Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-01

II Lake Galilee our Surgeon 1ound
man deaf and dumb. The patient dwelt
in perpetual silence and was speeches.
He could not hear a note OF music or
clap of thunder. He could not call
father or mother or wife or children
by name What power can wskeh
that dull tympanhth or reach that chain
of small kezss or revive that audito-
~ nerve or open the gate between te
brain and the outside world? The Sur
geon put His fingers in the deaf ears and
agitated them, and kept on agitating
them until the vibration gave vital ems
ergy to all the dead parts, and they re-
sponded, 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, For the
first time in his life he heard the dash
of the waves of Galilee. Through the
desert of painful silence had been built
a kings highway of resonance and &C
clamation. But yet he was dumb. No
word had ever leaped over his lip.
Speech was chained under his tongue
Vpealikatioh a1d accentuation were to
him an impossibility. He could express
neither love nor Indignation nor wor;;
slip Our Surgeon, having unbarred
his ear, will now melt the shackle of his
tongue. The Surgeon will use the same
liniment or salve that He used on two
occasions for the cure of blind people,
namely, the moisture of His own mouth.
The application is made. And 10, the
rigidity of the dumb tongue is relaxed,
and between the tongue and teeth were
born a whole vocabulary and words fiew
into expression. He not only heard but
he talked. One gate of his body swung in
to let sound enter, and the other gate
swung out to let sound depart Why is
it that while other surgeons used knives
and forceps and probes and spectre
scopes, this Surgeon used only the ONT
ment of His own lips? To show that all
the curative power we ever feel comes
straight from Christ And if He touches
US not, we shall be deaf as rock and
dumb as tomb. o, Thou greatest of
ali Aurists, compel us TO hear and help
us TO speak!
But what were the Surgeons fees for
all these cures of eyes and ears and
tongues and withered hands and crooked
backs? The skill and the painlessness
of the operation were worth hundreds
and thousands of dollars. Do not think
that the cases He took were all money
less. Did He not treat the noblethafi's
son? Did He not doctor the fuler's
daughter? Did He not affect cure in
the house of a centurion of great wealth,
who had out of his own pocket built a
synagogue? They would have paid Him
large fees if He had demanded them,
and there were hundreds of wealthy
people in Jerusalem, and among the
merchant castles along Lake Tiberias,
who would have given this Surgeon
houses and lands and all they had for
such cures as He could effect For
critical cases in our time great surgeons
have received 81, ZOO, s., 600, and in one
case l know of $4,000, but the
Surgeon of whom l speak received not a
shelkel, not a penny, not farthing.
In His whole earthly life, we know OF
His having had but 62H cents. When
His taxes were due, by His Omrisciehce
He knew of fish in the sea which had
swallowed piece of silver money, as
fish are apt to swallow any thing bright,
and He sent Peter with hook which
brought up that fish, and from its mouth
was extracted Roman slater, or 627s
cents, the only money He ever had; and
that he paid out for taxes. This great
est Surgeon of all the centuries gave all
His services then, and offers all His SER
vices now, free of all charge. without
money, and without price, you may spirit
ually have your blind eyes opened, and
your deaf ears unbarred, and your dumo
tongues loosened, and your wounds
healed, and your soul saved. If Christ
ian people get hurt of boiy, mind OF
soul, let them remember that surgery is
apt to hurt, but it cures, and you can
afford present pain for future glory.
Besides that, there are powerful an
aesthetics in the divine promises that
soothe and alleviate. No ether OF
chloroform or cocaine ever made one sc
superior to distress as few drops OF
that magnificent anodyne: "All things
work together for good to those who
love God;" Weeping may endure for
night, but JOY cometh in the morning.
What a grand thing for our pool
human race when this Surgeon shall
have completed the treatment of all the
worlds wounds. The day will come
when there will be no more hospitals
for there will be no more sick, and NJ
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will be no more blind or deaf, and NJ
more deserts, for the round earth will
be brought under horticulture, and NJ
more billiards. or sunstrokes for the at
mosphere will be expurgated of scorct
and chill, and no more war, for the
swords shall come out of the foundry
bent into pruning hooks While in the
heavenly country we shall see those
who were the victims of accident o.
malformation, or hereditary ills OF
earth, become the athletes in ElysiaI
fields Who is that man with such bril-
liant eyes close before the throne
Why, that is the man who, near Jericho
was blind, and our Surgeon cured hi
ophthalmia! Who is that erect and grace
full and queenly woman before thu
throne?. That was the one whom ou
Surgeon found bent almost double, ant
could in no wise lift up herself, and HI
made her straight Who is that listen
ing W tn such rapture to the music o
Heaven, solo melting chorus, cymba
responding to trumpet and then himsel
joining in the anthem? Why, that i
deaf and dumb on the beach of Galile,
and by two touches opened the ear-gat
and mouth-gate. Who is that aroun'
whom the crowds are gathering with ad
miring look and thanksgiving and erie
of 30, what He did for me! o, what HI
did for NV fam " O. what He did 70