daughter
Did He not effect 6 cure in the house of a
centurion of great wealth, who had out of
his own pocket built synagogue Ihey
would have paid Him large fees II de had de
manded them and there were hundreds OF
wealthy people in Jerusalem, and among the
merchant castles along Lake 1lberlas. who
would have given this Surgeon houses and
lands and all they had for such cures as lie
could effect. For critical cases IN our time
great surgeons have received a thousand dol
lars five thousand dollars, and, IN one case L
know Of fifty thousand dollars but the Sur
geOn of whom | speak received not SheIel,
not penny, not farthlng.
In His whole earthly life we know of His
having had out sixty-two and a half cents.
When His taxes were due, by His OplnlS-
cience He knew of a fish in the sea which had
swallowel a piece Of silver money, as fish ara
apt to swallow anything bright, and He sent
Peter with a hook which brought up that
fish, and from liz mouth was extracted
Roman slater, or sixty-twO and half cents,
the only money He ever had; and that He
paid out for taxes. This great Surgeon Of
all the centuries gave all His services then,
and offers all His services now, free OF
charge. without money and without
price, you may spiritually have your blind
eyes opened, and your deaf ears unbarred,
and your dumb tongues lOosened, and your
wounds healed, and your soul saved. II
Christian people get hurt Of body, mind or
soul, let them remember that surgery is apt
to hurt but it cures and you can afford
present pain for future glory. Beside that,
there are powerful anH5thetlcs in the divine
promises that soOthe and alleviate. No ether
or chOrOfOrm or cocaine ever made one so
superior to distress a few drops of that
magnificent arodyne: 'All things work to-
''Weeping may endure for night, but JOY
cOm0th in the mOrnln :.
What a grand thing for our poor human
race when this Surgeon shall have completed
the treatment of all the worlds wounds
The day will come when there Will be no
more hospitals for there will be no more sick,
and no more eye and ear lnt1rmarleS
for there will be no more blind or deaf,
and no more deserts, for the round earth
shall be brought under arbOriculture, and no
more billiards. or sunstrokes, for the atmOs-
phere will be expurgated Of scOrch and
chill, and no more war, for the swords SHALL
come out of the foundry bent into pruning
hooks. While in the heavenly country we
shall see those who were the victims of acct
dent or malformation, or hereditary ills on
earth, becomes the athletes in elysian fields
Who is that man with such brilliant eyes,
close before the throne? Why that is the
man VINO, near Jericho, was blind and our
Surgeon cured his ophthalmia. Who is that
erect and graceful and queenlY woman be-
fore the throne? That was the one whom
our Surgeon found bent almost double AMI
could in no wise lift up herself, and He made
her straight Who is that listening with
such rapture to the music of heaven, solo
melting into chorus cymbal responding to
trumpet, and then himself joining III the
whom our Surgeon found deaf and
Gumb on the beach of Gallee, and
oy two touches opened ear gate and
mouth gate Who is that around whom the
crowds are gathering with admiring look and
Thanksgiving, and cries of ''Oh, what He did
for me! Oh, what He did for my family Oh,
what He did for the world - That is the Sur
geOn Of all the centuries. the Oculist, the
Aurlst, the Emancipation, the Saviour. No
pay He took earth. Come now, and let
all heaven pay Him with worship that shall
never end, and love that shall never die