The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-05-08

know of, fifty thousand dollars, but the sur
geon of whom speak received not a shekel,
not penny, not farthlng.
In His VIC earthly life, we know OF His
having had butsixty- two and haf cents;
When His taxes were due, by His omnls.
cience He knew of fish in the sea whlch nad
swallowed piece Of silver money, as tlsh are
apt to swallow anything bright, and He sent
Peter with hook which brought up that
fish. and from its 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 Jour
wounds healed, and your soul saved. II
Christian people get hurt of body, NINA or
soul, let them remember that surgery IS apt
To hurt, but it cures. and you can afford
present pain Tor future glory. Beside that,
there are powerful anesthetics i'll the divine
promises that Soothe and alleviate. No ether
or ch!oroform or cocaine ever made one so
superior to distress as few drops of that
magnificent anodyne: "All things work to-
gether for good to thoSe who love Cod
weeping may endure for night, but joy
cometh in the morning."
What a grand thing for our poor human
race when this Surgeon shall have completed
the treatment Of all the worlds woundsl
The day will come when there will be no
more hospitals, for there will be no more sick,
and no more eye anil ear intirmaries,
for there will be no more blind or Geat,
and no more deserts for thu round earth
shall be brought under arbori?ulture, and no
more blizzards 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 acc1-
dent OF malformation, or hereditary ills on
earth, becomes the athletes in elysisn fields
Who is that man with such brilliant eyes,
close before the throne9 Why, that is the
man who, 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 Cls whom
our Surgeon found bent almost double and
could in no wise lift up herself, and de 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 in the
whom our Surgeon found deaf and
dumb on the beach of Galilee, and
by two touches opened ear gate and
mouth gate Who is that around whom the
crowds are gathering with admiri1g 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 worldr' That is the Sur
geon of all the centuries. the Oculist, the
Aurist, the Emancipator, the Saviour. No
pay He took on earth. Come, now, and let
all heaven pay Him with worship that shall
never end, and love that shall never die.
On His head be all the crowns! In His hands
be all the scepters! and at His feet be all the
worlds!