Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-21

Continued from FIRST Pogc.l


THE rWErY-EIGlrr YEARS CASE
was man who lay ON mattrass
near the mineral baths at Jerusalem.
There were five apartments where lame
people were brought. So that they could
get the advantage of these mineral
baths The stone basin of the bath is
still visible although the waters have
disappeared. probably through some
convulSiou of nature. the bath. one hum
dred and twenty feet long. forty feet
wide. and eight feet deep. All. poor
man. n YOU have been lame and help
less for thirty-cight years. that mineral
bath cannot restore YOU. Why. thirty
eight years is more than the average of
human life. Nothing but the grave
will cure you Bat Christ the Surgeon
walks along these baths. and l have mo-
doubt passes by some patients who have
been ONLY six months diSOrdered, on a
year. or five years. and comes % the
mattrass OF the man who had been
nearly four decades helpless, and TO this
thirtv-cight years invalid said: "Nilt
thou Doe made whOlc9" The question
asked. NOT because the Surgeon did not
understand the protractedneSS, the deS-
pcratcucss. of the ease, but To evoke
the mans pathetic narrative. wilt
thou bee made wholc?' Would
YOU like Go get weli?" "Oh. yes, says
the man. '.that is what came 20 these
mineral baths for; have tried every
thing. All thc surgeons have failed.
aud all the prescriptions have proved
vaiuclcSS. and / have got worse and
worse. and can neither move hand or
foot or head Oh. if could only be
free from this pain of thirty-cisht
years" Christ. the Surgeon, could not
stand that. Bending over the man ON
the mattress. and m voice tender with
AN sympathy. but strong with all om-
Impotence. Tie says, Rise. And the
invalid Instantly ScramblcS tu his knees.
and then puts ont his right foot then
his lcft foot. and then stood upright as
though hc had never been Frustrated.
While Dice stands looking 40 the Doctor
with a joy too much Co hold. thc Doctor
SAYS. shoulder this mattress, for YOU
are NOT only well enough Co walk. but
well enough to work. and start cur from
these mineral baths Take mp thy bed
','" GIN f., .I.r..,.i,.
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This is not applicable So much To
those who are only % little hurt of sin,
and only for a short time, but to those
Frustrated OF sim twelve years. eighteen
years. thiry-cight years. Here Is "a
Surgeon able tO give immortal health.
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Cuu~r An OCT List.
In speaking of Christ a., a surgeon. !
must consider Iiimas au oculiSt. or eye
doctor. and am aurist. or ear doctor
Wa, There ever such another oculi>t?
That Hc wa, particularly sorry for the
blind folks. take from the fact that
tine most of His works was with the de-
ceased optic nerves. have not time
to count zap Tine number of blind people
mentioned who got His cure Wo
blind men m one house, also one Wh"
was born blind; SD that 10 was NOT zee
moNal of "a visual obstruction, but tine
creation of lhc coruoa, and cilary
muscle. and crystalline lens. and rct.na.
and optic nerve. and tear gland: also
tho blind man of Bcthsaida. cured by
rho saliva which the Surgeon took from
the tipof lIl, own tongue aud put upon
the cvciid>. also TWO blind mon who
SAT- by the waysidc. In our civilized
land, wc have blindness enough. the
ratio fcarfully increasing. according To
the statement 0f Boston and New York
and Philadelphia oculiStS because
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