The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-30

! decadenca, OF remove temporary OBJ
structions, but not more than one
really deaf ear oglt Of Il hundred
| thousand IS ever cured. L took a
/ GOD to make the ear, and it take 8
/ God TO make the ear. and it takess 8
Gcd 10 mend it. That makes me
curious to see how Christ the Surgeon
succeeds ss an artist.
We are told OF only two cases he
operated en- as an ear surgeon. His
! friend Peter, naturally high tempered,
saw Christ insulted by q man by the
name ef Alalchus, and Peter let his
sword fly, aiming at the mans head,
but the sword slipped and hewed off
the outside ear, and our Surgeon
touched the laceration and another
bloomed in the place Of the one tnat
had been slashed away. But 1t IS rot
tie outside ear that hears. That IS
Only a funnel for gathering sound
and pouring it into the hidden and
more elaborate ear. On TIE beach Of
Lake Gaiilco or Surgeon found $
1ea' an. dumb The patient dwelt
IN perpetual silence, and was speech
less. EEc could not lear note Of
music OF clSp O. thunder. He
could not call father or mother or
77ife o. children By name. What
po5Eer can wakeG that dull ttJnpanum
or reach That chain Of small bones, or
re,ivs that auditory nerve OF open
| t2e gate between the brain and the
| outside world. The Surgeon put
Els fingers IL tic deaf ears and agi-
tated them, and kept On agitating
them ilEtil the vibration gave vital
energy to 81 the dead parts, and they
respond. and when ou. Surgeon with
drew His fingers from the ears the
two tunnels Of sound we're clear tor
all sweet To;ces Of music and friend
snip. For the first time in his life
he heard the dash Of the waves Of
GaElec. Through the desert of pain
ful silence had been built kings
highway oi resonance and acclama-
ton. Bat yet he was dumb No
word had ever leaped over his lip.
Speech was chained under his tongue.
',cc:tlization aud accentustion we're
TO him an impossib;Ety. He could
express neither love nor indignation
nor worship Our Surgeon, having
unbarTcd his ear, viii row melt the
.;1L-eckle OF his tongue. The Surgeon
viii use the same Eninen5 CT salve
that H, used on two occasions for
the cure OF blind people, namely, the
moisture Of His own mouth. The
application is made. And, 10, the
rsidity Of the dumb tongue IS re-
laxed, and between the tongue and
teeth were bonn 4 whole vocabulary,
and words 2eH into expression.
lie not only heard. but he talked.
One gate Of lis body swung il to let
sound c2ter, end the other gate
swung out to let sound depart. Why
il it that while other surgeons used
knives, and torceps, and probes, and
spoctroscop2s, this Surgeon used only
the ointment OF His oE-n Gps? To
show tlaa; al the curative power we
ever ieol comes straight from Christ.
An& Il Is tolc.aes>ws not, we shall be
SIS 8 rock and dumb as 9 EoM5.. Oh
thou greatest Of al arlists, compel
Us 10 hear, and help Us TO speak!
But what were the surgeons fees
tor all these cures OF eyes and ears
and Tongues and withered hands and
crooked backs7 TIE skill and the
Dainlessness OF the operations were
worth hundreds and thousands Of
dollars DO aot think that the cases
lie tool, were all moneylcss. Did He
not treat the noblemans son: Did
lie not doctor tie rulers daughter?
Did he not effect cure in the house
of a centurion cf great wealth, who
lad out OF his own pocket built q
synagogue? They would have paid
Him large fees II He had demanded
them, and there were hundreds Of
wealthy people il Jerusalem, and
among the merchant castles along
Lake Giberias, who would hare given
his surgeon houses and lands and al
they had for such cures as be could
effect. For critical cases il our time
great surgeons haye received $1,000,
S5,G00, and in che case / know OF,
$4,000, but thc Surgeon OF whom l
speak received not Is shekel, 1ot q
penny, not ttartthing. In Els whole
earthly life, We know OF His having
mad but So cents. When His taxes
were due, by lis onniscicnce He
knew OF FISH il the sea which had
swallowed q piece Of silver money: as
fish are apt to swallow anything
bright. and Resent Peter witha hook
which brought up that fish, and from
It's mouth was extracted Roman
slater. or 81. cents, the only money
lie ever had; and that He paid out
for taxes. This greatest Surgeon OF
all the centuries gave all His services
then, and offers al His services now.
free Of all charge. without money
and without price youmay spiritually
have your bind eyes opened, and
you, Ge.sf ears unbalred, and Jour
dumb tongues loosened, and your
wou.liis healed. and your soul saved.
What q grand thing for ou poor
hmoan race when this Surgeon shall
have completed the treatment OF al
the worlds wounds. The day will
come when there will be no moro
sicA. and 70 more eye and ear mfr
nIitiss. fo1 there viii be noIo1e bind
or deaf. and no more deserts, for the
round earth shall be brought under
a.bo1icultyue, and no more bIzzards
or sunstroi;es, foi, TIE ATMOSPHERIC
viii hc exprrgated OF scorcil snd
chill. and no more war tor the swords
sha.l come out Of The foundry bent
into pruninghooks While in the
lGayeDly county we shall see those
who were the victims Of accident or