Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-05-10

the shack1e OF his tongue. lie Surgeon VIII
use the sane lninent or salve that BE used
on two occasions for the cure Of blind people,
namely. the moisture Of His own mouth The
appication i made. And 10, the rigidity OF
the durnb tongue is relaxed and between the
tongue and teeth were born a whole vocaou-
iary. and words few into expression. Henoo,
oniv heard hut he talked One gate Of bis
BODY Snun. IN 20 let sound enter, and the
Other gate swung out TO let sound depart.
Why Is II that while other surgeons used
knives and torceps and probes and spectre
scopes, this SURGEON used only the ointment
Of HIS own lips To show that all the cura-
i've power we ever feel comes straight from
Christ And # He touches US not, We shall be
deaf as a rock and dumb as q tomb, Oh,
thou greatest Of all aurists, compel Us TO hear
and help Us to speak
But what were the Surgeons fees for all
these cures Of eyes and ears and tongues and
wAnered hands and crooked backss The skill
and the painlessness Of the operations were
worth hundreds and Thousands Of dollars. Do
not think that the cases He took were all
monevless Did He not treat the nobleman's
SON Did De not doctor the ruler daughter,
lid He not effect a cure in the house Of a
centurion Of great wealth, who had out OF
his own pocket built a synagogue' They
would have paid Him large fees If He had de
manded them, and there were hundreds OF
wealthy people II jerusalem, and among the
merchant castles along Lake Tlberias, who
would have gwen this Surgeon houses and
lands and al they had for such cures as He
could effect. For critical cases in our time
great surgeons have received a thousand dol
lars. FIVE thousand dollars, and, in one case ]
know of. fifty thousand dollars, but the Sur
geon of whom I speak received rot a shekeL-
not a penny, not a farthlng.
In His whole earthly life. we know Of His
having had but sl1tytwo and a half cents.
yIyL-- H. H. - IT, ~~-t-
| cience He knew Of a fish in the sea which had
swalloweia 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 a
Roman slater. or sixty-two and q half cents,
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 blnd
eyes opened. and. 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
70 hurt, but it cures, and you can afford
present pain for future glory. Beside that,
there are powerful anssthetics 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: Cali things work to-
gether for good to those who love God:''
Nv eeping may endure for a 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 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 infrmarles,
for fhera will ha no mOro blind mr. 6A4f
and no more deserts. for the round earth
shall be brought under arboriculture, and no
more Billiards or sunstrokes, for the atmos-
phere viii be expurgated Of scorch and
come out Of the foundry bent into pruning
hooks While in the heavenly country we
shall see hose who were the victims of acct
Gcrtct malformation, or hereditary ills on
earth. becomes the athletes in elvsian fields.
Wco IS that man with such brilliant eyes,
close before the throne9 Why, that is the
man VINO, near Jericho. was blind, and our
Surgeon cured his ophthalmia, Who is that
erecr md graceful and queenly woman be-
too toe throne9 That was the one whom
our Surgeon found bent almost double, and
could in no wise lift up herself, and He made
hey 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
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
crowd are gathering with admiring look and
Thanksgiving. and cries Of "Oh, what He did
for me Oh, wat He did for my family, Oh,
what He did for the world" That is the Sur
geon of all the centuries. the Oculist, the
Aurist. the Emencipator, the Saviour. No
paw He took on earth, Come. now, and let
all heaven pay Him with worship that shall
never end. and a 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!