Milford chronicle., 1891-06-12
THERE'S DUST ON YOUR GLASSES,
b. Hiss Nary r. RatcliGf
The world will never look bie
Unless Won keen Vour gias

OAiAlsa dNtA ny y ulA HAAH AAs .-
: Reason may saELze g. taecn u.s. - into the
fff7i5esses s, nata y ana philrophy may A.
tempCtO lead us to Examine her hidden works
Science may throw open the portals OF TRUTH and
wisdom guide us TO knowledge Of our fellow
men but II our mental vision Is made obscure
by the dust OF ignorance or OF prejudice. we sim
ply hear the voice behind the Veil and see the
strange CLEANS OF light reflected on the stage.
and, unable TO account for the one or the other,
we fall PROSTATE In terror when the cleaning OF
our glasses would only invite US TO admire.
We are too often unhappy without reason our
pleasures are uuappreclated and we sea only the
dark side Of everything. We wander along in
loneliness happiness seems denied us and life
appears a thing to be despsed simply because
our glasses are dusty.
The acts OF true and worthy friends are mlsun-
derstOOd and well intended acts are perverted
into snares 10 entrap us. Often friends are mis-
taken for enemies. because we see them obscure
" through our dusty glasses. We presume 10
Judge and the authoritative command is Judge
Not y command bnseq upon knowledge OF
our utter inability TO judge rghteOusly, because
"Theres Dust on Your Glasses
sJudge not the working of his brain,
For Of his heart thOn canst not see
What looks to thy dim eye a stain,
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar brought from some well-fOught field
Where thou would only faint and Yield
'The look, the air, that frets thine sight,
May be a token that below
The soul has met IN deadly strife
With some unseen and fiery foe.
Whose glance would scOrch Thy smiling grace
And cast thee shuddering ON thy face
EVIL sheds its baleful influence far and wide and
often lies under n shining surface tolure the eye
II we could fOresee results and discover the evil
in things we would not be so ready 10 attempt
the pleasures OF SIM which are often seemingly
easy, pleasing and delightful. Evil allures that
IL may betray and destroy.
Being thus deceptive we should keep our glasses !
free nom dust that we may the more readily an
ticipate It's Lreachery and escape its evil in1u- /
ences Honor and renOwn are often achieved !
after long and persistent effort, and only by /
those whose eyeSght Is clear enough to see their /
worth. We might mention Washington, who |
bequeathed 70 pOsteuly tne inheritance OF his
fame and built his monument IN the hearts OF bis
cOuntrymen-LincOln and Grant. those immortal
characters who accomplished their great purpose !
because they saw the grand end through the
heavy mstS OF difficulties. In the realm Of liter
allure what striking examples we have OF the
possession OF this prophetic vision IN the charac-
tiers Of Bunyan and Milton Historical events are
viewed by the world through dimmed glasses
until time reveals their grandeur. Inspired by
God, Columbus gave 60 the world O country
The sublime beauty ana magnificence OF whose
superb natural creations, distinguish It above all
others. a country Ia Wnlch the climate is pecu-
liarlY adapted to the health OF It's Inhabitants
and the political greatness Of which surpasses
anything history has yet revealed, The lfebel-
lion that bloody struggle which was caused by 2
Two sections or American people not knowing !
each others conditions, might have been avoided 4
lad not the dust or prejudice and hatred covered
our glass and Obscured our vision yet it has
been the means, through God, OF eleyatlng the +
latiOn 70 a standard which could never have been
cached but for the clear eyesght OF those q,
noble men whose glasses were free from dust O.
1hp works OF God are not plainly enough seen bV 4
1hurch and Christ and strive 70 believe them
elves clear in mind but they are looking through Z,
Iusty glasses. III they could only be Induced 20 Il
emOVe the dust, GOds clear light would shine NJ
way an mists and all darkness, and a revelation n
1 Himself be made that would remain unto them Ii
JOY forever.