66 EYE. 



A. " I praise thee, O Lord God, for having form- 

 ed my eye in so wonderful a manner ! I have not 

 hitherto considered the gift of sight as I should have 

 done, that is, as a masterpiece of thy hands, and as a 

 convincing proof^ that even the most minute parts of 

 my body are the works of God and not of blind 

 chance. Pardon me, O wise and Almighty Creator ! 

 if, while I have used my eyes, I have not thought of 

 thee with the warmest gratitude. May I employ 

 them in examining thy word and works ; and wheth- 

 er I contemplate the heavens or the earth ; my- 

 self or the sacred volume ; may I be induced to bless 

 and praise thy wonderful goodness. When I behold 

 the miseries of many of my fellow-creatures, let not 

 my eye refuse them tears, nor my heart be shut up 

 to compassion ; thus may I fulfil the views of thy 

 goodness, and through Jesus Christ be worthy of thy 

 approbation." 



T. A similar reflection might with but too much 

 propriety, be extended to all the powers with which 

 our Creator has endowed us ; that we do not devote 

 them, as we should do, to his service. I trust, that, 

 in contemplating new proofs of his power and wisdom, 

 we may be excited to a stronger disposition to honor 

 him with " our bodies and spirits which are his." 

 You may proceed to the next description. 



