Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-19

III you do not die under the operation -
Paying the poor mans way 20 Paris.
the operation was successful. For the
first time the man saw his wife and
children. and having taken n good look
at them he turned and said. LET me
look on my friend the surgeon. who
has opened all this beautiful world to
me and shown me my loved ones
Was not that glorious? Only those
who have been restored from utter
blindness can appreciate the omnip-
otent blessing of eyesight.
wisdom of the Almighty.
The Earl of Bridgewater in his last
will and testament bequeatbed $4,000
for essays to be written on the power
and wisdom and goodness of God as
manifested in creation, and Sir Charles
Bell. the British surgeon. fresh from
Coruna and Waterloo. where he had
been tending the wounded and study
ing the formation OF the human body
amid the amputatlng horrors or the
battlefield, accepted the Invitation to
write one of those Bridgewater trea-
tises. and he wrote his book on the hu-
man hand. n book that will live as long
limited at the splendors. the glorics. the
wonders. the divine revelations. the
apocalypses of the human eye. and l
stagger back from the awful portals OF
the physiological miracle which must
have ia xed the Ingenuity of God to
cry out in your ears the words OF my
text. "He that formed the eye. shall
be not seeT" Shall Herschel not know
as much as his telescope? Shall
Fraunhofer not know as much as his
spectroscope? Shall Swammerdnm not
know rs much as his microscopes? Shall
DIR. Hooke not know as much rs his
micrometcr? Shall the thing formed
known more than Its maker? HE
that formed the eye. shall he not sce?''
The recoil OF this question is trcmeu-
sous. We stand Mt the center of vast
circumference OF observation. No pri-
-acy. On us, eyes OF cherubim. eyes
sf seraphim. eyes Of archnngel. eyes
OF God. We may not be able to see the
inhabitants OF other worlds. but per-
haps they may he able TO see u.s. We
have not optical Instruments strong
enough to descry them: pcrhnps
they have optical Instruments strong
enough TO descry us. The mole cannot
see the eagle midair, but the eagle mid
SKY can see the mole midgrass. We
are able TO see mountains and cavcrns
OF another world. but perhaps the in
habitants of other worlds can see the
towers OF our cities, the flash of our
seas, the marching Of cur professions.
the white robes of our weddings. the
black scarfs OF our obsequies. 1t pass
es out from the guess into the positive
when we are told In the Bible that the
inhabitants Of other worlds do come to
this. Are they not all ministering spir-
Its sent forth TO minister TO those who
shall be heirs of salvation?
The Divine Inspection.
But human inspection aud angelic
inspection and stellar inspection and
lunar inspection and solar inspection
are tame as compared with the thought
OF divine inspection. you converted
me 20 years ago." said colored man
TO my father. How soT' said my IA
Their. Twenty years ago." said the
other. 'in the old scboolhouse prayer
meeting at Bound Brook you said In
your prayer. Thou God scest me- and
l had no peace under the eye OF God
until L became Christian" Hear IL:
THE eyes or the Lord are In every
place" His eyelids try the children
OF fire." His eyes were rs a fame 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 mercy How IL peers through
the darkncssi How IL outshines the
day. How IL gtnrcs upon the offender!
How 1t beams on the penltent SOUL
Talk about the human eye as being In
describably wonderful - how much
more wonderful the great. searching.
overwhelming eye of God. All eternity
past and all eternity TO come on that
retina. The eyes with which we look
Into each others face today suggest II.
1t stands written twice on your face
and twice on mine unless through cas-
ualty one or both have been oblterat-
co. He that formed the eye. shall he
not see?" oh. the eye OF God, IL
sees our sorrows 10 assuage them, secs
our perplexitics TO disentangle them.
sees our wants 60 sympathlze with
them. III we fight him back. the eve
OF an antagonist. IL we ask his grace.
the eye OF an everlasting friend
You often find In book or manu-
script star calling your attention 10 n
footnote or explanation. That star the
printer calls an asterisk. But all the
stars OF the night heavens are asterisks
calling your attention to God. an all
observing God. Our every nerve n
divine handwriting Our every muscle
pulley divinely swung. Our every
bone scuiptured with divine sugges-
tiveness- Our every eye n 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 stupendous thing 10 live. What
a stupendous thing TO die! No such
thing rs hidden transgression.
A dramatic advocate IN olden 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 wit
ness and cried. May II please the
court and gentlemen OF the jury. be-
hold the murderer and the man prao-
ucaIy under that awful glare cor TESS
ed that he was the criminal instead OF
the man arraigned at the bar. Oh. nv
friends. our most hidden sin is under n
brighter light than that; Il is under
the burning eye OF God.
Sight Restored.
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 1t. Are you poor? He sees II.
Have you domestic perturbation of
which the world knows nothing? He
sees II. oh" you say. my affairs
are so Insignificant l can't realize that
God sees me and sees my affairs" Can
you see the point OF a pin2 Can you