The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-01-20
THE IMPERIALORGAN
Dr.. Talmsgs Diseourses on the
Wonders Of the Eye
The Tive Great Lighu Of the Human
gao--B0w ney Are Hosorsd
Throughout the Bibl-W
dowa Of the soul
[copyrighl fSa ey Louis Klopsehl
UmaNH-E@M~ LA Il

[CopyrighL tSd. By Louis Klopsehl
Warrington. Jazz IA
In this discourse Dr. TAlmage, in his
Own WAY. calls attention to that part
Of the human body never perhaps dis
eourssd upon in the pulpit and ehal-
lenges Us al TO the study Of on-
n~lscience. Text, Psalm si;s; He that
formed the eye, shall BE not ses?"
The imperial organ Of tie human kys-
ten Is the eye. AL up aad down the
Bible God honors it, eHtols 1t, Illus
tratss II or arraigus it, Five hundred
and ~thirty-four times 1t is mentioned
In the Bible. COMPREHENSIVE eyes
Of the Lord are in every place" D.
vine eare-~As the apple OF the eye"
The cl~ouds-"the syelids Of the morn
ing" Irrevsrence-"the eye that
mocksth at its father" Pride-"oh,
how lofty are their eyes" InAttsntion
-"the FOOLS eye in the ends Of the
earth" Divine inspection wheels
full Of eyes" suddsnness-~in the
twinkling Of an eye at the las; trump"
oliystie sermon-"the light Of the
body is the eye" This mornings text,
He that formed the eye, shall BE not
sect"
The surgeons, the doctors, the anato-
mists and the Psychologists understand
much of the gloriss of the two great
lights Of the human race, but the vast
multitudes 90 or from cradle to grave
without any appreciation Of the two
great masterpieces Of the Lord God Al
mighty. II God had lacked anything Of
infinite wisdom, He would have failed in
creating the human eye. We wander
through the earth trying 10 see woudsr-
full sights, but the most wonderful sight
we ever see Is not SO wonderful as the
instruments through which we see IT,
il has been a strange thing 10 me for
so years that some scientist with
enough sloquenee and magnetism did
not go through the country with illus
tratsd lectures on canvas 80 feet square
to sisrtle and thrill ard overwhelm
Chrisiendom with the marvels of the
human eye. We want the eye taken
from all its technicAlities. and some Z
who shall lay aside all talk about the
pterygomsxillary assures. the sclerotic
and the chiasma Of the optic nerve and
in plain. common parlaucs which you
and ! and everybody can understand
present the subject. We have learned
men who have been telling Us what nur
origin Is and what we were. oh, II
some one should come forth from the
disseciiug table and from the class
room OF the university and take the
platform. and, asking the help Of the
Creator, demonstrate the wonders Of
what we are! II ! refer to the physio-
logical facts suggested by the former
par, Of my text, it is only 10 bring out
in ~plaiuer way the theological lesson.
Of the latter part Of my text: ale that
formed the eye, shall He Dot see?"
suppose my text referred 10 the hu-
man eye, since II exce.s all others In
structure and adaptation. The eyes Of
fish and reptiles aud moles and bats
are very simple things because they
have not much to 90. There are in
sects with a hundred eyes but the hun
dred eyes have less faculty than the two
human eyes. The black beetle swim
ming the summer pond has two eyes un-
der the water aud two eyes above the
water, but the four inseetile are not
equal to The Two human. Man placed
at the head Of all living creatures must
have supreme equipment, while the
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