The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-04-27

Ing Is Gca's Gr.o.es, G.se The ascswsy
to ,ne Souls ytnps,ony ., eha a1tllsnn:ai
Jaus.
In this discourse Dr.. Talnase SETS
forth tbe goodness aa6 iSdol2 OF
Go6 in the cons,rUc..on G. ia7 hunsn
ear ard exIcis music a12 sGc2U-2 ges
PRAYER: tex., Ps.lms Xclv. he
that planted tEe sar Sa2Il Re cot
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Architecture IS ere Ct ne most las
cirstiag gr;s, and Ihe study OF EgyP-
tiaD. Grecisn, E.-uscan, Roman. By
zsntine, Moorish. Renaissance styles
of building has beeu 20 may s man q
sublime life wcrk. Lincoln &rd York
cathedrais. St. Paui,s and s.. Pe,el 5
and s,ch OF Titus snd TaGbSu temple
anG Alhsmora ard PacShenoD ase tae
monuments lG iha geG}us OF those
who built :asn. But nlcre wonderful!
than any &rch they eSer lifted or any
transepG window lhey evsr iilUmineG
or any Co-irthisn column they exc:
crowned or any Gothic clo;s!er hey
ever elaborated Is toe human esr.
Among the mes: s&i!iU! and aSSia
uous physiolceis. Of our time hsve
been those who have given inelr lime
to The examination Of :he ea.r ard the
study OF lis arche:, It's Ua,iS, lis Hoor,
its canals, lis SqQsQuc:S, rs galleries.,
its intr;csciss, It's convolCtlonS, us
6iv;ne r1Gcbi.s-g, ara VT i VIII take
another thousand yesrS before ire
world ccEes 10 any a6eQUa;e 2porecI'
stion Of what God did wren he plan.
ned and executed t6e iaEnlte ana
overnaster.og architecture ot the bu'
man esr. The ncst c is ln7lG6ie,
and the MICROSCOPES 1reaks down
in the sttemut 81 exploration.
The cartilage which VIZ cali ;he ear IS
only the storm coor OF the great tenn
ple clear down cut OF sigh, mex! door
to the immortal soul.
Such scientists as Holmhol'z and
Conte and De B.aiNville and Rank and
Buck have attempted to walk the Ap.
plan way Of the human ear, but the
mysterious pathway has never been
fully trodGen but by tRo fees-the
foot OF sound sid the foot Of SOD.
Three ears on each size tue head-the
external ear. the middle ear, The 10
ternal ear-but sll connected By most
wonderful telegraphy.
The external ear IN all ages adorned
by precious stones or precious metals.
The temple OF jerusalem partly built
by the contribution Of earrings. and
Homer in the ''Iliad" speaks Of Here,
''the three bright drops, her gllt.erlng
gems suspended from the ear" and
many Of the sdornments OF modern
times were only copies OF her ear
Jewels found in Pompeiisn museum
and Etruscan vase. But while the
outer ear may be adorned by hunlan
art, the middle and the internal ear
are adorned snd garnisheo only by
the hand Of the Lord Almighty. The
stroke Of key OF yoncer organ sets
the air vibrating, and the external ear
catches the undulating sound and
passes it on through ths bonelets OF
The middle ear 10 the internal ear,
and the 5000 fbers Of the human
brain take up the vibration and roll
the sound on into the soul. The hid.
den machinery OF the ear by physiol,
ogists called by the names Of things
familiar to us. ike the hammer, some
thing to strike; ike the anvil, some
thing to be smitten: ike the slicrup
of the saddle with which We mount
the stee6; ike the drum, beaten IN the
march; ike tbs harps:riDgs, TO be
swept with music. Coile5 ike snail
SHELF by which one OF the innermost
passages If the ear is actually called
like a stairway, the sound TO ascend
like bent tube OF heating apparat.
US, taking that which enters round
and round: Ike g labyrinth with
wonderful passages into which the
thought enters only to be lost IN be-
wil6erment. A muscle contracting
when the noise is too loud, just as the
pupil of the eye contracts whel the
light is too glaring. The external ear
is defended by wax which win It's
bitterness disco2rages insectile inva
sion. The internal ear inbedied IN by
what is far the hardest bone OF the
human systems very rock Of strength
and defiance.
The ear SC strange g contrivance
that By the estimate Of one scientist il
can catch the sound Of 3,0G0 vibra
tions in a second. The cu.er ear tax.
ing in all binds Of sound, whether the
crash Of an avalanche or the hum of
bse. The sound passing to The inner
Soo~ of tho o,,k kc;So GOV boltc ,,oTil M
other mechanism, divi2e mechanism,
passes it on by the bonelets OF the
middle ear, and, coming to the inner
door of that second ear, the sound has
no power TO come farther until an
other divine mechanIsm passes 1t on
through into the inner ear, and then
the sound comes to the rail track OF
the brain branchlet and rolls on and
on until It comes TO sensation, and
there the curtain drops, and hund-
red gates shur, and the voice OF God
seems to say to all human inspection,
THUS far and no fsrther.n
In this vestlbule of the palace of the
soul how many kirgs Of thought, OF
medicine, Of physiology, have done
penance OF lifelong study aud got no
farther than the vestibule. Mysterious
home of reverberation and echo.
Grand Central depo: OF sound. Head
quarters to which there come quick
dispatches, part the way by cartilages,
part the way by air, part the way by
bone, part the way by nerve-the
slowesr dispatch plunging into the ear
at the speed of 1,090 feet second.
Small instrument Of music on which
is played all the music you ever
heard, from the gran6eurs OF an Au-
gust thunderstorm 10 the softest
breathings Of a flute. Small ins.ru-
ment of music, only quarter OF an
inch of surface and !hs thinress of
one-two hundred and hftieth part Of
an inch and that tbinress divided in.
to three layers. Ia taat ear musical
staff. lines, spaces, bar and rest. 4