The Penn's Grove record., 1895-08-02
Rev. DR.. TaLuaGE.
The Brooklyn Dlvlne's Sunda,
Sermon.
Subject: .The All Seeing"

TEXT: "He that formed the eye, shall BE
cot see?'--Pssim xciv, Q.
The imperial organ Of the human system
Be- the eye. All up and down the Bible God
honors 1t, extois It, illustrates 1t or arraigns
It. Five hundred and thirty-four times 1t Is
mentioned in the Bible. Omnipresence-
"the eyes OF the Lord are in every place"
Divine care-''as the apple Of the eye."'. The
clouds-'the eyelids OF the morning" !r-
teyerence-"the eye that mocketh at Its
father" Pride-H0h, how lofty are their
eyesr' Inattention-0the FOOLS eye in the
ends of the earth" Divine Inspection
"wheels full OF eyes," Suddenness-sin the
twinkling OF an eye at the last trump" Oh
tvetic sermon-"the light OF the body ie the
eye." This mornings text: He that formed
the eye, shall He not see2' The surgeons, tho
doctors, the anatomists and the physiolo-
gists understand much Of the giories OF the
Two great lights OF the 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,
He would ave failed In creating the human
eye. We wander through the earth trying
10 see wonderful sights, but the most won
1erful sight that we ever see 10 not so won
ierful as the instruments through which we
zee it.
1t has been q strange thing to me for forty
PEARS that some scientist with enough elo-
Iuence and magnetism did not go through
| tho country with illustrated lectures on can
vas thirty feet square to startle and thrill Ind
,verwhelm Christendom with the marvels Of
the human eye. We want the eye taken from
all its techhntcalities, and some one who shall
lay aside all talk about the pterygomaxillary
assures, and the sclerotica, and the chiasma
II the optic nerve, and in common parlance
which you and I and everybody can under
Ttand present the subject. We have learned
men who have been telling us what our ORR
ihould come forth from the dissecting table
md from the classroom Of the university and
lake platform, and asking the help OF the
Creator, demonstrate the wonders of what
We arel
II I refer to the physiological facts sug-
rested by the former part Of my text 1t IL
enly to bring out In a palmer way 1.-THE theo-
logical lessons at the latter part of my text,
'He that formed the eye. shall He NOT seer"
suppose my text referred to the human eye,
lince It excels all others In structure and in
adaptation. The eyes Of fish and reptiles and
noles and bats are very simple things, be-
sause they have not much to do. There
Are insects with 100 eyes, but the 100
Dyes have less faculty than the human eyes.
The black beetle swimming the summer
pond has two eyes under water and two eyes
tboye the water, but the four insectile are
| aot equal to the two human. Man, placed
1t the head OF all living creatures, must have
npreme equipment, while the blind fish In
the Mammoth Gave Of Kentucky have only
IN undeveloped organ of sight, an apology
ior the eye, which, IL through some crevice
II the mountain they should get into the
funiight. might be developed into positive
,yesight. In the first chapter of Genesis we
| and that God, without any consultation,
treated the light, created the trees, created
the fish. created the fowl, but when he was
kbout to make man he called a convention Of
iivinity, as though to imply that all the
| powers OF Godhead were to be enlisted in the
achievement. tLet us make man." Put q
| whole ton of emphasis on that word s'us."
Let us make man." And II God called a
,alled q convention of divinity to create man
I think the two great questions In that con-
erence were how to create q soul and how
% make an appropriate window for that en-
peror to look out OF.
See how God honored the eye before He
treated II. He cried, until chaos was irradi-
tied with the u~tterance, .Let there be-
dght." In other words, before He intro
1uced man into this temple Of the world He
Illuminated 1t, prepared 1t for the eyesight.
And so. after the last human eye has been
destroyed in the final demolition OF the
,ease its shining, and the moon Is to turn
INTO blood. In other words, after the hui
nan eyes are no more to be pro1ted by their
mining. the chandeliers of heaven are to be
turned out. God. to educate aud to bless
md to help the human eye, setin the mantel
II heaven two lamps-a gold lamp and a
diver lamp--the one for the day and the
,ther for the night. To show how God hon.
,rs the eye, look at the two halls built for
he residence of the eyes, seven bones max
ing the wall for each eye, the seven bones
,uriously wrought together. Kingiy palace
" ivory Is considered rich, but the halls for
The residence of the human eye are richer by
10 much as human bone is more sacred thar
~lephantine tusk. See how God honored
he eyes when He made q roof for them, 80
hat the sweat of toll should not smart them
and the rain dashing against tho forehead
thould not drip into them. The eyebrows
lot bending over the eye, but reaching to
he right and TO the left, so that the rain and
he sweat should DO compelled to drop upon
The cheek, instead of falling into this divine
y protected human eyesight. SEQ how God
IGNORED the eye in the fact presented by
matomists and Psychologists that there are
100 ~contrivances in every eye. For window
Ihutters, the eyelids opening and closing
49, 100 times . day. The eyelashes 30 con-
tructed that they have their selection as to
what shall be admitted, saying to the dust,
Stay out" and saying to the light, Some
h." For inside curtains the iris, or pupil Of
the eye, according as the light q greater or
ess, contracting or dilating.
The eye of the owl is blind In the day
dime, the eyes of sone creatures arc blind at
night, but the human eye 30 maryelously
constructed can see both by day and by
hight. Many Of the other creatures of God
IAN move the eye only from side to side,
but the human eye 80 marvelously con-
trueted has one muscle to lit the eye, and
another muscle to lower the eye. ind an
sther muscle to roll 1t to tho right, and an
other muscle to roll 1t to the left, and an
other muscle passing through q pulley to
turn It round and round-an elaborate gear
Ing OF six muscles as perfect as God could
make them. There also Is the retina,
gathering the rays OF Hight and passing the
visual impression along the optic nerve,
about tho thickness Of the lampwick-pass-
ing the visual impression on to the senorism
and on into the 0 What a delicate lens,
what al exquisite screen, what soft cushions,
what wonderful chemistry OF the human
syel The eye, washed by q slow stream Of
lmperceptibly over the pebble Of the eye and
Supplying into . bone OF the nostriL. A con
trivance 80 wonderful that 1t can see the
sun, 100000 miles AWAY, and the point OF
. pin. Telescope and microscope in the
same continuance. The astronomer swings
and moves this way and that and adjusts and
readiusts the telescope until he gets it to the
eAbAt ONs A-ADAOcI0RA0A A4ON09 IA
way and that and adjusts and readjusts the
magnifying glass until 1t IS prepared to do
ava, Dw me human eye. without a |
touch, beholds the star and the smallest In 4
sect. The traveller among the Alps, with one
glance taking In Mont Blanc and the face Of
his watch to see whether he has time Il
,limb it.
The eyes Of Archibald Alexander and
Charles @. Finney were the mightiest part
of their George Whiteield en-
thralled great ~assemblages with his eyes, |
though they were crippled with strabismus.
Many a military chieitain has with q look
hurled e regiment TO victory or to death
Martin Luther turned his great eye on an as
sassin who came to take his life, and the vii
lain ned. Under the glance Of tho human
eyethetiger, with fivetimes q mans strength,
snarls back into the African Jungle. Bull
those best appreciate the value of the eye
who have lost II. The Emperor Adrian b
Ssoauvla put out the eye VI nls SERVANT. anu
he said to his servant: "what shall / pay |
fou In, money Or in lands? Anything you
lsk me. 1 am so sorry I put YOUR eye out. |
But the servant refusedtQ put any financial
ntimate on the value OF tna eye, and wheH !
The Emperor urged and urgSI again the mai /
ter he said, .0h. Emperor, ] want nothing |
but my lost eye!' Alas for thosA for whom
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