Blindfolding Their Gods.—There is a custom in some of the Chinese temples where certain orgiastic ceremonies are in operation to blindfold their idols. The same custom is followed in private houses when the inmates are playing cards or dice. What a conception of God. It is another development of that primal falsehood, “Ye shall not surely die; . . . ye shall be as God.” First man exalts himself to Deity, and in this he degrades Deity to the low human level, with all the low human limitations. In more civilized lands men act as the God was not simply blindfolded, but blind. Yet is He neither. He sees and hears our every thought afar off. We can not hide from Him. “Thou God seest me,” is a mighty thought for constant waking consciousness. It is a deterrent to the sinfully inclined; it is a comfort to the faithful.