Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-24

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blindness, and after awhL9pun asyy was
entirely gone. His physician warned him
that IL he continued reading and writing
he would lose the other eye. But he kept
on with his work and said after sitting In
total darkness: "The choice lay before me
between derelction OF supreme duty and
loss of eyesight. In such a case / could not
listen to the physicians, not II Escuapius
himself had spoken from his sanctuary. 1
could not but obey that inward monitor. |
know not what spoke to me from heaven"
Who Of US would have grace enough to sac.
riflce our eyes at the call of duty?
But, thank God, some have been enabled
to see without very good eyes. General
Havelock, the son OF the more famous
General Havelock, told me this concern
ing his father; In India, while his father
and himself with the army were encamped
one evening time after a long march, Cen
eral Havelock called up his soldiers and
addressed them, saying In words as near
as can recollect: "SoiGiers are their 200 or
800 women, children and men at Cawnpur
at the mercy of Mana Sahib, and his
butchers. Those poor people may any hour
be sacrificed. How many of you will GO
with me for the rescue OF those women and
children? know you are all worn out,
and so am l. But all those who will march
with me to save those women and children
hold up your hand.' Then Havelock
said: 1T Is almost dark, and my eyesight
is very poor, and 1 cannot see your raised
nanuS, out L KNOW tuey are I'LL up.
Forward to Cawnpurl'' That hero's eyes,
though almost extinguished in the service
of God and his country, could see across
India and across the centuries. But LET
any body who has one good eye be thank.
full 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
man In France. He had been born blind,
but was a skillful groom in the stables.
The recoil of this question is tremen-
dous. We stan ut the centre of a vast cir
cumference OF observation. No privacy.
On US, eyes of cherubim, eyes of seraphim
eyes of archangel. 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 instruments
strong enough to descry them; perhaps
they have optical instruments strong
enough to descry us. The mole cannot see
the eagle midair, but the eagle midsky can
see the mole midgrass. We are able to see
mountains and caverns Of another world,
but perhaps the nhabitants of other worlds
can see the towers of our cities, the fash
OF our seas, the marching of our proces.
sions, the white robes OF our weddings, the
black scarfs of our obsequies. 1t passes
out from the guess into the positive when
we are told I'm the Bible that the inhabit
ants of other worlds do come to this
Are they not all miDistering spirits sent
forth to minister to those who shall be
heirs OF salvation2
But human inspection and angelic in
spection aud stellar inspection and lunar
inspection AMI solar inspection are tame
as compared with the thought OF divine
inspection. "You converted me twenty
years ago." said a colored man to my
father. How so?" said my father.
Twenty years ago." said the other, Gin
the old school prayermeeting at
.Tnou, God, seest me- aid had no peace
under the eye of Gol until L became
Christian" Hear it: "The eyes of the
Lord are in every place" His eyelids try
the children of fire." His eyes were as
flame of fire." 81 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 compassion, SO full
Of mere! How it peers through the dark.
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