The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-25

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and our Surgeon touched the laceration
snd another ear bloomed In the place Of
the one that had been slashed away.
But II is not the outside ear that hears
That il only o funnel for gathering
sound and pouring II into the hidden
and more elaborate ear. On the beach
Of Lake Galilee our surgeon found .
man deaf and dumb. The patient dwelt
In perpetual silence and was speeches.
He could not hear q note OF music or .
clap OF thunder. lie could not call
father or mother or wife or children
by name. What power can waken
that dull tympanum or reach that chain
Of small bones or revive that auditO.
~ nerve or open the gate between 10
brain and the outside world? The Sur
gcon put His fingers in the deaf ears and
agi,ated them, and kept on agitating
them until the vibration rave" vital on
ergy TO all the dead parts. and they re.
spondcd. and when our Surgeon with.
drew lis fingers from the ears, the two
tunnels Of sound were clear for al sweet
voices of music and friendship For tho
first time in his life ho heard the dash
Of the waves Of Galilcc. Through tho
desert ot p,inful silence bad been built
q kings highway of resonance and ac-
clamation. Hut yet hc was dumb. No
word had ever leapsd over his lip.
Speech vas chained under his tongue.
Vocal zation and accumulation were To
him an rry%pssibili,v. lie could express
neither love nor Indignation nor wor-
ship Our Surgeon, having unbarrcd
k,,s n uuilt anuf s.,.lt Shn shnskln az htS
tongue. The Surgeon will use the same
linimcnt Or salve that lie used on two
occasions for The cure of blind people,
namely. the moisture Of uiSo~n mouth.
Tho application IL made. And 10. tho
pigidity ~ the dumb tongue IL RELAXED,
and bctwcen IN" tongue and teeth were
born q whole vocabulary. and words lev
into cxprcssiop He not only heard but
no talked. dno gate Of his body swung In
tn let sound enter. and the other gate
swung out To let sound depart Why IL
II that while other surgeons used knives
and forceps and probes and spectre
scopes. this Surgeon u,cd only the ONT.
ment Of His own lips To sho~ that all
the curative power We ever feel comes
straight from Christ
out WUdt WeTe tuN 'NVFEspU > ivy VI
all these curcs Of eyes and ears and
tongues and wi,hered hands and crooked
backsp The skill and the painlcssncss
~ the operation were worth hundreds
and thou ands Of dollars DO not think
that tho cases lie took Wcrc all money.
less. Dd he not treat the nobl"inan's
sonP Dd Hc no, Aortor tho rulers
daughter" Did lie not affect q cure In
the house of u centurion ot great wealth.
who had out Of his own psket built y
synagogue They would hav" paid Him
large fees u Iir had demanded them.
and there were hundreds Of wealthy
people In Jerusalem. and among tho
merchant castles along Lake Tibcrias.
who would have given this Surgeon
houses and lands and all they had for
such cures ~ Ito conld effect For
critical cases in our time great surgeons
have received 81. 900. 8, 900. and in ono
case ! know OF So, OOO, but tho
Surgeon Of whom | sIcah received nots
sh"lkcl. not u penny. not u farth'ng.
IN Ills whole earthly life, No know os
His having had but GsI cents. When
Ills II Scs were dW". by Ills omnisciencO
lie know OF u fish In the. -,ea which had
swallowed y piece ~ silver money, as
fish are apt to swallow any thing bright
and he sent rr,or with a hook which
brought up that fish. and from It's mouth
was extracted \ Roman slater. or G!li
cents. the only money lie ever had. and
that he paid ont for ,aScs This great
est Surgeon of ali the centuries gave all
Ills services then, and oilers all Ills scr-
vices now. free of all charge. without
money and without price" you may spirit.
uAlly have your Mind eyes opened. and
your deal ears unbarrcd. and ~yolrdumb
tongues loo>cned. ana your wounds
healed, and Your soul saved. II Christ
ian people :,o' hurt 81 body. mind ar
soul. let them r~mcm,rr that surgery Is
apt Ia hurt hut IL cures and you can
afford present pain 'or futur" glory.
lcsidrs that, shore are powerful an
aesthetic, in the diy,n. promises tina.
soothr and alleviate. No cih"r ar
,hloronptm or ,,~aine ever made one 40
Superior to distress ~ = few drops Ut
that magnificent an"iynn. AN things
work t".",hrr for G,.A IA ttos" Who
love Gud," Weeping may end ur" fora
right. but Joy csTcth ~ tho morning
What u grand thin: Tor our po,e
human race whom this Surgeon shall
have completed the ,rcs,mrniof all tho
worlds wounds The d,y will como
whcn there will h" NO m"r. hospitals
foe Their" will hc no moro stick. and no
NOR" Cy" AMI car ~iniivn,ric>, for thcrs
will le No mov blind ar deaf. and no
more deserts for tn" round olsth will
bc brought undor Itssicul'urc. and no
tnorc blizzard, or >un>irokcS, for the at