The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-01-20

tueky have ONLY sn uudeycioped organ
o. sight. &C apology FOR the eye, which
ifthrough some erevice OF the mountain
they should 90 into The sunlight might
be developed into positive syesiget
Ii the first chapter Of Geresis we fnd
tha, God without any consultation ere
aisd the light, created the trees, created
the fsh. created the fowl. bet When he
was about TO make man lie caleia con
vertiou Of divinity. as though 20 imply ]
that an the powers o. Godhead were 90 {
be enlisted 10 the achievement. let Us
make nsr." a whole ton Of empha-
SIS on that word ~us." let Us make
mar" And. NGod called a convention
Of divinity 10 create man, ! ,hiok The
two great questions 10 that conference
were how 10 create a soul and how 20
make az appropriate window for that
emperor 10 look out Of.
See bow God tonored The eye before
Be created il. He cried until chaos was
rradiated with the utterauee; ~Let
there be hght!" In other words be-
fore he introduced man into this tenn
pie Of the world he Mumined 1t, pre-
pared Il for the syeSght. Ard so after
the last human eye has been destroyed
in The fual demolition Of the world.
stars are to fan and the sun is to cease
It's shining and the noe is 10 turn into
blood. Ia other words, after the human
eyes sre 90 more TO be profied by their
shining the chandeliers OF Heaven are
10 be turned out. God. 10 educate and
10 bless and &c help the human eye. sef
on tie mantel Of Heaven two lamps
gold lamp and a silver lamp-the one
for the day ard the ether for the night
To show how God houors the eye, look
at the two halls built for the residence
Of the eyes. Seven bones making the
wall for each eye. the seven bones CO.
riously wrought together. Kingly pal
ace Of ivory is considered rich, but the
halls for the residence Of the human
eyes are richer BY 30 much as human
bone is more sacred than elephaniiue
tusk. See how God honored the eyes
when BE made = roof for them. so that
the sweat Of toll should not smart them
ard The rain dashing against the fore
head might not drip into them; the eye
brows not bending aver 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 in
stead Of falling into this diviAely pro-
teeted human eJeSigbt.
See how God honored the eye in the
fact presented by luatomists and phySi-
oIogistk, that there are 500 contrivances
in every eye. For window shutters, the
eyelids opening and closing 10000 times
q day. The eyelashes so constructed
that they hsve their selection as 70
what shall be admitted, saying TO the
dust; Stay out" and saying TO the
light; Come In" For inside curtain,
the iris or pupil Of the eye, according
as the light is greater or less, contract
ing or dilating. The eye Of the owl Is
blind In the daytime, the eyes Of some
creatures are blind at night. but the
human eye so marvslously constructed
1t can see both by day aud by night.
Many Of the other creatures Of God
a move the eye only from side 10 side,
but the human eye, so maryslously con-
structed. has one muscle 10 lift the eye
and another muscle TO lower the eye
and another muscle TO roll II TO the
right and another muscle TO roll Il "a
the left and another muscle passing
through a pulley 10 turn It round and
round, an elaborate gearing Of six mus
clea 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 lamp wick, passing the
visual impression on TO the ~sensorium
and on into the soul. What a delicat,
lens, what an exquisite screen, what
soft cushions, what wonderful chem.
istry Of the human eyel The eye
washed by a slow stream Of moisture
whether we sleep or wake, rolling i'm
p%erceptibly over the pebble Of the ey,