Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-24


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developed organ OF signt, an s,u ou y Tor
the eye, which IL through some crevIce of
the mountain they should go into the sun.
light might be developed into positive eye
sight.
In the first chapter OF Genesis we find
that God without any consultation created
the light, created the trees, created the fish,
created the fowl, but when He was about
to make man He called a convention OF di-
vinity. as though to imply that all the
powers Of Godhead we're to be enlisted in
the achievement. "Let US make man."
Put a whole ton Of emphasis on that word
"us." Let us make man." And IL God
called n convention OF divinity to create
man think the two great questions in that
how to make an appropriate window for
that emperor to look out of.
See how God honored the eye before He
created 1t. He cried until chaos was irrad-
lated with the utteranca Let there be
light" In other words, before He intro
duced man into this temple OF the world
He iilumined 1t, prepared it for the eye
sight. And so after the last human eye
has been destroyed in the final demolition
Of the world stars are to fall, and the sun
is to cease its shining, and the moon is to
turn into blood. In other words, after the
human eyes are no more to be protlted by
their shining the chandeliers of heaven are
to be turned out. God to educate and &c
bless and to help the human eye set on the
mantel OF heaven two lamps-a gold lamp
aud a silver lnmp-the one for the day and
the other for the night.
To show how God honors the eye look at
the two halls built for the residence of the
eyes. Seven bones making the wall foi
each eye, the seven bones curiously wrought
together. Kingly palace of ivory Is coDsli.
cred rich, but the halls for the residence ol
the human eyes are richer by so much as
human bone Is more sacred than elephan-
tine tusk. See how God honored the eyes
when He made a roof for them, so that the
sweat Of toll should not smart them and
the rain dashing against the forehead might
not drip into them; the eyebrows not bend.
ing over the eye, but reaching to the right
and to the left, so that the rain and the
sweat should be compelled to drop upon
the cheek instead Of falling into this di-
vinely protected human eyesight.
See how God honored the eye in the fact
presented by anatomistS and psychologists
that there are 800 contrivances in every
eye. For window shutters, the eyells
opening and closing &c, 900 times II day, the
eyelashes so constructed that they have
their selection as TO what shall be admitted
saying to the dust, "S.ay ont" and saying
to the light, "Come in" For inside cur
tain the iris or pupil of the eye, according
as the light is greater or less, contracting
or dilating. The eye OF the owl Is blind Ia
the day time, the ewes of some creatures
are blind at night, but the human eve 80
marvelously constructed 1t can see both by
day and by night.
Many of the other creatures OF God can
move the eye only from side to side, hat I e
human eye, SO marveiously constructed,
has one muscle to lift the eye, and another
muscle to lower the eye, and another mus
Gle to roll 1t to the right, and another mus
Gle to roll it to the left, and another mus
Gle passing through pulley to turn 1t
round and round, an elaborate gearing al
six muscles as perfect as God could make
them.
There is also the retina gathering the
rays of light and passing the visual i'm
preston along the optic nerve about the
thickness OF the lampwick, passing the
visual i'm IMPRESSION on to the sensorium and
on into the soul. What Il delicate lens,
what an exquisite screen, what soft
cushions, what wonderful chemistry OF the
human eye. The eye washed by slow
stream OF moisture whether we sleep or
wake, rolling imperceptibly over the peDble
OF the eve and ying into II bone of the
nostrtI, a contrivance so wonderful that it
can see the sun S5 600 900 of miles away
and the point OF pin. Telescope and
microscope In the same contrivapce. The
astronomer swings and moves this way and
that and adjusts and readjusts the tele-
scope until he gets it to the right focus.
The microscopic moves this way and that
and adjusts ald readjusts the Ii agnifying
glass until 1t Is prepared to do its work,
but tine human eve without touch be-
holds the star and the smallest insect. The
traveller along the Alps with one glance
taking in Mont Blanc aud the face OF MS
watch to see whether he has time to climb
1t. oh, this wonderful camera obscura
which you and I carry about with us, so
from the top OF Mount Washington We can
take in New England, 50 at night We can
sweep into our vision the consultations
from horizon to horizon. So delicate, so
semi-infinite, and yet the light coming 95,
300, 900 miles the rate OF 200 900 miles a
second Is obliged to halt at the gate OF the
eye, waiting until the portcullis be lifted