The Forrest City times., 1890-04-26

| eight years invalid said: "Wilt thou bc made wholep The question asked, not bo- cause tho Surgeon did not understand the protractedness tho desperateness, of tho case, but to evoke the mans pathetic nar- rative ''Wilt thou be made wholelr Would you like to get wells' | "Oh yes," says tho man, that is what 1 came to these mineral baths for; 1 have tried everything. All the surgeons have failed and all the pre- scriptions have proved valueless and l have got worse and worse, and can ncth- | CT move hand or foot or head. Oh, if l could only bo free from this pain of thirty | eight yearsl' Christ, the Surgeon. could not stand that lscndlny over tho man on the mattress, and in voice tender with all | sympathy, but steong with all omnipotence, l He says, "RiseN And tho invalid instant 1 ly scrambles to his knees, and then puts out his right foot thon hs left foot. and thcn stood upright as though he had never been prostrated While he stands looking | at the Doctor with a joy too much to hold, the Doctor says 'Shouldor this mattressi ! | for you are not only well enough to walk, but well enough to work, and start out 1 from these minsral baths. Tako up thy bed and walkls Oh what a Surgeon for chronic cases then, and for chronic cases | nowi
 | This is not applicable so much 10 those who are only little hurt of sin, and only for a short time, but to thoss prostrated Of sin twelve years. eighteen years, thirty 1 eight years. Hero is d surgeon able to give immortal health. "Oh,n you say. .'i am so completely ovcrthrown and tramp!cd do wn of sin that l cannot rise" Are you flatter down than this itient at the n neral baths | No Then r,sa In tho nama of Jesus of l Nazareth, tho Surgeon who offers you His right hand of help I bid thee rise, Not cases of acute sin but Of chronic sin --thoso who have not prays for thirty eight years, l those who have not been to church for l thirty-eight years those who have been gamblers or lbertines, or thieves or out laws or blasphcmers, or inf lcls, or atheists, | or all these together, for thirty eight years A Christ for exigcnci,sl A Christ for a dead lift! A Surgeon who never loses a case
 In speaking Of Christ as surgeon, l must consider Him an oeulist, or eye doc tor, and an aurist or car do tor. Was there ever such another oculsti That He was particularly sorry for the blind folks, take from tho fact that tho most of His works was with the disslssi optic nerv3s I have not time to c0ult up tho namhar Of blind people mentionei who got His cure. Two blind men in one ho1se also one was born blind; so thlt it was not removal of n visnA obstruction, but ths ere ltton of the cornea and eliiary muscle, aud crystalline lens, and retina. and opte nerve, and tear gland; also the blind man Of Bethsada, cared by tho saliva which tho Surgeon took from tho tip of Ills own tongue and put upon the oyelils; also two blind men who sat by tho wlyside. In oIr civilized lands we have bsiuiuess enough, the rlti1 fearfully lncreasing, according to the state. mont Of Boston anl Now York ant Phil a. delphia oculists, bscauss Of tho reading Of morning aud evening newspapers on tho iolting cars by the matituies who 1.-Two out of tue city ani comp ia C. business, Bnt in the lands where this Divine Surgeon op2rltal, the cases of bltndncss were multlpiet bayond every thing by the particles of saai tolting in the air and tho night dews falling on tho eyeiids of those wh, slept on tba top of their houses; and in som of tnasa laul, it is estimatel tat tHanty oIt ot hun. dred people are totally blind Amid all that crowd of vistoaiess people, what work far an oCulistl And do not believe taat moro than oae out of a huudrel of that surgeon B cures were reportsi. IL went up and down among those psople who werA feel. ing slowly their wiy by staG, or Tod by tho hand of man or rope og do 7, and inteolue. | hold, to tho sunrise and thu sunset aui the evening ssar, He gust ran hls hand over the expressionless face, and tho shut tors Of b9th windows were swung open, and the restored won't home crying, "l soal l seel Thank God, seel
 That is the suiist we all neal. Till He touches our eyes we are bliad Yea we were born blind. By natur3 we sec things wrong II we seo them at all Our bes. eternal interests are put nsforc us and we cannot see them. Tho glories oE lovln i; and pardoniag Christ ara projo tcd and we do not behold them Or We havs D. fective sight which Ill skss tho things oi this world larger than tue things of the future, time bigger than eternity Or we are color blind and cannot see the ditfor. enco between the blackness of darkness forever and tho e4te morning of an eyer lastin d1y But Christ the Surgeon come , a, and though we shrink back afraid to have him touch us, vet He puts II fingers on tho ciossd eyatds Of th. soul, and mid ] night becomes md noon; aud we under stand somethinS of the joy of the young man oi the Bible, who, though ha had never before baan abla to see bis hand bo lore hs face now, by tho touch nE Christ. hasI two headlights .Nindlei under as brow, cried out in languGse thas confoanded the ieering crow. who were der.dlng Nle Chris, that had effected tn, cuse, and wanted to mako Him out a bud man, ",Nhethar Io ee sinner or no l know not ono thing . know, that whereas 1 was blind. now sec.
 But this surgeon was just as wonderful as an aurist Very few pooplo have two good ears. Nina out of tea pcopla are particulA ar to get oa this or that side of you when they sit or walk or ride with von, because thsy have one dsabed car. Many have both cars damaged, and what with the constant racket of our great cities, and the catarrhal troablos that sweep through the land, it is remarkable that there arc any good cars al all Most wonderful In. str1nleni Is tha human ear, IL Is Aagp and drum and telegraph and telepho c and Whispering gallery all m one. 50 delicate } and wendroas IS its construction that thg most difficNlt ot all things to reconstruct Is , the auditory apparatus. The mlghtiest ol se.entists have pat thor skill to its retun ing, and sometimes they stop tho progress CT its deeaiencc, or remove temporary obstructons, but not more than one reail , deaf ear out of hundred thousand is ey ;, cured. lt took d God te make the ear. and ! II takes God to mend lt That makes me curious ,o see how Christ tho surgeon sue. ceeds as an aarist
 We are told of only two cases He oper a'ed on as tn ear surgeon. His friend Peter naturally high tempered, saw Christ lnsultcd by m m hy tho name oI Maichus, and Peter let his sworl iiy. aim. ins at the man head, hnt the sword slinpal and hewed of the outside ear, and our sur seon touehei the laceration and another , oar nioomed in tho placa of the one tha
 had been sisshed away. Bnt it is not tho outside car that hears. That Is only fun. hel Tor gathering sound and pouring u into tue hidden and more elaborate cur. On the beach of Lake C Flilee oar Surgeoa found man deaf aud dunno. The p4tient , dwelt In perpetu Il s,ieeea. and was speech. iess He touid not hear auoto ot music or clap oi thunder lie could not call father or methar or wifa or children hy name What powcr eaa waken taet dull ,yinpanunt or reach that chain Of sm all