The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-03

houses and lands and all They had for
such cures as he could effect. Tor crit
ical cases in our time great q
have received 1000. $500 and in one
Gas l know of $50. 600, but the surgean
OF whom / speak received not a shekel
not a penny. not a farthing. In his
whole life we know OF his having had
but 62h cents. When his Y we're
due, by his omniscieDce he knew, %
a FISH in the sea which had swallowed
a piece OF silver money. as fish are apt
10 swallow anything bright, and he
sent Peter with a hook which brought
up that fish, and from its mouth was
extracted a Roman slater. or 62h cents
the only money he ever had, and that
he paid out for axes. This creates
surgeon OF all the centuries gave all
his services hen and offers all his
out price" you may spiritually lay
your blind eyes opened. and your deaf
ears unbarred, and your dumb tongues
looSened, and your you1dS healed. and
your soul saved. II Christian people
get hurt of body, mind or soul. let
them remember that surgery Is apt
TO hurt, but il cures, and you San at
ford present pain for future glory. B.
sides that. there are powerful anaethe-
tics III the divine promises that soouhe
and alleviate. No ether or
or cocaine ever made n so superior
to distress as a few drops of thar mag
nifcent anodyne: "All things work
together for good to those who love
God" Weeping may endue for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning"
HEALING THE WORLDS WOUNDS
What a grand thing for our poor
human race when this surgeon shall
have completed the treatment of the
worlds wounds, The day will come
when there will be no more hospitals,
for there will be no sick, and no
more eye and ear infirmarieS, for there
will be no more blind or deaf and no
more deserts, for the round earth shall
be brought under a~rboriculture and
no more billiards or sunstrokes, for
the atmosphere will be eXpuragated
Of scorch 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
the victims of accident OIL malforma-
ton or hereditary ills on earth become
the athletes in Elysian fields. Who
is hat man with such brilliant eyes
| close before the throne? Why, that
is the man Who, near Jericho, was blind
| and our surgeon cured his ~ophthalmia.
Who is hat erect and graceful and
queenly woman before the throne!
That was the one whom our surgeon
found ben almost double and could
in nOWlSe Hft UP herSel1, ana ne nldde
her straight. Who is that listening
With such rapture to the music al
heaven, solo melting into chorus, Gym
bal responding to trumpet, and then
himself poining in the anthem? Why,
that is the mar whom u surgeon
found deaf and dumb on the beach Of
Galilee and by two touches opened ear
gate and mouth gate. Who is that
around whom the crowds are gather
ing with admiring looks and thanks
giving and cries of oh, what he did
for me. Oh, what he did for my fami-
lyI oh, what he did for the world"
That is the surgeon of all the centuries
the o~culist, the aurist, the emancipa-
tor, the Savious. No pay he took on
earth. Come, now, n let all heaven
pay him with worship that shall never
end and a love hat shall never die.
On his head be all the crowns, in his
| hands be all the Scepters and at his
feet be all the worlds!
Copyright, 1900, by Louis klopsch.)