The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-04-24
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SIN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: Christ the Surgeon. /"

TEXT. "The blind rcceire hei,, giybf aud
he irme ,rdk, the leperS arr cieanSed. aud
be isdf hear. Matthew XII. >.
Doctor" I said to a distinguished SUR.
econ do you not get wori out with con-
Sanity seeing so many wounds and broken
b,ne, aud distortions Of the human boiyy'
"Oh, mo- he answered. AL that is over
enme bv my joy in curing them" A sublimer
or more mercitul art never caino down from
heaven than the art of surgery. Catastrophe
AMI disease entered the earth 50 early that
one Il the first wants of the world was n doc.
Tor Our crippled aud agonized human race
callei for surgeon and family physician for
many years before they came. The first
Ulrgeons who answered this call were minis
srs Of religion, namely, the Egyptian priests
Ani what "A grand thing II all cleryymen
sore also doctors, all u. D's were VI. u :
fr there are So many cases where BODY and
.sil need treatment At the same time consn-
su,n aud medicine, theology AMI tnerapeu-
H..
A, tie first surgeons ot the world were also
minister's Of religion, may thesp two Dvb;a~-
s5n. always be IN full sympathy Hut un-
la- what Disadvantages the early surgeons
r,-sed from the fact that the dissection of
n- human body was forbidden first by the
n-ans aud then hy the early Christian, ,
A. being the brulcs most ike the human
ae g'ra disSec:oI hut ~ human body
-.yht ua uufoldei for phvsioogi giCal an1 ana
tmiaal exploration ani the surgeon, hldrp
"a, what was inside tho temple hy looking
, The outside of II. II they fnil,d in any
r-ural operation they were pcrserutnd and
hgeu ont of the city, rs was Arrhagathus
ea',a of his bold but Unsuccessful attempt
ave patient
Bgt the world from the very beginning
t7' .al.ing for surgeons. and their first skill
| sqIkpu Df in Genesis whore they pmployul
| ssr art for the in"i~ionS of a sacred rite
| .N Nmakiug surgery the predecessor VI haD-
hon and we see It again in II Kings. whore
lhiuah, the monarch, stepped On some
~ksi lattice work in the palace and il
.rcsa and h. fell from tho upper to the low
Anjr and he was ~ hurt that he sent ~
F & village ot Ekron for aid, and Esculapius.
wrought such wonders of surgery that
b was deiiicd, and temples were built
t- hl. worship At Pergamos: and Epi-
bauI, and POdclrius introduced for
z. relief ot the world phlehot-
nv AMI DamDceies cured the dislocated
rl. u Hing Darius aud the cancer of his
r-D. aud Hlppocratcs put successful hand
y tra. lures and intro iucei amputatipn: and
EaAglra removed Instructions: ami He
.,t.iY, began dis,'"tion and Erasistratu,
NnIv-i tumors; and CELSIUS, thu Roman
E-s,0u. removed cataract from the eye aud
I'll Tho spanish fly: and Heliodorus arrested
a.t,a " the throat, and Alexanier, of
l't.e, treated the eve; and Rhaza5 cauter.
Ii for the prevention of hydrophpbia and
p gyll Pott came 10 combat diseases of tho
r1. nl IN our own century We have hld
iRgy anda Llrr1y in France. AN Ashley
Iorar and an Ab"rnethy in Great Britain
81 a Valentine Mott and willard Parker
Al samuel u. Gr1>S IN America. and a gal.
e.Fft hrtll
'''i- ,'lrs. What mighty proSre,, in the
A"lns ot disease since the crippled and
s. %, ancient rItlaS were laid along the
cv', that people VINO had ever been hurt
e lpY'ierei IN the same way might suggest
T,l' had better hc done for the patients, and
t, priests Of olden time who were con
Eat.v suffering from colds received IN
vlNug barefoot over the temple payemnnts.
hi to prescribe ;or themselves. anl frac-
tIN We're considered So far beyond all
llnan cure that instead of calling in the
yg-on, the people only invoked the gods.
bli Notwithstanding all the surgical ani
-eii.il kill of the world with what tanncitv
y 1i diseases hang on To thn human race
E!moc IT them ara Thousands Of year, Old.
Nin nugr Bibles we read of them: the car
s.l',-' # job and Hezckiah; the palpitption
gile heart spoken OF III deuteronomy: the
t1'rJke of a child carried from the field, OF
AZ. A.lN disease OF the foat which was
tlns but Sodt; detection of teeth. that
A-i ior dental surgery, tn" skill Of which.
-,- "luil to anything modern. Is still seen
sl' 'ii.ei m'arS of the unrOled Egyptian
illlle', tine ophthllmia caused by the
N oi tue newly ripe tig leaving the people
tll n the roadside; epilepsy, aS in
z ,- u the ypunS mau Ofteu falling into
aF' and OF into the water; hypp"hon-
l' u Nehuchr inezIar, who imagined
A. +. an py nnl going out ~ the field, u
4.i'' the with'red hand. which in Bible
d a'now, came from the destruction of
nam artery or from paralysis of the
4" A+F'e, IN" wounds OF IN" man whom
'0'''eN left for dead on the road l.,
and whom the good Samaritan
pouring IN oil and wine-wine tp
~ h' wound and oil to soothe it. Thank
.''. "nat surgery has done for tha ale
D ihl cure oi human suffering.
%. ti- world wanted "A SURGERY without
Drn: Parra and Hickman and Simp-
AM warner aud Jackson with their
NAI genius, came on, and with their
'l''r' benumbei tine patient with mar.
anu eth"rS rs the ancieutS did with
ahn mandrake, and quoted him for
-.'. "dl nj the return OF consciousness
To-" returned. The world has never ,scn
surgeon who could ,traighteu the
Anb cur" the blind eye or recon
.'' Irum II SOundless ear pr reduc.
~ Without any pain at the time, OF
..u '''ei, am that surgeon was Jesus
w. N' mi%hNest, granae,t, gentlest and
Hpatheilc surgeon the world ever saw
VIII see; and He deserves tn, conf
'"' rove and worship and hoSanna Of
IN ana halleiulahS Of all heaven
..''I receive their sign; and the lame
'"3 ''p-r' are clean,ed and the deaf
".' uhlN surgeon hal Il fOninpSs for
t'e'' Many surgeon, wuen he ha,
.'t "nl brought u him, has said:
y" not this attended to five year,
''' nrIhS him . mo after all power
..a''on Is gone" Eou have waited
gre complete contraction OF the
aug itNr liSatureS ara formed, and
%, ",' taE"n place. IL gu Snt 10 nave
'.'.'''l 10 long ago But Christ tho
.''ihel o. prefer inveterats ca,l~.
' "'h'rrhage of twelve years, and
~. w Another was a curvature of
/, ears, and lie Strengthened il, An
ST. "II ippn ot thirty-elght years, and
''4t Wei. The rightsen-year pa.
woman bent almost double II
'N. convention of all the SUR
+H th' centuries, their comhln-l
'' N'l cure that boiy 50 drawn out
',' 'hey might stop IL from getting
',.' perhaps they might contrvc
+ ..i "4'ch She might be made more
4 '',g but II Is, humanity speaking. iu
5gl i't this divine surgeon put both
~, 'h Lci, and from that doubled mp
q .,,. eAn to rise, and the empurpled
n, y" 70 take on healthier hue. ami
s,i,.'h began 20 relax from their rigid
M y, 'Wnal column began % adjust it.
.,r.l9 Il9 cords OF tine neck began 10 be-
i, .,1rr,I ana the eyes that could see only
nv, 't' oelore, now looked into the face