The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-23

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had for such cures as He could effect.
For critical cases In our time great
surgeons have received thousand
dollars, five thousand dor.ars, and
in one case know Of, Atty thousand
dollars, but the Surgeon Of whom !
speak received not shekel, not penny,
not farthing. In His whole earthly
life, we know Of His having had butsixty-
two and o half cents. When His taxes
we're due, by his omnisicence he knew
OF fish in the sea which had swallowed
piece OF silver money, as fish are apt
to swallow any thing bright, and He
sent Peter with hook which brought
up that fish, and from its mouth was ex-
tracted Roman slater, or sixty-two
and half cents, the only money He
ever had, and that He paid out for taxes.
This greatest Surgeon of all the CEN
turtles 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 un-
barred, 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 an@sthetics in the divine
promises that soothe and alleviate. No
ether or chloroform or cocaine ever
made one so superior to distress as a
few drops of that magnificent anodyne:
"All things work together for good to
those who love God;" "Weeping may
endure for night, but joy cometh in
the morning"
What 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 or ear inarmaries, for there
will be no more blind or deaf; and no
more deserts, for tho round earth
shall be brought under arbori-
culture; and no more billiards. or
sunstrokes, for the atmosphere 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
weshall see those who were the victims
Of accident or malformation, or heredit-
airy ills on earth, become the athletes in
Elysian fields. Who is that man with
such brilliant eyes close before the
throneP Why, that is the man who'
near Jericho, was blind, and our Surgeon
cured his opthalmia! Who is that erect
and graceful and queenly woman before
the throne? That was the one whom
our Surgeon found bent almost double,
and could in no wise lift up herself, and
He made her straight. Who is that lis
tening with such rapture to the music
of heaven, solo melting into chorus
cymbal responding to trumpet, ant
then himself joining in the anthem
Why, that is the man whom our Surgeon
found deaf and dumb on the beach o
Galilee, and by two touches opened
ear-gate and mouth-gate. Who Is tina
around whom the crowds are gathering
with admiring look and thanksgiyinI
and cries Of 80, what He did for me
o, what He did for my family .
} what He did for the worldl" This is tn
J Surgeon Of all the centuries, the oculis'
the aurist, the emancipator, the Saviour
No pay He took on earth. Come, nov
| and let all heaven pay Him with wo
ship that shall never end and love thi
shall never die. On His head be all th
} crowns In His hands be all the scel
ters! and at His feet be all the worlds!