The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-09-21

in powder blast. Ask the Bartimeus
who never met q Christ, or the mar
born blind who is to die blind. ASK
him. This morning, in my Imperfect
way, have only limited at the splen-
doris, the glories, the wonders, the
Divine revelations, the apocalypse
of the human eye, and l stag
ger back from the awful portals OF the
physiological 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
see?" Shall Herschel not know as
much as his telescopef Shall Fraun-
hofer not know as much rs his spectre
scope? Shall Swammerdan not know
as much as his microscope? Shall DIR.
Hoolse not know as much as his NIL
crometer? Shall the thing formed
know more than its master? He that
formed the eye, shall He not see?"
The recoil of this question is ire
mendous. We stand at the center OF
vast circumference of observation. NO
privacy. On us, eyes OF cherubim.
eyes of seraphim, eyes OF archangei.
eyes of God. We may not be able to
see the Inhabitants of other worlds,
but perhaps they may be able to see
us. We have not optical instru-
ments strong enough to descry them;
perhaps they have optical instru-
ments strong enough to descry us.
The mole can not 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 perhaps the inhabitants OF
other worlds can see the towers OF our
cities, the flash of our seas, the march
ing of our professions, the white robes
of our weddings, the black scarfs OF
our obsequies.
The eyes with which we look into
each others face to-day suggest it. II
stands written twice on your face ana
twice on mine. unless through casualty
one or both have been obliterated.
ssHe that formed the eye, shall He not
see?" Oh. the eye of Godl 1t sees our
sorrows to assuage Them, sees our
perplexities to disentangle them, sees
our wants to sympathize 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 a book or manuscript
star calling your attention to q foot
| note. or explanation. That star the
printer calls an asterisk. But all the
stars of the night are asterisks calls
ing your attention to God, an
all-observing God. Our every
nerve a Divine handwriting oSr
every muscle pulley divineiy
swung. Our every bone sculptured
with Divine suggestion. Our every
eve a reflection of the Divine eye. God
above us. and God beneath us. and God
before us, and God behind us. and God
within us. What stupendous thing
to live! What stupendous thing x
die! No such thing as hidden trans
erosion. A dramatic advocate II
olden times, at night in . eour'
room, persuaded of the innocence
i of his client charged will
murder. and of the guilt of the wit
ness who was trying to swear the poo
mans life away-that advocate tool
up two bright lamps and thrust then
close up to the face of the witness, ant
cried: MAY it please the court ant
the gentlemen of the jury. behold tn
murderer" and the man, practicaill
under that awful glare. confessed tina
he was the criminal instead OF the mai
arraipned at the bar. Oh. my friends
our most hidden sin is under a brighte
hight than that; it is under the burn
; ING eve of God He is not blind gian
stumbling through the heavens. He
not a blind monarch feeling for tn
step of His chariot Are you wronged
He sees it. Are You poor? He sec
it. Have you domestic perturbatio
of which the world knows nothing
9 He sees it. "Oh," you say, my a
fairs are so insignificant can't rea
, ize that God sees me and sees my a.
4 fairs" Can you see the point OF
! pin? Can you see the eye OF needle
; Can you see a mote in sunbeam
And has God given you that power
minute observation and does He nc
r possess it Himself? HE that forme
the eye, shall He not see?"
But you say: God is in one wori
and am in another world; He seem
|. so far off from me, don't really thin
He sees what is going on in my life.
y Can you see the sun ninety-fve millio
miles away, and do you think God hi
as prolonged vision? But you 81!
o .There are phases of life, and there a
u colors-shades of color-in my ammo.
ances and my vexations that don
think God can understand" Does n
. God gather up all the colors and
l. the shades of color in the rainbow
1 And do you suppose there is any pha'
'e or any shade in your life He has n
e gathered up in His own heart? B
- sides that. 1 want to tell "
20 it will soon all be over, th
T. struggle. That eye OF yours
* =, exquisitely fashioned and strung, Al
!. hinged and rooted, will before long
y closed in the last slumber. Lovtl
10 hands will smooth down the silk
ID fringes. So He giveth His below
!, sleep. A legend Of St Frotobert
81 that his mother was blind and he "
. so sorely pitiful for the misfortu
= that one day in sympathy he kiss
rs her eyes, and by miracle s
IN saw everything. But it il n
&c q legend when tell you that all t
"a blind eyes OF the Christian dead und
'g the kiss of the resurrection morn sh'
q: gloriously open. Oh! what day tn
20 will be for those who went gropi
= through this world under perpetual I
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