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REV. DIR. TAIMAGE.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE
NOTED DIVINE.
Subject: "The All SEEING"


NOTED DIVINE.
Subject: sThe All SEEING"
TEXT: "He that formed the eye, shall be
not see?"-Psalm KEW, Q.
The imperial organ Of the human system
is the eye. Al up and down the Bible God
honors il. extols It, illustrates it or arraigns
it. Five hundred and thirty-four times it is
mentioned in the Bible. Omnipresence...
Fthe eyes Of the Lord ara in every place. "
Divine care-''as the apple Of the eye" The
clouds-"the eyelids of the morning" 1r-
reverence-''the eve that mocketh at Its
father" Pride-"Oh. how lofty are their
eyes!'' Inattention-"the FOOLS eye in the
ends OF the earth " Divine inspection
"wheels full OF eyes" Suidenness-"in the
twinkling Of an eye at the last trump" o.
ivetic sermon-"the light Of the body is the
eye" This mornings text: HE that formed
the eye, shall He not see?' The surgeons. the
doctors, the snstomists and the physiolo-
gists understand much Of the glories Of the
two great lights Of the human face, but the
vast multitudes 90 on from cradle to grave
without any appreciation of the two great
masterpieces OF the Lord God Almighty. II
God had lacked anything Of infinite wisdom,
BE would have failed In creating the human
eye. We wander through the earth trying
10 see wonderful sights, but the most won
Gerful sight that we ever see Is not so won
derful as the instruments through wh1cn we
$50 It.
It has been q strange thing to me for forty
years that some scientist with enough elo-
quence and.masnetism did not 90 through
the country with Illustrated lectures on can:
vas thirty feet square to startle and thrill and
overwhelm Christendom with the marves OF
the human eye. We want the eye taken from
all its techhnicalities, and some one who shall
Lay aside all talk about the pterygomaxllsry
assures, and ths solerotica, and the chtaama
OF the optic nerve, and In common pariance
which you and and everybody can under:
stand present the subject. We have learned
men who have been telling US what our on
gin is and what we were. Oh, II some one
should come forth from the dissecting table
and from the classroom Of the university and
take platform, and asking the help OF the
Creator, demonstrate the wonders OF what
we arNl
III refer to the physiological facts sug-
gested by the former part Of my text 1t ID
only to bring out In palmer way the theo-
logical lessons at the latter part OF my text,
"He that formed the eye. shall BE not see?"
i suppose my text referred to the human eye,
Eince it excels all others In structure and IN
adaptation. The eyes Of fish and reptiles and
moles and bats are very simple things. be-
cause they have not much to do. There
are insects with 100 eyes, but the 100
eyes have less faculty than the human eyes.
The black beetle swimming the summer
pond has two eyes under water and two eyes
above the water, but the four insectile are
not equal to the two human. Man, placed
at the head OF all living creatures, must have
supreme equipment, while the blind fish In
the Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky have only
an undeveloped organ OF sight, an apology
for the eye, which, II through some crevice
OF the mountain they should get into the
sunlight, might be developed into positive
eyesieht. In the first chapter Of Genesis we
find that God, without any consultation.
created the light, created the trees, created
the fish, created the fowl. but when he was
about to make man he called convention OF
divinity, as though to imply that all the
powers Of Godhead were to be enlisted In the
achievement. fLet US make man. Put
whole ton Of emphasis on that word Gus"
uLet us make man" Aud II God called
ealled a convention Of divinity to create man
7 think the two great questions in that con-
ference were how to create soul and how
to make an appropriate window for that en-
peror to look out OF.
See how God honored the eye before He
created it. He cried, until chaos was irradi-
Rted with the utterance, "Let there be
lightr' In other words, before He intro
duced man into this temple Of the world He
Illuminated It. prepared 1t for the eyeslght.
And so, after the last human eye has been
DESTROYED in the final demolition OF the
world, stars are to fall. and the sun is to
cease its shining, and the moon Is to turn
into blood. In other words, after the hui
man eyes are no more to be prohted by their
shining. the chandeliers OF heaven are to be
turned out. God, to educate and to bless
and TO help the human eye. lin the mantel
silver lamp-the one for the day and the
other for the night. To show how God hon
ors the eye, look at the two halls built for
the residence OF the eyes, seven bones max
ing the wall for each eye. the seven bones
curiously wrought together. Kingiy palace
Of ivory Is considered rich, but the halls for
the residence Of the human eye are richer by
30 much as human bone Is more sacred than
elephantine tusk. See how God honored
the eyes when He made roof for them, 80
that the sweat Of toll should not smart them
and the rain dashing against the forehead
should not drip into them. The eyebrows
not bending over the eye. but reaching to
the right and TO the left, so that the rain and
the sweat should be compelled to drop upon
the cheek. instead OF falling into this divine
ly protected human eyesight. See how God
honored the eye in the fact presented by
anatomists and psychologists that there are
800 contrivauces in every eye. For window
shutters, the eyelids opening and closing
$500 times day. The eyelashes so con-
structed that they have their selection as to
what shall be admitted, saying to the dust,
"Stay out" and saying to the light, "Come
In" For inside curtains the iris, or pupil OF
the eye, according as the light Is greater or
less. contracting or dilatine.
The eye Of the owl is blind In the day
time, the eyes OF some creatures are blind at
night, but the human eye 80 marvelously
constructed can see both by day and by
night. Many Of the other creatures OF God
can move the eye only from side to side,
but the human eye 80 marvelously con-
structed has one muscle to lift the eye, and
another muscle to lower the eye, and an
other muscle to roll 1t to the right, and an
other muscle to roll 1t to the left, and an
other muscle passing through pulley to
turn 1t round and round-an elaborate gear
Ing OF six muscles as perfect as God could
make them. There also is the rettna,
gathering the rays OF light and passing the
visual impression along the optic nerve,
about the thickness OF the lampwick-pass-
ing the visual i'm IMPRESSION on to the senorism
and on into the soul. What delicate lens,
what an exquisite screen, what soft cushions,
what wonderful chemistry Of the human
eye! The eye, washed by a slow stream OF
moisture whether we sleep or wake. rolling
imperceptibly over the pebble Of the eye and
emptying into bone Of the nostril. con-
trivance 80 wonderful that it can see the
sun, 81, ,0OO, 900 miles away. and the point OF
q pin. Telescope. and microscope in the
same contriyance. The astronomer swings
and moves this way and that and adjusts and