Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-03
never met Christ or the man born
blind who is to die blind. Ask him

never met a Christ or the man born
blind who is to die blind. Ask him
This morning. il my imperfect way,
have only limited at the splendors, the
glories, the wonders, the divine rcvela-
lions, the apocalypses of the human eye,
and l stagger back from the awful por-
tails of the physiological miracle which
must have taxed the Ingenuity of a God,
to cry out III your ear, the words of my
text, "He that formed the eye, shall he
not seo?' Shall He schel not know as
much as his telescope? Shall Fraunhofer
not know as much as his spcctroscopc?
Shall Swamlnerdan not know as much
as his microscope? Shall DR.. Hooke not
know as much as his micrometerf Shall
the thing formed know more than its
master? lie that formed the eye, shall
he rot sae?"
Wonders OF Vision.
The recoil Of this Question is tremen-
dous. We stand at the center of vast
circumference OF oil servation No pri-
vacy. 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 to see us. We have not
optical instruments enough to descry
them; perhaps they have optical instru-
ments strong enough to descry u.s. 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 and
caverns of another world, but perliips
the inhabitants of other worlds can see
the towers of our cities, the flash of our
seas, the marching of cur processio ions,
the white robes of our weddings, the
black scarfs of our obseqaies.
It passes out from the guess into tho
positive when we are told in the Bible
that the inhabitants of other worlds do
come as convoy to this. Are they not
all ministering spirits sent forth to min
lister to those who shall be heirs of sal
walton? But human inspection, and an
gelic inspection, and stellar inspection,
and lunar inspection, and solar inspec,
ton are tame compared with the
thought of divine inspection. You con
verified me 30 years ago" said black
man to my father FLOW so?" said my
father. Twenty years ago." said tie
other, sin the old schoolhouse prayer
meeting at Bound Brook you said in
your prayer, Thou, God, seest me, and
[ had no peace under the eyo'of God I'M
til | became Il Christian. Hear it.
1.-THE eyes CT the Lord are i'll every
place. " His eyelids try the children
of men," Ellis eyes were as a flame Of
fire" 81 will guide thee with mine
eye" Oh, the eye of God, so full of
pity, SO full of power, so full of love,
SO fall of indignation, SO full of com.
passion, so full of mercy! How it peers
through the darkness How it outshines
the day How it glares upon the offend.
erl How it beams ON the penitent soul!
Talk about the human eye as being in.
describably wonderfull How much more
wonderful the great, searching, over
whelming eye of God All eternity past
and all eternity to come on that retina.
A Searching Glare.
The eyes with which we look into
each others face today 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 see?"
Oh, the eye Of God 1t sees our sorrows
to assaage them, sees our perplexities
to disentangle them, sees orr wants to
synlpathize with them. If we fight him
back, the eye of an antagonist. If we
ask his grace, the eye of an everlasting
friend. You often find in book or
manuscript star calling your attention
to footnote or explanation. That star
the printer calls an asterisk. But all
the stars Of the night are asterisks call
ing your attention to God-an all OBJ
serving God. Our every nerve divine
handwriting. Our every muscle pull
ley divinely swung. Our every bone
sculpturod with divine suggestion. Our
every eye reflection of the divine eye.
God above US, and God beneath us, and
God before Us, and God behind us, and
God within u.s.
What stupendous thing to live!
What a stupendous thing to die No
such thing as hidden transgression. A
dramatic advocate in olden times, at
night III courtroom, persuaded of the
innocence of his client charged with
murder and Of the guilt of tho witness
who was trying to swear the poor mans
life away-that advocate took up two
bright lamps and thrust them close I'D
to 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 crimi-
nal instead Of the man arraigned at the
bar Oh, my friends, our most hidden
sin is under brighter light than that.
1t is under the burning eye of God. He
is not blind giant stumbling through
the heavens. He is not blind monarch
feeling for the step OF his chariot. Are
you wronged? He sees it. Are you poor?
He sees it. Have you domestic perturba-
ton of which the world knows nothing?
He sees 1t. "Oh, " you say, my affairs
are so insignificant l can't realize that
God sees me and sees my Affairs Can
you see the point of a pin? Can you see
the eye Of akleedle? Can you see a mote
III the sunbeams And has God given you
that power of minute observation, and
does henot possess it himself? He that
formed the eye, shall he not see?''
Restored to Sight.
But You say: "God is in one world |
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