The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-01

the Emperor urged and urged again the mat
ter he said. "Oh Emperor. I want nothing
but my lost eye!' Alas for those for whom
thick and impenetrable veilis drawn across
the lace of the heavens and the face Of one
| own Kindred. That was pathetic scene
when blind man lighted torch mt night
anu was found passing along the highway.
and some one said. 'Why do YOU carry that
torch. when YOU can't ser?" "Ah." said he.
II can't see. but I carry tiis torch that others
may see mo and pity NY helplessness,
and not run me down" Samson, the
giant, with his eyes put out by the Phil
istines, is more helpless than the Smallest
dwarf with vision undamaged. All the
| svmpathes ot Christ were stirred when
Hc saw Bartimeus with darkened
retina. and the only salve He ever made that
we read OF was a mixture Of dust and saliva
and prayer. with which He cured the eyes
OF man blind from his nativity. The value
ol the eye Is shown as much by its catastro-
| phe aS by its healthful action. Ask the man
VINO Tor twenty years has not seen the sun
rise. Ask the man who for half n century
has not seen the face OF u friend. Ask In the
/ hospital the victim OF ophthalmia Ask the
man whose eyesight perished in powder
blast. Ask tho Bartimens who never met n
| Christ or the man born bind who Is to die
blind. Ask him.
This morning, In my imperfect way,
| have only hinted at the splendors. the gio-
ries. the wonders. the divine revelations, tho
! apocalypses of the human eye. and stagger
back from the awful portals OF the physiol-
| ogical miracle which must have taxed the
! ingenuity Of a God. to cry out I'm your ears
| the words OF my text "He that formed the
| eye, shall He not see2n Shall Uerschel not
know ~ much as his telescope2 Shall
Fraunhofer not know as much as his spec
troscopc3 Shall Swammerdan not know as
| much as his microscope? Shall DR. Hooko
/ not EunW n runah aa "a, -
the thing formed know more than its mas.
teri "He tnat formed the eye, shall He not
seen
The recoil OF this question Is tremendous
| We stand at the center OF vast clrcumfer-
ence OF observation. No privacy. On us.
eyes OF cherubim, eyes OF seraphim, eyes OF
archangel. eyes ot God. We may not be-
aoie TO see the habitants OF other worlds,
but perhaps they may he able to see us. We
nave not optical instruments enough 10
descry them; perhaps they have optical in
| struments strong enough to descrv u.s. The
mole cannot see the eagle mid SKY, but the
eagle mid sky can see the mole mid grass.
We are able 10 see mountains and caverns of
another world. but perhaps the Inhabitants
ot other worlds can see the towers OF our
cities, the flash OF our seas, the marching of
our professions. the white robes OF our we'd
dings, the black scarfs Of our obsequIes.
~ passes out from the guess into the posi-
tive when we are told in the Bible that the
irhabitants of other worlds do come as con-
voy TO this. Are they not all ministering
spirits sent forth tq minister 10 those who
shall be heirs of sgSSation2 But human in
spection. and an%.tic inspection. and stellar
Inspection, and lunar inspection, and solar
inspection are tame compared with the
thought of divine inspection. "You con-
verted me twenty years ago." said n black
man to my father. "How sof" said my
49, ~ 4
lin the old schoolhouse prayer meeting al
Bound Brook you said In your prayer,
Thou, God, seest me- and | hal no peace
under the eye of God until became Chris
tian.' Hear II. "The eyes Of the Lord are
In every place." ''TIis eyelids try the chill
dren OF men. "His eyes were rs q flame OF
fire" "I will guide thee with Mine eye."
oh, the eye OF God, so full OF pity, so full OF
power. so full of love. 50 full OF indigna-
ton. so full OF compassion, so full OF mercy!
How II peers through the darkness. How II
outshtnes. the day! How 1t glares upon the
offenderl How II beams on the penilent
soul! Talk about the human eve as being
indescribaby wonderful! How much more
wonderful the great, searching, overwhelm-
ing eye OF God! All eternity past and all
eternity to come on that retna.
The eyes with which we look into each
others face to-day suggest L.. Ii 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 Gohl
It~sees our sorrows to assuage them, sees
our perplexlties to disentange them, sees
our wants to sympathize with them. II we
light Him back, the eye of IN antagonist IL
we ask His grace, the eye OF an everlasting
friend. You often lnd in book or manu-
scrlDt star calling your attention to foot
re or explanation That star the printer
an uatA al npt nlI th.. a.. Al.
night are asterisks calling your attention to
God-an all observing God. Our every
nerve divine handwriting. Our every
muscle pulley divinely swung. Our every
bone sculptured with divine suggestion. Our
every eye reflection OF the divine eve God
above us, and God beneath US, and God be-
fore US, ani God behind us, and God within
us.
What n stupendous thing to lite! What n
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 20 the face of
the witness and cried, MAY il please the
court and gentlemen Of the jury, behold the
murt 'er! anu 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 II brighter light than that.
1t is under the burning eye of God. He Is
not a blind giant stumbling through the
heavens. He Is not blind monarch feeling
for the step of His chariot. Are you wronged?
He secs 1t. Are you pOorl lie sees il. Have
you domestic perturbation of which the
world knows nothing He sees II. "Oh,"
you say, my affairs are so Insignificant I
can't realize that God sees mo and sees my
affairs" Can you see the point OF a pin2
Can you see the eye of needle? Can YOU
see mote in the sunbeam? And has God
given You that power OF minute observation,
aud does lie not possess II Himself? HE
that formed the eye, shall He not see?"
But you say; "Gol Is in ono world and I
am in another world. He seems so far Jff
from me | don't really think He sees what Is
going on in my life" Can you SEQ the sun
% 200, ,0OJ miles away, and do you not think
God has as prolonged vision? But you saw.
There are phases of my life aud there are
colors-shades OF color-in my annoyances
and my vexations that don't think God can
understand. Does not God gather up all
the colOrS and all the shales of color In tha