Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

ant PASTORAL and lyric Ia turn Have You
not seen its uplifed brow 81 surprise or it
fr0Wn % wrath. or its contraction u pain
II the eve say one thing and the lip- say an-
other thing, YOU believe the eve rather than
the lips.
The eyes Of Archibald Alexander and
Charles c. Finncy were the mightir-t part
az their sermon. George WHITEHEAD en-
thrnllsl great assemblAges with his eyes,
though they were crippled with strAbismus.
MANY a military chleftain has with look
hurled 4 regiment 10 victory or 90 death.
Martin Luther turned his great eve on an as.
sassin who came 20 take his life, aud the viii
lain fed. Under the glance Of the human
eyethetiger, with nyeumes a man strength,
snarls back into the African jungle. But
those best appreciate the value OF the eye
who have lost Il. The Emperor Adrian by
accident put out the eye Of his servant. and
he said tO his servant: what shalt / pay
You In, money or la landsg Anything you
ask me. am 81 sorry | put yuur ey" out.
But the servant refused To- put any financial
estimate ON the value Of the eye, aud when
the Emperor urged and urged again the mat
ter he said. ooh. Emperor. ! want nothing
but my lost eve" Alas for those for whom
"A thick and impenetrable veil Is drawn across
the face Of the heavens aud the face oi one =
own kindred. That was a pathetic scene
when a blind man lighted torch at night
and some one said. "Why do YOU carry that
torch, when You cant ses?" "Ah." said he,
al cant see. but lcarry this torch that other
may see me and pity nv helplessness,
and not run me down" Samson, the
giant, with his eyes put out by the Phil
istines, is more helpless than the smallest
dwarf with vision unchanged. All the
sympathies al Christ were stirred when
He saw Bartimeus with darkened
retina, and the only salve He ever made that
We read Of was mixture 81 dust and saliva
and a prayer. with which He cured the eyes
Of a man blind from his nativity. The value
OF the eye is shown rs much by its catastro-
phe a. by It's healthfu action. Ask the man
who for twenty years has not seen the sun
rise Ask the man who for half century
has not seen the face OF a friend Ask in the
hospital the victim Of ophthalmia. Ask the
man whose evesight persisted in Il powder
blast. Ask the Bartimeus who never met IA
Christ or the man born blind who is 10 lie
blind. Ask him.
This morning. in my Imperfect way, l
have only limited at the splendOrs the glO-
ries. the wonders. the divine revelations, the
apocalypses OF the human eye, aud | staYyer
back from the awful portals of the physiol-
ogical miracle which must have taxed the
ingenuity OF God, to cry out In your ears
the words OF my text. He that formed the
eye, shall He not seey' Shad Herschel not
know rs much a. his telescope? Shall
Frauuhofer not know as much rs his spec
trOScOpe? Shall Swammerdan not know a.
much as his microscope! Shall Dir. HoOke
not know AS much as his mlcrometer? Shall
the thing formed know more than Its mas
ter? HE That formed the eve, shall He not
see?'
The recOil Of this question is tremendous.
We stand at the center of vast circumfer-
ence OF observation. No privacy. On us,
eyes Of cherubim, eyes Of seraphim, eyes OF
archangel, eyes Of God We may not be
able to see the habitants of other worlds,
but perhaps they may be able 10 see us. We
/ have not optical instruments enough to
| descry them; perhaps they have optical in
! struments strong enough to descry US. The
| mole cannot see the eagle mid sky, but the
| eagle mid sky can see the mole mid grass.
! We are able to see mountains aud caverns of
/ another world, but perhaps the inhabitants
/ OF other worlds can see the towers of our
| cities, the flash Of our seas, the marching OF
/ our PROFESSIONS, the white robes Of our we'd
| dings, the black scarfs of our obSequies.
! II passes out from the guess into the posi-
| tive when We are told in the Bible that the
/ inhabitants Of other worlds do come as con
yoy to this. Are they not all mnistering
! spirits sent forth TO minister TO those who
! shall be heirs of salvation? But human in
| spection, and angelic inspection and stellar
| inspection, and lunar inspection, and solar
! inspection are tame compared with the
/ thought Of divine inspection. You con-
! yerted me twenty years ago, said black
/ man to my father. How sO?" said my
| father. Twenty years ago, ~ said the other,
| lin the old schoolhouse prayer meeting al
| Bound Brook you said in your prayer
! Thou, God seest me, and | ha 1 no peace
under the eye OF God until | became Chris
tian.' Hear it. The eyes of the Lord are
! in every place His eyelids try the chill
! dren Of men. His eyes were rs Il flame of
! fire. II will guide thee with Mine eye"
! Oh, the eye Of God, so full Of pity, so full OF
power, so full Of love, 80 full Of indigna-
! ton. SO full OF compassion, 50 full Of mercyl
| How it peers through the darkness. How II
| outshines the day! How it glares upon the
! offender! How it beams on the penitent
! soul! Talk about the human eye as being
| indescribably wonderful! How much more
wonderful the great, searching, oyerwhelm-
ing eye of God! All eternity past and all
eternity to come ON that retina
The eyes with which we look into each
others face to-day suggest it. 1t stands
written twice on your face and twice on
mine, unless through casualty one or both
| have been obliterated. He that formed the
eye. shall He not seer On, the eye Of God!
1t secs our sorrows to ussuage them, sees
| our perpleXities to disentunge them sees
our wants to sympathi2e with them. If we
| fight Him back, the eye OF an antagonist. II
we ask His grace, the eye OF an everlasting
friend. You often find in book or manu-
script star calling your attention to q foot
note or explanation. That star the printer
calls an Hstertsk. But all the stars Of thu
night are astersks calling your attention to
God-an all observing God. Our every
nerve divine handwriting, Our every
| muscle pulley divinely swung. Our every
| bone sculptured with divine suggestion. Our
| every eye Il reflection of the divine eve God
above us, and God beneath us, and Cot be-
fore us, and God behind us and God within
US.
What a stupendous thing to live! What a
stupendous thing to die! No such thing as
hidden trangression. A dramatic advocate
III olden times, at night in a courtroom, per-
suaded OF the innocence of his client charged
| with murder and Of the guilt of the witness
| VINO was trying to swear the poor man life
away-that advocate took up two bright
| lamps and thrust them close up 20 the face of
the witness and cried, May it please the
court and gentlemen OF the jury, behold the
murderer and the man, practically under
that awful glare, confessed that he was the
criminal instead of the man arraigned at the
| bar. On, my friends, our most hidden
sin is under Il. brighter light than that
| 1t Is under the burning eve of God He Ia
not blind giant stumbling through the
heavens. He is not blind monarch feeling
for the step OF His chariot. Are you wronged2
He sees it. Are you poor2 He sees it. Have
you domestic perturbation Of which the
world knows nothing He sees it, "Oh,"
you say, my affairs are SO insignificant |
| cant realize that God sees me and sees nv
affairs. Can you see the point OF a pinf
Can you see the eye of Il needle? Can You
see mote iu the sunbeam? And has God
given You that power Of minute observation.
and does He not possess it Himself? HE
that formed the eye, shall He not soe?"
But you say: God is in one world and |
am in another world. He seems so far of
from me don: really think He sees what is
going on in my life" Can you see the sun
95,OOO,OO miles away, and do you not think