The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02

Surgeon comes in, md though We sink back
afraid to have Him touch US, yet He puts
His finger on tho clOsed eyeIids OF the soul,
mud midnight becomes mid-noon; and we un.
derstand something of the joy Of the young
mnn Of the Bible. VIII, though he had never
before been able to ace his hand herore his
face. now. by the tOucl, o. Christ. hnd two
headlights kindletl under hs brow, cried out
In language that coniounded tlejteringcr,wl
who wtro deriding the Christ that had effect
ed the cure, and wanted to mnke Him out IL
bad man. "Wk.ther lie be a sinner or no, I
know not; one thing know, that whereas l
was blind. now see."
hut this surgeon was lust 0s wonderful Us
an nurist Very few people have two good
ears. Nine out Of ten people are particular
to get on this or that side of you when hey
git or walk or ride with you. because hey
have one disabled eur Many have both
ears damaged. and what with the constant
rncket of our great cities, and the catarrhal
trouble that sweeps through the lnnd, iris
remarkable that there are any good ears at
all. Most wonderful instrument is the llu
man eur. II is harp aud drum and telegraph
ind telephone nni whispering-galcry all
struction that the most difficult OF al! things
to reconstruct in tho auditory apparatus
The mightieRt OF scientists hive jut their
skill to it's returning, and sometimes they
stop the progress of it's lcracuce. orrcn,ove
temporary distractions, hut not more thun
one really teaf ear out ofa hundred thousand
il ever cured. 1t took IL God to make the
ear. md it tnles God to mend it. That
makes me curious to see how Christ the sur
geon succeeds as un aurist.
We mrs told OF only two cases lie operated
on as nn ear surgeon. His friend Peter
naturally high tempered. saw Christ insultei
by man by the nnme of Malcllus,
and Peter let llissworl fy, aim.
ing at the mans head, but the sword
our Surgeon touched the laceration aud an.
other ear blooMcd in the place of the one
that had been slashed away. But it is not
the outside ear that hears. Tint is only u
funnel for gathering sound and pouring it in
to the hidden and more elaborate ear. On
the beach of Lake Gnlilce our Surgeon found
a man deaf and dumb. The pnticnt ,lwet in
perpetual silence and was srrechlcss. lie
could not hear note OF music or IL clap of
thunder He could not call father or mother
or wife or children by nnme. Whit power
can awaken that dull tympanum or reach
that chnin Of small bones orrevive that audi
tory nerve or open the CUTE between the
brain and the outside world? The Surgeon
put His fingers to the deaf ears and agitatcd
them. and kept on agitnting them until tho
Vibration gave vital energy. to al the deaf
IhT'E, anu lneS Iesuohueu, una Wuen our
Surgeon withdrew His fingers from the ears
the tunnels of sound were clenr for all sweet
voices Of music and friendship. For the
first time in his life he heard the dash of he
waves OF Galiee. Through the desert of
pnin ul silence had been built II kings high
way Of resonnnco and acclaMntion. Int vet
he is dumb. No word has ever lenpcd over
his lip. Speech was chained nn.lcr his tongue
Vocalization aud ncccntuntion were to him
nn impossibility. lie could express neither
love nor Indignation nor Worship Our
Surgeon, having unbn:red his ear, will now
melt the shucklc Of his tongue. The Surgeon
will use the same liniment or snlve that He
used on two occasions for ho cure of blind
people, namely, the moisture of Ills own
mouth. The application is mn,r. And 10,
the rigidity il the dumb tongue is relaxed,
md between the tongne and Tho teeth were
born q whole vocabulary, and words flew in.
to expressions lie not only lcurl but liz
talked. One gate oi his body swung in To let
sound enter and the other gate swung out to
let sound depart. Why il it that other sur
ge0ns Use knives md forcpps md probes and
slectroscopes, this Surgeon used only tho
ointment of His own lips? To show
comes straight from Christ. And if lie
touches us not, We shall be denfas n rock!
and dumb rs tomb. Oh thou grentest of
all aurists, compel US to hear and help us to
speak!
But what were the surgcon's fees for all
these cures of eyes and ears AMI tongues and
whithered hands und crooked backs? The
skill nnd the pnlnlcssness Of the operations
were worth hundreds and thousands of dol
lars. DO not think that the eases lie took
were all monryless. Did He not treat the
noblemnn's pOn? Did He not doctor the
rulers daughter? Did He not effect II cure
in the house Of q centurion 0' great wealth,
who Ind out o! his own pocket built u synn
gogue? They would llnvc rnid Him lnr%..
fees II lie hud demanded them, nnd there
were hundreds of wealthy people i'll JcrGsa-
lem. and among the merchant castles along
Lake Tiberins, who would have givon this
Surgeon houses and lands and all they hnd
for such cures as lie could effect. For criti-
cal cases in our time great surgeons have re-
ceive.l 81, 900, 81. 900, and. in onecase know
of, $4,000, but the Surgeon of whom
] speak received not IL sllckel. not II penny,
not a fnrthing. In His whole earthly lie, We
know Of His having had but 81: cents
When His taxes were due. by His iniiiscrllr,.
lie knew of &sh in the set which had swnl-
lowed Il piece of silver money. az fish are apt
to swallow anything bright, and lie sent Pc
ter with q hook which brought up that fish,
md from its mouth was extracted IL Romnil
slater, or 62N cents the only money lle ever.
had: nnd that He paid out for taxes This
greatest Surgeon ot all tho centuries gave all
His services. then. and offers all His services
now, free of all charge. without money.
md without price, YOU may spiritually have
unbarrcd, and your dumb tongues loosenc.l,
nnd your wounds healed, md your soul saw
ed. II Christian people get hurt Of body
mind. or soul, let them remember that sur
gerry is apt to hurt but IL cures, and you cal.
afford present pnin for future glory. Be-
sides that. there are power. ul annstlictirs in
the divine promises that SCOT he and alleviate.
one 80 superior to distress ns IL
few drops o: that magnificent anodyne:
"All things work tose,he for good to thos'.
who love God" weeping may endure Tor /.
night, hut JOY colneth in the morning"
Whit II grand thing for our poor human
race when this Surgeon shall have completed
the treat ment Of all the world Is wounds! The
day will come when there will he no more
hospitals, for there will he no more sick, and
no moro eye and enr iniirmaries for there
will I've no more blind or deaf, md no more
deserts, for the round earth shall he brought
under nrborculturp. and nc more hlizznrds
or sunstrOkes, for the atmosphere will he ex-
purgatsd of scorch and no chill, and more
war for the sword shnll come out of the
foundry bent into pruninehooks. While in
the heavenly country We shall sce those who
were tHV vIGtlulb III uCtIteUU OE HlullpTInH-
tion. OF hereditary ills on earth, become the
athletes in Elysian fields. Who il that man
will, such bri!linnt eyes close before the
throne? Why. thnt is the man, who, nenr
Jericho. was blind. and our Surgeon cured
his ophthnlmia! Who Is that erect and grncc-
full aud qneenly woman before the throne!
That wns the one whom our Surgeon
found bent almost double end could in no
wise lift up herself, and He mad, llerstraeht.
Who il that listening with such ,raut,Asn1i
the music of heaven, solo melting into r!o
rus, cymbal respon.lIngt to trumpet. and then
himself joining in the anthem? Why, that il
the man whom our Surgeon found deaf and
dumb ON the beach of Gnlilee, and by two
touches opened eau.gatc and mouth gate.
Who IL that around whom the crowds nre
gathering with admiring look und thanks.
giving, and cries of "Ol. what He did for
me! Oh, what he did for my family! Oh,
what he did for the world!' That is the
Surgeon of all the centuries. the Oculist, the
Aurist. the Emancipation. the Savior. No
pay he took on earth. Come, now, and let
all heaven pay him with worship thnt shall
never end, ma love that shall never die.
On His head le NIL the Crowns! In Ills I,nn.ls
be all the sccp,res! and ut His feet be all tho
worlds!
Nihilism is Not Patriotism.
From the Boston Herald.