| Show AN ALL SEEING EYL EYE written for the Js there an all seeing eye an eye that sees all things penetrates all it things and by the aid of which in intel I 1 ligenise li geniLe comprehends all things thing ii if so BO are all the secret as aa well as the open sets acts of meu men subject t its ita infinite scrutiny and the very ve ry thoughts ot of men by it read in the light of spiritual i discernment can man do g in the darkness of night without being detected by an eye that knows no darkness la Is man u creature of law jaw which has bat emanated from a lawgiver who has haa no means of 01 detecting violations of that law jaw one whose eye will nut look upon sin in with the least degree of allowance questions ot of this nature cullu be multiplied but answers to the forego ing may maybe be sufficient clont f fr r the purpose in view we live in au an age when men are strongly etron gly inclined to the belief that there may be no god they neither ee as nor hear bear him aud they say any what our senses cannot pt perceive receive eive is 10 dot OL titled to our bellet belief much less our regard they do not stop atop to consider that the gou god worshiped by the worlo never could be by eugual daure baure that which its i adapted only to earth and material mai erial things tie he has haa not partaker partaken par taken of the nature of mav map is bot subject to sin tue violation of 01 the law jaw of his own bein but JD in comparison to 10 man MAD it la is written his ways are as lar for above mans way as e the heavens are nigh above the me earth it cannot be supposed for a moment that his eyes can only see as do the eyes of man main only able to discern a mere speck of the earth on which he has haa a home it la Is as aa much an historical hiat orical fact that he fie has haa given laws lawa to man as aa that he has made man a being jf jaw with a nature and capacity to be developed by law the one fact we are conscious ul of in our own personal existence and the other we verity verify by an observance 0 the che law lo in tue law giver then must be r rt cognized power to enforce the law jaw by penalty po nalty if violated and the beaus of knowing when the law Is ia violated and t what extent in order that thai judgment fud guient ue te rendered and Jue justice tice ili hia eternal attribute be honored this thie fact itself would suggest the necessity of an all seeing eye to comprehend the ways of MUD men and history proves proven wat that individually anu and collectively his eyes are over all both the evil anu the good and hla jais reward it is with him when cain slow his bis brother abel toe he thought no eye could see himbur bim but ous ole did became hia accuser and just retribution trib ution followed when the inhabitants of the earth hati universally riven given themi themselves elves up to all manner lt 0 wickedness that all fleeing vye eye was upon them and the earth being defiled under its inhabitants was washed bleau from the sine bins that bat were upon it by a flood and its winners sinners perished again when men had increased in theland the landinez land iney they together anu and took council how bow they could defy the me power of that god who they had bad learned could do kilts his pleasure among mon men he waited not dot lor for the consummation of their desi but knowing the very thoughts of their minds frustrated their purpose by confounding their language thereby scattering them to the ends of the earth and t heir tower which was to reach the heavens cean ceased od to be erected in this cues case that all fleeing eye aye a ye not only bebetu their works but penetrated the inmost recesses esea of toe alie heart and saw the intent thereof tte the character of the puni aliment inflicted was hafl such as dulu oulu not he attributed to lu man MAD it was the reproof of a god these and many other like instances ot 01 justice matei to man fur for violation ol of divine law are but paralleled by the favor and mercy of god to those ahu have shown love for foi him by obeying his oum manu among such may be Justan instanced ced the life of jesus miraculous manifestations of divine favor and power attended his hie life because he only todo to do the will 01 ol GOs gou which made him like god angels attended him and the father also was wag heard to say that in him he was well pleased he shut the mouths of lions and quenched the violence ut the fiery jurnack to show forth his power tor for the d U jihei ance of those who bad obeyed his hie call his hie till all seeing fleeing eye suit aud watchful cure care were ever over them nations and peoples have been atie recipients ot of hla hits ual oal to that extent that all acknowledge his watchful watch tul all seeing eye is over all ail the workmanship of his hia hands bands whether of worlds or the inhabitants tiereo that none can escape his hia scrutiny though they arnould anould hide in the uttermost parts of the earth instances 8 in proof of thib assertion aseer asker tion may be found in his hie deal inga with a cieni israel in their deliverance from egyptian he saw their distress dis tresH and heard their cries and they were brought tu to a gooddy land and aau set free from all their ene enemies A similar instance has come under the observation of many living in out our jay aheu a people peeled and driven from their ho humes mes by faith traversed a desert wilderness to find a home in a fur far oft off laud land to which they were led by a prophet of that god who bau looked upon them with a pitying eye eye stud and accepted their sacrifice for the cause of truth in their time of hunger and need one was miraculously lei on manna the other on quails to pre preserve berve life arbus individuals and nations have ha ve testified if cf uoti god mercy V those w who be put their trust in him enoch kept the tb law and acquired that faith which rent the vail and enabled him to la walk and talk with goo god face to face moses could abide kilts presence and glory when upon toe the mount the brightness of the appearance was like the fire of a burning bush the brother of jarod jared could not only set see gid and know hico but wi abs 9 per emitted to gaze upon the innumerable creations that filled the of 01 space A paul could be caught up to the third heave 8 and see and hear bear things unlawful for man to utter and lust hist but not least J of eab the deer ot of our day traversed dinue and f pace to the third heaved be avene and has written ol of the glory of each as aa being the glory of god and far beyond the comprehension of men in the flesh by BM anil many other ed testimonies we are assured that god lives that he is iu in all over all and through all and that his all seeing eye to IB over the workmanship of his hands to the their immortality and eternal life all albov ing in harmany harm ny with and in in obed hed bence to eternal law lair which hes haa emanated from the great eternal et ot erual om necie nt and all ai wise GOJ in the fact that he is hid bid from our observation constitutes the condition by bv which man becomes subject tu to tempt tem pta bioti and his bis free agency la is brought into its lull full exercise were we dwelling in his hie presence we could not be tempted to do ebat we often indulge in without restraint becs because we think no eye can see flee us most of us ua from personal exper experience lonce know full well that the way wayward ward inclined child will take greater liber ties when father is 18 out of eight than when he knows known father eyes are upon him that man 1311 LUId be cast from his Fat fathers herPs presence was waa out a cot condition seems seema to have been necessary to remove all reat restraint to the lull full and complete emeri exercise as e of ma mans ns free agency ana alu without w which man blight never be known if iu lile hla 1 true character so as c t obtain a J justly estly merited reward tu make mau man an accountable he be must be iree free from all ail re restraint a being and of his bis own voluntary choosing jeara bearn tie be good from the evil man waa deprived ot of nia his father fathera Fat bera 3 pre presedo seno he be was wae bol ilat to lo his hia eight bight the val vail I 1 I 1 ot of darkness that covers him ot of sin aud and coute consequent quent mortality ortY Lu 0 only bides god from man not I 1 froin god this thia I 1 act seems to be man mal lost tu to the human minu mino aou and men say eay in their bearbe we may sin am a tittle calor lor no eye beeth ut no one can know the ot of our layf and of we will in tile pleasures of six aln lor for a season thus thaia satan bus lower ow r over the children ot of mon men and them by reason of their car carnal dal minds minde even to deny god because they him not aes aee on the other hand band it if all mon men lived with tuis fact over ever alou the he mind that the eye the likht liht and spirit ui of guu GOU penetrates all things thine and that all telny a are re by him even to the fall fal I 1 ot or the bp op arrow or tue hair bair of abe tb 0 beair no DO lutellis lut ellig aut a conscious 0 being would 1 t ver ever do a used perform an ace or cherish a thought lor for which he would not be willing to be brought into judgment wrong would cease and ngui would prevail everywhere no one would profane the name of 0 toe the deity he be venerated duch profanity would cease and the law jaw forbidding the taking of hla his name I 1 in vain would be honored A aud ud to BO with all the he divine rt r quare mentis imposed upon the oo nuoi of mau man when law la is broken the harmony with god liao has endowed all his hia works la Is disturbed that disturbance produces discord 9 discord strife and strife anger angrand and dissolution the rho laws of life relating to mauve mans physical organization cannot be violated with impunity withof t creating discord in all the ibe ao clate i parta part lr educing disease and debility which it 11 not overcome by special effort re butts aults in the dissolution of the entire t m death I 1 this rule of fact applies to all thing a io from the individual man both as to his physical and social condl A tion to the worlds world that move in space appointment so BO harmonious divine by bv spheres and solar eolar relationship in ii their as aa to be viewed as aa representing god go moving in his hia majesty of sublime order and loveliness when we draw this vall vail aside lay this mortal by and come into his ce our little time oi 0 i earth will presence with the flitting only seem em to compare cloud that has bag passed between our vision and the suns bright rays it is and the light and heat beat of passed soon boon td life so 80 essential to and those rays are only the better appreciated growth for the few moments of their obscurity so 80 ity our brief absence from fathers of glory never dimmed may presence render us more susceptible and enable us the better to appreciate the life virtues that radiate from him giving receive of his fullness and to all who are thereby made partakers par takers of eternal life be sure 0 man your sins sine will find out an all ail gebing geeing eye is ever yuu 8 W richards over atul |
