The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
MARCH TWELFTH.
Christ, the Great Physician.-1nke

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4. 1919; 5. 1892; 1 Pet. 2. "a.
Our first ScriptiTd selection de-
scribes the visit of Christ to his ma.
tive town and his message to his fel.
low townsmen, quoting what Isaiah
had centuries before prophesied about
him. In this selection we have the
whole programme of Jesus Christ as
to the work of the gospel. The poor,
the broken-hearted, the captives. the
bind and the bruised are to be reach
ed and healed. This is just what is
being done to-day in all the world.
Jesus the Great Physician is healing
the sore of the world. In the next
account of the calling of Matthew we
have the same thought. He came to
the sinners because they needed him;
and he came to the worst because
they needed him most Peter echoes
the same truth again when he de.
clares that "by his stripes we are
healed" All these passages set forth
the healing power of Jesus.
There are many terms used in the
Scriptures to set forth the work of
Jesus Christ, but none is more ex.
pressive than this one of physician. :"
1t was just like Luke, himself the
beloved physician" to use this term
and apply 1t to the Master. He more
than the other evangelists knew of
the Significance and meaning of the
term. The lesson teaches the power
of the gospel as a healing force.
Jesus is the Great Physician.
When on earth he healed the body,
cured disease, cast out devils, recov-
cred the lame. The gospel has a mes
sage to the body. We do not have to
adopt the errors of the faith heal
ers" to see a healthy and helpful in
fiuence of religion upon the body.
But more than that Jesus is healing
the physical ills of the world. All
of sanitary science, of better hygienic
conditions. of a wiser medical prac.
tice, is but the effect of the spirit of
the Great Physician. Jesus is not
only the Saviour from sin, but also
from sickness and suffering. His
precepts and injunctions tend to long
life and health. His teachings will
go great way toward healing the
physical ills of the world
The poor, the broken-hearted, the
oppressed have In Jesus Christ their
best friend. Jesus is the wise Physic
ian, who will yet cure the social ills
OF our world. Greed, selfishness. and
oppression. on the one hand are met
by violence, strife, and lawlessness
on the other. Nothing but the prin.
cibles of Jesus Christ can settle the
labor troubles, the municipal mis-
rules, the tenement examining. and
social crimes of our day. Jesus is
the only doctor who can cure our so.
cial sim He is the only Physician
who can or will purify our social life
and remedy the evils of our oody
polite. But he Is able to save so
ciety from anarchy and injustice.
The greatest need of man IS n
salvation from sin. The world Is fll.
ed with babel voices crying, 10,
here and 10, there" But every
professed cure of s.l Is a confessed
failure save the gospel of Jesus
Christ. But in all ages, and to all
kinds of men. ho has been the Great
Physician who has cured and saved
the sin-sick soul. He Is able to lift
the burden. to case the pain. to
strengthen the will, to rectify the de.
sirss. and to regulate the passions.
II makes no difference Just what
phase OF evil sin may assume ~ any
life, Jesus is ablo to cure it. 10 has
the only panacca In this world.