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

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the most difficult of all things to recon-
struct is the auditory apparatus. The
mighticSt of scientists have put their
skill 10 its returning, and sometimes
| they stop the progress of It's dccadence.
or remove temporary distractions but
not more than one really deaf ear ont
of hundred thousand is ever cured.
| ID took a God to make the ear. and 1T
takes q God to mend il. That makes
me curious TO see how Christ the sur
gcOn succeeds as am auriSt.
We are told only two cases he oper-
ated ON as an ear surgeon. His friend
Peter, naturally high-tcmpercd. saw
Christ inSultcd by man of MalchuS.
and Peter let mis- sword fly. aiming at
| the mans head. but the sword slipped
and hcwed of the outside ear, and our
Surgeon touched the decoration and an
other ear bloOmed I'm the place OF the
one that had been SlaShcd away. But
il is not the outside ear that hears.
That is only a funnel for gathering
sound and pouring il into the hidden
land more elaborate ear. On the beach
Iof Lake Galilec our Surgeon found
man deaf and dumb. The patient dwclt
/ i'm perpetual silence. and was speeches..
! He could not hear note OF music or
| clap of thunder. He could not call
/ father or mother or wife or children by
name What power can waken that
/ dull tympanum on reach that chain OF
small bones. or revive that auditory
nerve. or open the gate between the
| brain and the outside world? The sur
\ i'm It... a.
/ and agitated them. and kept on agtat-
! ing them until the vibration gave vital
energy to all the dead parts and they
responded. and when our Surgeon with
drew His fingers from the ears the two
tunnels of sound were clear for all sweet
voices of music and friendship.
BUT WHAT WE'RE THE SURGEONS FEES
for AN these cures of eyes and ears and
tongues and withcred hands and crook
ed backs? The skill and the painless
ness of the operations were worth hun
drcdS and thousands of dollars. Do not
| think that the cases He took were all
ImoncyleSs Did lie not treat the noble
mans SON? Did He not doctor the rul-
! cr's daughter? Did lie not effect cure
u
wealth. who had out of his own pocket
built synagogue? They would have
paid Him large fees If lie had demand
| ed them. and there were hundreds of
wealthy people i'm Jerusalem. and among
| the merchant castles along Lake Tibcr-
| las, who would have given this Surgeon
houses and lands and all they had for
such cures as lie could effect For crit
| ical cases in our time great surgeons
| have received thousand dollars. five
| thousand dollars. and. i'm one ease
/ know of. fifty thousand dollars, but the
Surgeon of whom ! speak received not
Shc1ol. not penny. not larthing. In
/ His whole earthly life, We know of His
| having had but SiXty-two and "a half
cents. When His taxes were due,
Iby His mniScicnce He knew OF a
| fish in the sea which had swallowed a
piece of silver money, as fish are apt To
swallow anything bright. and lie sent
| Peter with hook which brought mp
| that fish. and from lis mouth was en-
tractcd Roman slater. or SiXty-two
land half cents. the only money lie
ever had: and that He paid ont for
taxes. This greatest Surgeon of all the
centuries gave an His services then. and
offers an His services now, free of all
/ charge. without money and without
price" you may spiritually have your
| blind eyes opened, and your deaf ears
| uuharrcd. and your dumb tongue looS-
cuod. and your wounds hcelcd. and your
soul saved. II Christian people get hurt OF
body. mind or SOUL let them remember
that surgery is apt t0hUrt, but it cures.
and YOU can afford present pain for
future glory. Beside that, there are
powerful anTsthctlcs In the divine prom
! Uses that sooth and alleviate. No ether
| OPP chlorOform or cocaine ever made one
! So superior 10 distress as few drops OF
| shat magnificent auodync: All things
work together for good 20 those who
love God;" Weeping may endure a
might but Joy cometh in the morning.
HEALING THE WORLDS WOUNDS.
What a grand thing for our poor hu
man race when this surgeon shall have
completed the treatment OF all the
world, wounds. The day will come
when there will be no more hospitals
| for there will bc mo- more sick, and no
more eye and ear iudrmaricS for there
| will Doe uO more blind or deaf and no
more deserts. for the round earth shall
| bc brought under arb0ricu.turc. aud mo-
more billiards. or >un-strukcS, for the
atmosphere will bccEp Urgatcd OF Scorch .
land chill. and mo- more war. for tine /
swords shall come ont of the foundry
! bent into pruning hooks. While i'm thc .
heavenly country We shall see those Who
were the victims of accident or mallor-
nation. or hereditary ills ON earth. be-
come the athletes ip ElySian hcidS. /
| WHO is that man with such Brilliant
eyes close before the throne? Why.
that is the man vino, near jericho
was blind, and our Surgeon
cured his ophthalmia. Who is that
cree, and graceful and quecnly woman
before the throne? That was the one
whom our Surgeon found bent almost
| doublc. and could in mo- wise lit mp
herself. and hc made her straight. Who
I 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:
WIZ that is the man whom Cur Sur
econ found deaf and dumb ON the beach
Iof Galilco. and by two touches opened
Icar-gatc and mouth-gatc. VINO Is thal
/ around whom the crowds are gathering
wit h admiring look and thanksgiving.
and cries of "Oh. what lie did for me.
Oh. what lie did for my family Oh,
what He did for the world That Is
tine Surgeon of AN the centuries. the
Oculist. the Aurist, the Emancipator,
the saviour No pay iic took ON earth.
/ Come. now. ana ic, all hca'en pay linn
with worship that shall never die. On
| His head be- all thccrowus. In His hands
De all the sccptrc>' and at His feet be all
the worlds,