290 THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION 
side of the cloud comes a mighty hand meeting with 
power the force of Assyria. From the other side, a 
lithe and sinewy hand thwarts the subtlety of Egypt. 
But Jehovah is behind the cloud. 
Again we understand that we are made in the 
image of our Maker. Again we understand the 
power of the uplift of this idea. From the conflict 
it has emerged in new and glorified form. Hath a 
God eyes that he may see? Hath a God ears that he 
may hear? Hath a God hands that he may work? 
These we know to be but human forms of speaking. 
Eyes, ears, and hands we may owe to the brute from 
whom we have sprung; in our eyes and ears and 
hands we show the relationship we bear to them. 
These are not the image of God. God is a deeper, a 
finer, a nobler something than hands, than ears and 
eyes. The image of God lies within ourselves: the 
image of God is that which makes us what we are. 
In every noble purpose, in every earnest endeavor to 
uplift ourselves or our fellowman, in every thought 
that turns us from the evil of a repented past, in every 
desire with which our hearts yearn to strengthen, 
support and sustain our friends and even our ene- 
mies, shines forth the image of Almighty God. This 
it is that links us with the Eternal: this it is that 
makes it worth while that we should be Eternal. Be- 
sides this what are hands and ears and eyes? We 
