The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-01
THE MAKER OF THE EYE.
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Aii-seeins Power of Him Who Gave
Sight TO Men.

= Five hundred and thirty.four times II is
,,entioned in the Bible. Omniprespnce--
,the eyes Of the Lord are in every rlace."
pivine care-''as the apple of the eye" The
clouds-"the eyelids OF the morning Ir-
,sverence-"the eve that mocketh Mt its
father" Pride-"Oh. how lofty are their
eyes" Inattention-"th fool's eye in the
ends OF the earth " Divine inspection
.vhcels full OF eyes" Suddenness- .''in the
,winkling Of an eve at the last trump" OIL
iyetic sermon -"the light OF the body is the
ave. This mornings tex; ''He that formed
,6e eve. shall He not see2' The surgeons. the
Joet6rs the anatomists and the physiolo-
cis,s understand much Of the glories Of the
two great lights OF tbs human face. but the
| vast multitudes go 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.
| Ue would have failed in creating the human
owe. We wander through the earth trying
| N sea wonderful sights but the most won
deriul sight that we ever see IN not so won
deriul a. the instruments through which we
SEE II.
II has been n strange thing to me for forty
tears that some scientist with enough clo-
ouance and magnetism did not go through
NE country with illustrated lectures on can
vas thirty feet square TO startle and thrill and
oyervheim Christendom with the maryels of
All listechhnicalities, and some one who shall
ay aside all talk about the pterygomaNillary
assires and the sclcrotica, and the chiasmn
of the optic nerve. and in common parlance
witch YOU and and everybody can under
stand present the subject. We have learned
men who have been telling us what our ORR
GIN is and what we were Oh 10 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
Orator, demonstrate the wonders of what
We arc'
II | refer to tho physiological facts sug-
rested BY the former part OF my text IL Is
nly to bring out in n palmer way the theo-
ogical lessons at the latter part Of my text,
H. that formed the eye. shalt He not seey"
suppose my text referred to the human eve.
nce it excels all others in structure and in
hptaiion. The eyes Of FISH and reptiles and
oles aud bats are very simple things. be-
ause they have not much to do. There
~ Insects with 100 eyes. but the 100
yes have less faculty than the human eyes
DE black beetle swimming the summer
Ond has two eyes under water and two ewes
l0ye the water but the four insectile are
tclual TO the two human. Man. placed
the head of all living creatures, must have
rteme equipment, while the blind fish in
Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky have only
Unleyeloped organ OF sight, an apology
nth eye. which, IL through some crevico
the mountain they should get into the
might, might be developed into positive
esight. In the first chapter OF Genesis we
: that God, without any consultation.
Iaiel the light created the trees, created
: fish. created the fowl, but when he was
put to make man he ctsred convention Of
snliy. rs though to imply that all the
wers Of GOdhead were to be enlisted I'm the
!. hleyement. LET us make man." Put
ole ton OF emphasis on that word "us"
!. n rs make man." And II God called a
y Jed convention OF divinity to create man
! link the two great questions in that con-
: fnce we're how to create n soul and how
: make an appropriate window for that en-
= brt0 look out or
: he how God honored the eye before He
q hted II. He cried, until chaos was irradi-
S with the utterance, "Let there be
= lt' In other words, before He intro
I'd man into this temple of the world He
y minated it, prepared 1t for the eyesight.
n So after the last human eye has been
10 royed in the final demolition of the
~ u, stars are to fall. and the sun is to
It's shining, aud the moon is to turn
~ blood. In other words, after the hui
40 eyes are no more to be proflted by their
= nc. the chandeliers Of heaven are tn be
ed out. God, to educate aud TO bless
8 70 help the human eye, setin the mantCv
N''u NNb lulilpH--d Soll lamp ana n
; amp---the one for the day and the
Tor the night. To show how God hon
eye, look at the two halls built for
y sdence OF the eyes, seven bones max
u DE- wall Tor each eye. the seven bones
Il'y wrought together. Kingly palace
o., ~ Is considered rich, but the halls for
Sg edence OF the human eye are richer by
ii ID zen as human bone Is more sacred than
l5 antlne tusk. Sec how God honored
III "a a la NJ TNr thas
he sweat Of toll should not smart them
- le ram dashing against the forehead
not drip into them. The eyebrows
a ] allhg over the eye, but reach,pg to
shI ana 10 the left, so that the rain and
tat should be compelled to drop upon
eek Instead OF falling into this divine
'@tei human eyesight. See how God
6 90 the eye in tho fact presented by
) ls,s and Psychologists that there are
NHyaEces in every eye. For window
"a 'he eyelids opening and closing
lMes day. The eyelashes so con-
that they have their selection rs to
a. l4N oe admitted, saying to the dust,
lI' ana saying to the light Come
inside curtains the iris, or pupil OF
" according rs the light is greater or
= lraeting or dilating.
Eye OF the owl Is blind in the day-
IS al nv eyes OF some creatures are blind ut
" uu' the human eye so marvelously
yea can SEQ both by day and BY
u many OF inc other creatures Of God
M 'g the eye only from side to side,
"A human eye so marvelously con-
has one muscle to lit the eye, and
muscle to lower the eye, and an
Ss' l'Pls 10 roll it to the right, and an
~ 10 roll ii TO the left, and an
"a Iy's passing through pulley to
u una aud round-afpslaborat gear
muscles rs perfect rs God could
en, There also is the retina,
.he rays OF light and passing the
.9e preston along the optic nerve,
!. thickness Of the lampwick
Al lM Impression on to the senorism
4 y Tue soul. What delicate lens,
Y AIuis'te screen, what soft cushions,
4crlul chemistry OF the human
rye, washed by u slow stream OF
Wpue'her we sleep or wake, rolling
,ERrH, "a wv! over the pebble of the eye and
,u'O bono OF the nostril A con-
mai nv wonderful that II can see the
10 VVO miles away, and the point of
4N eope and microscope In the
as hhnance. The astronomer swings
SS tba u.s way and that and adjusts and
:" nS ',grlescope until he gets Il to the
NJ, lhe microscopist moves this
52 n, " anu adjusts and readjusts the
e%y s"s until 1t Is prepared 10 do
LolSs the human eye. without u