The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-20

women and children? know you are
all worn out. and so am !. but all those
who will march with me TO save those
women and children hold up your
hand" Then Havelock said: 1T is al.
most dark, and my eyesight Is very
poor, and ! cannot see your raised
hands, but know they are all up. For
ward 10 Cawnpur!" That hero's eyes,
though almost distinguished in the
service OF God and his country. could
see across India and across the CEN
turtles. But let anybody who has one
| good eye be thankful. and all who have
two good eyes be twice as thankful.
Take care OF your eyes and thank God
every morning when you open them
for capacity TO see the light. do not
wonder at the behavior of poor maj
in France. lie had been born blind.
but was skillful groom in the stables.
A surgeon, riding up one evening.
gave his horses into the care of the
blind groom. Late at night the trav-
cling surgeon went TO the stables and
found The groom still at work upon
the horses. and the grateful and sym
pathetic surgeon resolved in the morn
ing to reward the blind groom with
money. But in the night the surgeon
bethought himself that perhaps he
could give the groom something bet
ter than money. In the morning he
said TO the blind groom: "Siep ou,
into the sunshine! You are 40 years Of
age. | could surely have cured your
blindness IL had seen you sooner, but
come>to Paris. and I will give you sight
il you do not die under the operation"
Paying the poor mans way to Paris.
the operation was successful. For the
first time the man saw his wife and
children, and having taken good look
at them he turned and said: LET me
look on my friend. the surgeon. who
has opened all :hs beautiful world 10
me and shown me my loved ones"
Was not that glorious? Only those who
have been restored from utter blind
ness can appreciate the omnipotent
blessing OF eyesight.
You often find in a book of manu-
script star calling your attention 10
a footnote or explanation. That star
the printer calls an asterisk. But all
the stars Of the night heavens are as
terisks calling your attention to God,
an all-observing God. Our every nerve
a Divine handwriting. Our every mus
Gle pulley Divinely swung. Our
every bone sculptured with Divine sug-
gestiveness. Our every. eye refec.
ton 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 a stupendous thing to die! NJ
such thing as hidden transgress:on.
A dramatic advocate in olGen times
at night in courtroom, persuaded 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 VII
ness and cried: MAY it please the
court and gentlemen of the jury, be-
hold the murderer!" and the man
practically under that awful glare con-
OF the man arraigned at the bar. Oh,
my friends, our most hidden sin is a
brighter light than that! 1t is under
he burning eye of God.
He is not blind giant stumbling
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 it.
Have you domestic perturbation OF
which the world knows nothing? lie
soesit. Oh you say, my affairs are
so insignificant can't realize that God
sees me and sees my afrairs!" Can
you see the point OF pin? Can you
see the point Of a needle? Can you see
a mote in the sunbeam? And has God
given you that power Of minute obscr-
walton and does He not possess IT
Himself? "Ile that formed the eye,
4haH. lie not sec?" -
Bnti you say; God is in. ore world
and am in another world. He seems
so far off from me don't really think
lie sees what is going on in my life"
Can you see the sun 95,000.G00 miles
away, and do you not think God has
as prolonged vision? But you} say:
There are phases OF my life and there
arc colors, shades of color in my an
noyanccs and my vexations that |
don't think God car understand"
Does not God gather up all the colors
and all the shades Of color in the rain
bow? And do you suppose there is
any phase or any shade in your life
that lie has not gathered up in His
own heart?
BESIDES that, ] want to tell you IL
will soon all be over, this struggle.
That eye OF yours. so exquisitely fash.
toned and strung and hinged and
rcofcd will before long close in the
last slumbcr. Loving hands will
smooth down the silkcn fringcs. sc
lie giveth Ills beloved sleep
A legend of st. Frotobcrt is that his
mother was blind and he was so sorcly
pitful for the misfortune that one
day in sympathy he kissed her eyes
and by miracle she saw everything
But IL is not legend when tell yor
that all the blind eyes OF the Chris
iian dead under the kiss Of the rcsur'
rection morn shall glorionsly open
Oh. what day that will be for those