The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-08

mafVelOuSly constructed can see Dotu
by day and by night. Many Of the
other creatures of God can move the
eye only from side to side, but the hu-
man eye so marvelously constructed
has one muscle to lift the eye, and an
other muscle to lower the eye, ana an-
other muscle to roll it to the right,
and another muscle to roll it to the
left, and another muscle passing
through a pulley to turn it round and
round-an elaborate gearing Of six
muscles as perfect as God could make
them. There also is the retina, gath
ering the rays of light and passing the
visual impression along the optic
nerve, about the thickness Of the
ampWick-passing the visual impress
sion on to the sensorium, and ON into
the soul. What delicate lens, what
an exquisite screen, what soft cuSh-
ions, what wonderful chemistry OF the
human eye! The eye washed by Il
slow stream Of moisture, whether we
sleep or wake, rolling imperceptlbly
over the pebble of the eye and empty
ing into a bone Of the nostril. A con-
triyance so wonderful that it can see
the sun 95,OOO,OOO miles away, and the
point of a pin. Telescope and micro
scope in the same continuance. The
astronomer swings and moves this
way and that, and adjusts and read
justs the telescope until he gets it to
the right focus; the microscopic
moves this way and that, and adjusts
and readjusts the magnifying glass
until it is prepared to do it's work; but
the human eye, without a touch be-
holds the star and the smallest insect.
The traveller among the Alps, with
one glance taking in Mont Blanc and
the face Of his watch to see whether
he has time to climb it,
Oh! this wonderful camera ohscura
which you and carry about with us,
so to-day we can take in our friends,
so from the top of Mount Washing
ton we can take in New England, so
at night we can sweep into our vision
the considerations from horizon to
horizon. So delicate, so semi-infinite
and yet the light coming 95,OOO,OOO
miles at the rate of 100000 miles, a
second is obliged to halt at the gate
Of the eye, waiting for admission un-
til the portcullis be lifted. Something
hurled 95,OOO,O0O miles and striking
an instrument which has not the agita-
ton of even winking under the pow
er Of the stroke. There. also, is the
merciful arrangement of the tear
gland, by which the eye is washed,
and from which rolls the tide which
brings the relief that comes in tears
when some bereavement or great loss
strikes us. The tear not an augmenta-
ton of sorrow, but the breaking UP Of
the arctic of frozen grief in the warm
gnlf stream Of consolation. Tncapa-
city to weep is madness or death.
Thank God for the tear glands, and
that the crystal gates are SO easily
opened. Oh! the wonderful hydraulic
;apparatus of the human eye DiVinely
constructed vision! Two light houses
AT the harbor of the immortal SOUL
under the shining of which the world
sails in and drops anchor. What an
pantheon of praise to God is the human
eye! The tongue is speeches. and a
clumsy instrument of expression as
compared with it. Have you not seen
Fit flash with indignation or kindle with
enthusiasm or expand with devotion
or melt with sympathy, or stare with
fright, or leer with villainy, or drooI
with sadness, or pale with envy, OF
fire with revenge, or twinkle with
mirth, OF beam with love?It is tragedy
and comedy and pastoral and lyric i1
turn. Have you not seen it's uplifteG
brow of surprise, or it's frown of wrath
OF it's contraction of pain? If the eye
say one thing and the lips say anoth
er thing, you believe the eye rather
than the lips. The eyes Of Archibald
Alexander and Charles G. Finney
were the mightiest part Of their ser
mon. George Whitefeld enthralle(
great assemblages with his eyes
though they were crippled with stra
bismus. Many a military chieftia1
has with a look hurled a regiment tt
victory or to death. Martin Luthe
turned his great eyes on an ASSASSIN
who came to take his life, and the vii
lain fed. Under the glance of til,
human eye the tiger, with five times
mans strength, snarls back in the At
rican jungle. But those best appre
ciate the value of the eye who hav,
lost it. The Emperor Adrian by acct
dent put out the eye of his servant
and he said to his servant. ''Wha
shall pay you in money or in lands
! Anything you ask me; I am sorry
put your eye out" But the>servant nc
fused to put any financial estimate OF
; the value Of the eye, and when tn
emperor urged and urged again tn
matter, he said, ooh, Emperor, wan
nothing but my lost eye.'' Alas TO
those for whom a thick andimpenetra
Die vail is drawn across the face O
the heavens and the face 81, ones owl
kindred. That was pathetic seen
when blind man lighted q torch a
night and was found passing alon
the highway, and some one sale
, "Why do you carry that torch whe
you can't see?" :"Ah," said he, 81 can
see, but carry this torch that other
can see me and pity my helplessnes
and not r'lu Inc down." Samson, til
, giant, with his eyes put out by tn
Rl1ilistines, is more helpless than til
smallest dwarf with vision l1ntlamae
ed. Allthe sympathies of Christ wer
STIRRED when he saw Bartimeus wit
durkened retina, and the only salve h
ever made that we read of was a mix
tune Of dust and saliva and Draye]
with which he cured the eyes Of a. ma
blind from his nativity. The valu
;; of the eye is shown as much by it
catastrophe as by it's healthful actor
, | ASK the man who for twenty wear
,, years has not seen the sun rise. AS
!, the 1nan who for half a century ha
| not seen tho fAcn Of q friop1 ra~ !;