The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

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The eyes of the Lord are upon the
righteous, and his ears are opon unto
The most keen sighted of tnortaIs
are very blind on some points But
the Lord sees. not as man. for the
works. beholding the eva and the
good. From Him no secrets are
hid; He sees the past and the future,
as well as each event ii our present
The eyes of the LORD are upon the
righteous. ana they see our sorrows.
The Lord tells US distinctly, II know
their sorrows. He knows your sor-
rows and mine. one-half the world
knows nothing of the other half Per-
sons may live side by side, on the
same street, and yet not know of the
troubles next door. What do you
know of the pains. doubts and fears
or those s,, WHOM thn You daily meet? Coo
heart, every darkened home every
lonely life. We cry in our misery.
Nobody knows, nobody cares" but
Jesus knows and Jesus cares. We cry
Tor strength to Him who was wounded
unto death. and He here fails to give
1t. We cry for wisdom to Him, who
becames a little child, and from Him
we receive divine knowledge. Yea all
for It.
Again. the eyes of the Lord see our
burdens. We meet every day persons
on the street. They carry, no burden
on the heart and head II not on the
back. Each one has his own load to
carry. and the Lord knows exactly the
weight of each. He knows yours. poor
to maintain; He knows ' yours. ' poor
mother with that prodigal running
you; He knows yours, poor husband
with the stress OF business cares, and
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husband. The Lord knows your sew
eral burdens, and he will help you to
bear 1t.
The eyes Of the Lord see our sins.
He beholds the righteous ana the good.
We cannot hide anything from His
all-seeing eye. To Him the darkest
night. the most secret place Is as clear
as the MONDAY. A man may deceive
others. and perhaps himself. but he
look into his heart and read all the de-
ceit ami hypocrisy and self-deception
there. There is that unclean thought;
that secret shameful sin. unconfessed.
unforgiven; that cruel envy towards
ones neighbor; that angry. sullen re-
sentiment; that mean dishonest ac-
ton. There they are lying open to
Gods sight, who will one day be our
The eyes of the Lord see our mis-
takes and follies. It Is an amazing
thing to see how people want to be
rich or great. instead OF being Hoodi
how they run after pleasure and honor,
like children after butterfly. All
their honor. ard glory. and might. and
power ond ut last In a COMMA hand
full dust. All go to one place--the-
grave--and the only thing that re-
mains is obedience to God and His Will.
All else goes for nauRht
The eyes of the Lord see our efforts
after good. Most OF us are of small
reputation, and what we DO amounts
to very little. God does not expect us
to do great things. but what He watch
es for is whether we daily do our duty,
however small and humble that may
be. Every little effort for good is
seen and blessed by Him. when you
struggled with that fierce temptation.
Coz saw and helped you. When you
shared your poor food with the still
poorer than yourself, God saw 1t and
II we work for God His eyes see us;
and He helps US. He labors for and
with us, and makes our poor work glo-
rious. For not only does He see all
that you do. but He will reward you
according to your work-if not here.
The eyes Of the Lord are upon the
righteous. What does He see in you?