Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-25

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application Is made And 10. the rigidty of
the dumb tongue is relaxed, and between the
tongue and teeth were born whole vocabu-
larry, and words flew into cxurcssiun. He not
only heard but he talked. One gate of his
body swung in TO let sound enter, and the other
gate swung out 10 let sound depart Why is
1t that while OTHER surgeons used knives and
forcepo and probes and spectroscopas, this
Surgeon used only the ointment Of his own
lips To show that all the curative power
we ever feel comes straight from Christ.
And if ho touches us not, we shall he deaf
rs a rock and dumb as a tomb. On thou
greatest of all aursts, compel Us to hear ana
help us to speak!
BIS SERVICES ARE FREE.
But what were the Surgeons fees for all
these cures Of eyes and ears and tongue, and
withered hands and crooked backs. The
skill and the palnlcssness OF she operations
were worth hundreds and thousands Of dol
lars, Do not think that the cases he took were
all moneyess. Did he not treat the noble
mans son! Did lie not doctor the ruler;
daughter: Did lie not effect a cure in the
house of a centurion Of great wealth, who
had out Of his own pocket built synagogue!
They would have paid him large fees if he
had demanded them, and there were hun.
dreds Of wealthy people in Jerusalem. and
among the merchant castles along Lake Ii
beriaS, who would have given this Surgeon
houses and lands and all they had for such
cures as he could effect. For critical cases in
our time great surgeons havcreceived a thou
and dollars, five thousand dollars, and in
one case | know Of, fifty thousand dollars,
nut the Surgeon Of whom | speak received
not Sh"iel, not penny. not a fartnmg.
In his whole earthly life, we know of his
having had hut siXtv-two and half cents
When his taxes wero due, by his omuis-
cience he knew Of a fish in the sea which had
swallowed piece of silver money, n fish are
apt to swallow anything bright. and he sent
Peter with d hook which brought up that
fish, and from its mouth was extracted a
Roman slater, or sixty-two and half cents,
The only money he ever had; and that he
paid out for taxes This greatest 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 looseued, aud your
wounds healed, ami your soul saved If
Christian people get hurt of body, mind or
soul, let them remember that surgery is apt
to hurt, but 1T cures, and you can afford
present pain for future glory. Beside that
there are powerful aupsthetics in the divine
promises that soothe and alleviate. No ether
or chlorOtorm or cocaine ever made one 50
superior to distress a few drops of that
magnificent anodyne; IAN things work to-
gether for good to those who love God -
Weeping may endure for night but joy
cometh in the morning
What grand thing for our poor human
race when this surgeon shall have completed
the treatment Of all the worlds woundsl
The day will como when there will be no
more hospitals, for there viii bc no more sick
and no more eye and car lnfrmaries for
there will be no more blind or deaf. and no
| more deserts, for the round earth shall be
brought under arboriculture, and no more
Billiards or sunStrokes, for tho atmosphere
will be expurgated of scorch and chill, and
no more war, for the swords Snail come out
of the foundry bent into pruning hooks
While in the heavenly country We shall see
those who We're the victims Of accident or
malformation, or hereditary ills on earth, be
come 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 thronel That was the one whom our Sur
geon 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 responding 10 trumpet,
and then himself joining III the antheml
! why, that is the man whom our Surgeon
found deaf and dumb on the beach Of Galilee,
| and by two touches opened ear uate and