The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-01
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Struct'ons, but not moro than one
really deaf car out of n hundred
thousand IS over cured. IT. took n
God to make tho ear, and il take
God to make the ear, and il tnkrss
God to mend it. That makes mo
curious to see how Christ Tn" S,urron
us an artist.
we are told of only two cases Hc
operated ON as an ear surgeon. His |
lllcnd Pctcr, naturally high tempered, |
saw Christ insulted by man by the
name OF Aalchus, and Peter lot his |
sword fly, aiming at the mans head,
but the sword slipped and hcwcd otfl
tho outside ear. and our Surgeon
touched the laccration and another
bloomcd i'll the place of the one that
had been slashcd away. But it is not
the outside ear that hears. That is
only y funnel for gathering sound
and pouring it into the hidden and
more elaborate ear. On the beach of
Lake dalllee our Surgeon found a
deaf and dumb. The patient dwclt
III perpetual silence, and was speech
less. He could not hear u note of
music on q clap Of thunder. He
could not call father or mother or
wife or children by name. What
power can walitn that dull tvmpnuum
on reach that chain of small bones, or
revlvc that auditory nerve or open
the cato between the brain and the
outside world. Tho Surgeon put
HIS fingers in the deaf cars and ari
tated them, and kept on agitating
them until the vibration gave vital
energy to all the dead parts. and thcv
respond, 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 frirud-
ship. For the FIRST time il, hi; life
ne hcard tn" 'lnSil Of tn" waves Of
falilec. Through the desert of Dnin
tnl Silcnc" had been built Il kinr's
highway of resonance and acclann
tlon. But yet ne was dumb. No
word haI ever lcnpcd over his lip
Speech was chained undcrhiH tonwuc
Nornlization. and acccntuation were
to him an impoSsibilily. He could
express neither love nor Indignation
nor worship. Our Surgeon, havinu.
unbnrrcd his ear, will now melt the
slmrklc of his tongue. The Surgeon
Will use the Same linimcr! or salvc
that lie used on two occasions for
thc cure Uf blind people. rnrnri,. thc
moisture of lis OWE mIouth. The
application is mndc. .And, lo. the
riSidity Of the uumh tongue is re-
lnXcd, and between the tongue and
teeth were born II whole vocabulary.
and words flew into expression.
IL" not only heard, hut hc talked.
One gate of his body swung in to let
sound enter, and the other cate
swung out to let sound depart. Whv
is it that while other surgeons used
KNIVES, md forccpH, and probes, and
Spcrtroscopcs, tMsSurgcon used only
he ointment Of His own lips? 10
show that all tho curative power we
ever tacl comes htrnight from Christ.
And II He touches NJ COt. Wc shall bC
nH a rock ntI dumb rs n tomb. Oh
thou greatest Of ali aurists, compcI
us to,hcsr, and help us TO speak,
Bat what were the surgeon fees
tor all these cures OF eyes and ears
and tongues nni withcrcd hands and
crooked backs! The skill and thr
pnlnlcSSncHs Of tEc operations were
worth hundreds and tRuusands of
dollars. DO aot think that the cases
II" took were all monrylcss. Did Hc
not treat the nOblcinan son! Did
RE NOT doctor thc rulers l4ugAt2l!
Dld he not G!IccI a 'aa % cure n thc house
.sI o. > -:2fI 29fITrrion Of great wealth, who
had out Of his own pocket built II
synagogue? They would have paid
Him large fees II He had demanded
them, and thcr" were hundreds OF
wealthy people in Jerusalem, and
among the merchant castles along
Lake Tibcrins, who would have given
tins surgeon houses and lands and all
they had for such cures rs he could
ctfcct. For critical cases in our time
great surgeons have received ~ ,OO0.
$4,000, and i'll one cas-" ! know Of.
S5O.0OO, but the Surgeon OF whom I
speak received not Il shckrl, not II
penny, not n fnrthins. In His whole
earthly life, we know OF His having
had but G2i cents. When His taxes
were due, by His omniscicncc He
knew of u fish in the srn which had
swallowed Il piece of silver money. as
fish are apt to swallow anything
bright, and We sent Peter with II hook
which brought up that fish. and from
ITS mouth was extracted roman
slater. or G2l cents, the only money
II" ever had; and that Ho paid out
for taxes. This greatest Surgeon OF
all the centuries gave all His services
then, and offers all His services now,
free of nll charge. "With0ut money
and without price You may spiritually
havo Your blind eyes opened. and
your deaf ears unbalred. and your
dumb tongues loOscned, and your
wounds healed, and your soul saved.
What grand thing for our Door
human race when this Surgeon shall
have completed the treatment of all
the worlds wounds! The day will
como when there will be no moro
sick, and no more eye and ear mfr
mites, for there will be nomore blind
or deaf. and no more deserts, for the
yn,,n1 norf1 !, Oh l>o Il .-,