Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1885 — Gordon’s Eyes. [ARTICLE]

Gordon’s Eyes.

Gordon was not one of the one-eyed heroes of history. Here is wbat Mr. Stannard says of the extraordinary fascination of his eyes: “What eyes they were! keen and clear, filled with the beauty of holiness; bright with an unnatural brightness; their expression one of settled feverishness; their color blue gray, as is the sky on a bitter March morning. I know not what effect those eyes had on all he came in contact with, though,from the unfailing and willing obedience with which his orders were carried out, I fancy that, to some extent, he unconsciously mesmerized nine out of ten to do his will, but I know that upon me their effect was to raise a wild longing, a desperate desire to do something, anything, at his bidding. It was not an unpleasant or uncanny sensation; it was not that any evil thought or suspicion lurked within the windows of his brave and pure soul. His power was the power of resolute goodness, and it was strong —so strong that lam sure, had he told me to stand on mv head, or to perform some impossible feat, I should certainly have tried my utmost to accomplish it, without giving a moment for reflection as to whether the order was reasonable or not.” —Pall Mall Gazette.