The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-08-02

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lions, the apocalypses Of the human eye,
and I stagger back from the awful por-
tails 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 Enow as
much as his telescope? Shall F. lunhofer
not know as much as his spectroscopef
Shall Swammerdan not know as much
as his microscope? Shall DR.. Hooke not
know as much as his nicrometer? Shall
the thing formed know more than its
master? "He that formed the eye, shall
he not see?''
Wonders Of Vision.
The reooil Of this question is. tremen-
dous. We stand at the center Of vast
circumference Of observation 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 u.s. We have not
optical instruments enough to descry
them; perhaps they have optical instru-
ments strong enough to destry 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 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 marching of our professions,
the white robes of our weddings, the
black scarfs of our obseIuies.
1t passes out from the guess into the
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-
verted me 20 years ago, said black
man to my father. "How ?" said my
father. Twenty years ago." said the
other, Gin the old schoolhouse prayer
meeting at Bound Brook You said in
your prayer, Thou, God, seest me, and
I had no peace under the eye of God I'M
til I became Christian. Hear it.
1.-THE eyes of the Lord are in every
place" Ills eyelids try the children
Of men" Ellis eyes were as 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,
so full 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
err How it beams ON the penitent soul
Talk about the human eye as being in
describably wonderful 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 aud
twice on mine, unless through casualty.
one OF both have been obliterated. HE
that formed the eye, shall he not see?"
Oh, the eye of God 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 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
sculptured 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 US
What a stupendous thing to live
What a stupendous thing to die! No
such thing as hidden transgression. A
dramatic advocate in olden times, at
night in q courtroom, persua- led 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
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 a brighter light than that
It 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 it "Oh." you say, my affairs
are so insignificant l can't realize that
God sees me and sees my affairs r" Can
you see the point Of pinf Can you see
the eye of q needle? Can you see mote
In 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 seer"
Restored to Sight.
But you say: "God is in one world
and am in another world he seems 80
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