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every eye reflection Of the divine eye. God
above us, and God beneath US, and God be-
fore US, and God behind US, and God within
u.s.
What a stupendous thing to live! What a
stupendous thing to die! No such thing as
hidden trangression. A dramatic advocate
in olden times, at night in courtroom, per-
suaded of the innocence Of his client charged
with murder and of the guilt OF the witness
who was trying to swear the poor mans life
away-that advocate took up two bright
lamps and thrust them close up.o the face OF
the witness and cried, May it please the
court and gentlemen Of the jury, behold the
murierer!' and the man, practically under
that awful glare, confessed that he was the
criminal instead OF the man arraigned at tho
bar. Oh. my friends, our most hidden
sin is under brighter light than that.
It is under the burning eye OF God. He is
not a blind giant stumbling through the
heavens He il 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 perturbation Of which the
world knows nothing? He secs it. "Oh," "
you say, my affairs are so insignificant /
can't realize that God sees me and sees my
affairs" Can you see the point OF pin?
Can you see the eye Of needle? Can you
see mote in the sunbeam? And has God
given you that power Of minute observation,
and does He not possess 1t Himself? HE
that formed the eye, shall He not see? ,
But YOU say: "God Is in one world and
am In another world. He seems 80 far of
from me don't really think He sees what Is
going on in my life." Can you see the sun
95, 900 90 miles away and do you not think
God has as prolonged vision? But you say,
"There are phases of my life and there are
colors-shades OF color-in my annoyances
and nv vexstions that don't think God can
understand" Does not God gather up all
the colors and all the shades of color in the
rainbow? And do you suppose there is any
phase or any shade in your life He has not
gathered up in His own heart? Besides that
want to tell you it will soon all be over, TINS
struggle. That eye Of yours, so exquisitely
fashioned and strung, and hinged and
rooted, will before long be closed in the
last slumber. Loving hands will smooth
down the siken fringes. SO He giveth His
| beloved sleep. A legend OF st. FrotoDert Is
that his mother was blind, and he was Sc
sorely pitiful for the misfortune that one day
| in sympathy he kissed her eyes, and by mira
cleshe saw everything. But 1t is not legend
when tell you that all the blind eyes OF the
| Christian dead under the kiss OF the resur'
rection morn shall gloriously open. On
what q day that will be for those who went
cropping through this world under perpetual
obscuration, or were dependent on the hand
OF friend, or with an uncertain staff felt
their way, and for the aged Of dim sight
about whom it may be saidthat ''they which
look out of the windows are darkened' when
eternal daybreak comes ir! What beauti
full epitaph that was for tombstone in g
European cemetery: Here reposes in God
Katrina, saint, eighty-ilve years Of age ant
blind. The light was restored to her May
10, 1S40."