Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-24

that bad effected the cure, and wanted
to make him out bad man. Whether
he be sinner OF no, / know not; one
thing know. that whereas was blind,
now ! see"
But what were the Surgeons fees for
all these cures ,of eyes and ears and
tongues and withered hands and
crooked backs? The skill and the pain
lessness ofthe operations were worth
hundreds and thousands of dollars, Do
not think that the cases he took were all
moneyloss. Did He not treatthe noble
mans son? Did He not doctor the
rulers daughter7 Did He not effect
a cure in the house of q centurion Of
great wealth, who had out of his own
pocket built synagogue2 They would
have paid Him large fees IL He had de-
manded them, and there were hundreds
of wealthy people in Jerusalem, and
among the merchant castles along
Lake Tiberias, who would have given
this Surgeon houses and lands and all
they had for such curses as He could
effect.
For critical cases in our time great
surgeons have received a thousand dol
lars, i've thousand dollars, and, in one
case know of, fifty thousand dollars,
but the Surgeon of whom ! speak re-
ceived not a shekel, not penny, not
farthing. In His whole earthly life, we
know of His having but sixty-two and
half cents. When His taxes were due,
by His omniscience He knew OF fish in
the sea which had swallowed piece of
silver money, as fish are apt to swallow
anything bright, and He sent Peter with
a 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 greatest Sur
geon OF all the enturies gave all His
services then, and offers all His services
now, free of all charge.
Without money and without price"
you may spiritually have your deaf ears
unbarred, and your dumb tongues
loosened, and your wounds healed, and
your soul saved. If 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 anRsthetics in the divine
promises that soothe and alleviate. No
ether or chloroform or cocaine ever
made one so superior to distress as
few drops of that magnificent anodyne:
"Allwho love God;" Weeping may
endure for night, but joy cometh in
the morning"
What q grand thing for our poor hu-
man 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 infirmaries, for their
will be no moro blind or deaf, and no
more deserts, for the round earth shall
be brought under arboriculture, and no
more blizzards or sunstroke, for the at
mosphere will be expurgated of scoreh
and chill, and no more war, for the
swords shull come out of the foundry
bent into pruning hooks. While in the
heavenly country we shall see those
who were the victims of accident or
malformation, or hereditary ills on
earth. become the athletes in elysian
fields.
Who is that man with such brilliant
eyes close before the throne? 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 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 listening with
such rapture to the music of Heaven,
SOLO melting into chorus, cymbal re-
spending to trumpet, and then himself
joining in the anthem? Why, that is
the man 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 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 Surgeon 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 worldsl