the physician of souls. By Charles Spurgeon. Matthew chapter 9, verses 12 and 13. It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick, for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Psalm 147, verse 3. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Jesus is the only physician that can heal a sin-sick soul. There is no healing balm but His sin-atoning blood. Jesus as a physician is proclaimed unto the world that sinners of every class, nation, and color may come to Him and be healed. He is in a special sense engaged to attend to the whole household of believers. The children may apply to Him at all times and for all they need. It is not necessary to wait until seized with a dangerous disease or paralysis, but we may go to Him with all our headaches and heartaches, with all our cuts and bruises. He always receives us kindly, attends to us promptly, and prescribes for us wisely. We never ought to attempt to heal ourselves, but always, in all things, and for all we need, go to Jesus. He never lost a patient, nor ever will. He never pronounced an applicant's case desperate, or said to one who came to Him, I can do nothing for you. With incomparable skill, He takes every case in hand, restores every patient to perfect health, and does all gratis. Christ alone is qualified to be our physician. He has fully healed every saint who is now in glory. Let us then apply to Him when we are in need. Let us go to Him with our slight cases, as well as our serious illnesses. Let us take our diseased hearts to Him. He will heal them and restore them to perfect health. He can cure the deadness, the coldness, and the worldliness of the soul. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved, for You are the one I praise. Jeremiah 1714.