The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-29

one or both have been Obliterated- He
that formed the eye, shall he not see
Oh. the eye Of Cod II sees our sOrroWs
10 assuage them. sees our perplexIties TO
disentanele them. sees our wants 10 sym
pathize with them. II we fight him back
the eye Of an antagonist. II We ask MS
grace. the eye Of an everlasting friend
You often find in book or manuscript
star calling your attention to a foot
note. or explanation. That star the print
ct calls an asterisk. But all the stars
Of the night are as asterisxs calling your
attention 70 God, an all-observing God.
Our every nerve a divine handwriting.
Our every muscle pulley divinely swung.
Our every bone sculptured with divine
suggestion. Our every eye re-
Election Of the divine eye. God
above us, and God beneath US, and
God before US, and God behind US, ana
God within US. What a stupendOus thing
10 live, What a stupendOus thing 10 die.
No such thing as hidden transgression
4 dramatic advocate in olden times, at
night in a court room. persuaded OF the
innocence Of his client charged with muir
der 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 to the face
Of the witness. and cried: May IL please
the court and gentlemen of the jury, be-
hold the murderer" and the man, practi-
cally under that awful glare, confessed
that he was the criminal instead Of the
man arraigned a the bar. oh, my friends
our most hidden sin is under a brighter
light than that; it is under the burning
eye of God. He is not a blind giant STUN
bling through the heavens. He is not
a blind monarch feeling for the step
Of his chariot. Are you wronged? He
sees It? Are you poor? He sees II. Have
you domestic perturbation of which the
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you say, my affairs are so Insignificant
can't realize that COD sees me and
sees my affairs" Can you see the point
of pin? Can you see the eye Of a nee
die? Can you see a mote in the sun
beam? And has God given you that pow
er OF minute observation and does he not
possess it himself? He that formed the
eye, shall he not see2"
But you say: God is in one world and l
am I'm another world. He seems so far off
from me. I don't really think he sees
what Is going on In my life" Can you see
the sun ninety-five million miles away,
and do you not think God has as pro-
longed vision? But you say: There are
phases of my life and there are colors-
shades of color-in my annoyances and my
vexations that l don't think God can I'M
derstand." 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 OF any Snaue IN your llle ne
has not gathered up in his own heart?
Besides that, / want to tell you 1t will
soon all be over. this struggle. That eye
Of yours so eXqulsitely fashioned and
strung, and hinged and rooted, will before
long be closed in the last slumber Loving
hands will smooth down the silken fringes.
So he giveth his beloved sheep A legend
Of ST. Frotobert is that his mother was
blind and he was so sorely ptiful for the
misfortune that one day in sympathy he
kissed her eyes and by miracle she saw
everything. But 1t IS not a legend when |
tell you that all the blind eyes of the
Christian dead under the kiss Of the resur-
rection morn shall gloriously open. Oh!
what a day that win be for those who
went cropping through this world under
perpetual observation, or were dependent
on the hand of n friend, or with an uncer-
tain staff felt their way; and for the aged
of dim sight about whom 1t may be said
that they which look OUT OF the windows
are darkened" when eternal daybreak
comes in. What a beautiful epitaph that
was for a tombstone in a European ceme-
terry; Here reposes in God, Katrina, a
saint. eighth-five years of age and
blind. The light was restored to her May
10, 1870"