The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22

The lamp of thy body is thine inc eye: +v1 The9 af light; but when 1t is evil. thy body also is full of oarkness." St Luke Il 34
 Let us think for a moment how much the eye is to the body! How of sight! How little we can do With out this little lamp of the soul! We are shut in from all the larger life or the world, and the power of all the other senses is sadly limited without this light of the physical life!
 To be blind is a great misfortune Sight is no doubt the highest of the senses. Theseye was made for the light, and the light is for the eye. Perception of form, order, color, ana all the elements of beauty leads to thought, knowledge, and the appreci- uses of the things of the material world; and so through the eye the mind is furnished for the exercise of reason, conscience and the imagiDa- tion. The use of the other senses may in measure make up for the loss of sight, and the mind and heart may still enter into the true light of the spiritual life; but to be blind, and live in the darkness, grOplng about In the bright sunshine of this beautiful world as if there were no Sun, such is the parable of the life that has no faith In 1t, but is without God in the world.
 Again, there are many who are in part blind. It is really surprising how many have defective sight! There are many who see, and yet do not see. They have but a limited power to per- ceive any object. Some are near sight ed, and find no real pleasure as they look out upon the distant landscape. Others do not see things in their right proportions Some are color blind; and many who have some defect of
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 and the intolerance they have suffered in consequence. And it is not uncom- mon that one may gradually become
 blind in one eye or in both, and not be aware of the fact, for time at least; so that seeing they do not really these considerations as we apply
 the parable to the moral, spirit ual life! The light of life is the eye of faith in us; and how blind and dark
 indeed, is the soul that does not be- lieve! s'The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" And there are various kinds of fools in this re- spect. One may be fool in religion for any one of several reasons. It may be defect in his nature. He may have but small power to receive spir- itual impressions. His moral nature
 may be unspiritual because of deficient or false education. Training and cul- ture have much to do with the quality of our characters in every way, but
 more in the spiritual life perhaps,
 than in anything else. The unbelief of many is due to ignorance and evil associations. Men also have difficult ties in the religious life which are of the intellect. The agnostic says there is no proof that there is God. If there is one we cannot know it, that is, by the senses, or by reason. There fore there is no God! There are oth-
 CTS with whom faith is difficult, be- cause they lack the power of imagin- ation. But the worst intidelity of all is that of an evil corrupt life. The fool who says 'In his heart" there is no God is one who does not want to | believe, and will not repent of his sins, because he prefers to continue in wickedness; for it is with the heart l that we must believe unto righteous ness, and with the mouth we must confess unto salvation.
 | 'Look therefore, says the Lord,
 whether the light that is in thee be not darkness 'a.