The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-04-24

application Is made And 10, the rigidity Of
the dumb tongue is relaxed. and between the
tongue and teeth wers born a whole vocab,i
larry, and words flew into expression Henot
only heari but h. talked. One gate of his
body swung in to let sound enter. aud tho
other gate swung uut to lot sound depart
Why is IL that while other surgeons used
knives aud forceps and probes aud spectre
scopes. this Surgeon use1 ouly the ointment
of His own lips To show that all the cura.
tive power we ever feel comes straight from
Christ. And IL He touches us not we shall be
deaf as rock and dumb a. n tomb. Oh
thou greatest Of all aurists, compel us 70 hear
and help us to speak
But what were the Surgeons fees for ali
these cures OF eyes and ears and tongues and
withered hands and crooked backs Theskill
and the panleSsneSs ~ the operations were
worth hundreds and thousands of dollars DO
not think that the cases He took were all
moneyleSS. Did He not treat the nobeman's
som Did He not doctor the ruler daughters
Did He not effect a cure in tho house of n
centurion of great wealth wno had out Of
his own pocket built synagogue They
would have paid Him large fens il lie had de-
mandcd them, and there were hunireds of
wealthy people IN Jerusalem and among the
merchant castles along Lake Tiherins who
would have given this Surgeon houses ani
lands and all they had for such cures as He
could effect. For critical cases In our time
great surgeons have received thousand dol.
lars. five thousand dollars. aud in one ,.asr
know ~. titty thousand dollars, but the Sur.
coon ~ whom | speak received not u shc',el,
notn penny. not farthlng
In His whole earthly life, W. know of His
having had but siIty-two and half ccnts
When His taN"s were due. bv Nj, omnis
cience lie knew OF fish IN the ,'u which had
swallowed piece Of silver money. "a, fish ar,
apt TO swallow anything hriEh and He seu,
P"t'r with hook which brought M that
liSh and from IL mouth was rxtrar'el
Roman Stnt"r, OF >ixty-twp and a half cpnts
the only money lie oyer had and that lie
paid out for 'avr, This great Surgeon pi
all the c"nturir, gave AL Hi, service, then.
aud offers all Hi, services now, fra' ui
charge. without money and without
price You may spiritually have your blind
eyes opened. and your deaf ear, unharred
and your dumb tongue, lp,Souni nni you
wounds healed, and your soul saved N
Christian p'op" get hurt Of boly, mind ~
soul, let thcm remember that surgery X apt
20 hurt, but II cures, aud you can afford
pro~ont.p pain for future glory Beside that,
there ar' powerful anh,th"tirs IN the divine
promises that sopthe AMI lllrvint" No other
or chlorotorm or cocaine ever made ono 81
superior to di,tr"s, a, fcw drops ~ that
magnificent anolyn" An thing, work %
gNth"r for good to thp,' who low" tod
Weeping may endure Tor a night but Joy
rpmrth IN the morning
What grand thing for our poor human
race when this surgeon ,hnll have complctec
the treatment ~ all tho world, wounds
Tn" day will cpmp when there will hJ nc
more hospitals Tor ther' will be ~ mora sick
and no mora eye AMI var iniirmaftss
for ther" will h. np more blind or deaf
AMI no mora d"wrts. FOR the round earth
shall be- brought under arbpricuture, and n,
more billiards or ~uu~trok',. for the atmps-
III . a.
chill. und NJ more war, for tn" swords shall
com" out ot the foundry bent into pruning
hooks While IN the heavenly country we
shall SEQ those who were ia" victim, ofnrri
dent - malformatun or hereditary ills %
earth, becomes th" athletes ~ elysan fields
Who is that man with I'll ii brilliant eve,
close before the throne. Why, that is the
man wnu near jericho, wa, blind, aud our
surgeon cured hi, ophthtlmia' WHO'S that
erect and graceful AMI gu"gnlv woman be-
tore IN" throne. That wa, the on, whom
our Surgeon found beat almost double, AMI
could IN no wis" liz up herself. and He mad,
hor straight. WEp i, that listening with
such rapture o. th' music rf heaven, solo
melting into chorus, cymbrl responding u
trumpet and theu himself joining in tho
anthem Why, that is the man
whom our Surgeon found deaf and
dumb on the beach ot Galllo', aul
by two touches opened ear gaze aud
mouth gate. who is that around whom the
crowd, are gathering with aimirinS lookand
and cries of "Oh. what He lid
for me- Oh what HIc lid for my tamlly'.O
what He did for the world" That i, the'Sur-
gron of all the centuries. the Dcullst, ths
Aurist, the EmancipntOr, the saviour No
pay He took on earth Come, now, and Icy
all heaven pay Hin with worship that shall
never end, aud love tht shall nnyer die.
On His head be- all tn" crowns In His hands
he all tn, scepters aul Al Ills feet be- all the
worlds!