The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-01

Subject: The Wonders of tho Human
Hand-Our Physical Structure Proof
of Divine wisdom--The Extended
Hand tho symbol OF Infinite Mercy.
lCoprright, Louis Klopsch, iaool
WASHINGTON, ID. C.--Tbe discourse OF DIR.
Talmage is lesson OF gratitude for that
which none OF us fully appreciate and
shows the Divine meaning In our physical
structures text. Corinthians Kill, 81, "The
eye cannot say unto tho hand, have no
need OF thee"
These words suggest that some time two
very important parts ofthe human body got
into controversy, and the oye became inso-
lent and full OF braggadoco and said: 81
nm an independent part OF tue human svs-
TEN. How far / can see, taking In spring
morning and midnight aurora Compared
with myself what an Insignificant thing Ia
the human haudl I look down upon Il.
There II hangs, swinging at the side, a
clump OF muscles and nerves. and II cam
not see an inch either way. IL has no lus-
tor compared with that which | beam
forth" "What senseess talk" responds
the hand. "You, the eye, would havc been
put out long ago but for mo. Without tho
food | have earned you would have been
aightiess and starved to death years ngo,
You cannot do without me any better than
1 can do without you" At this part OF the
dlsputatlou Paul OF my text breaks In and
ks L
eye cannot say unto the hand, have no
need OF thee"
Fourteen hundred and thlrty-three
times, ms nearly Hs / can count by aid OF
concordance, does the Bible speak of the
human hand. We are all familiar with the
hand, bur the man has yet to be born who
can fully understand this wondrous instru-
ment. Sir Charles Bell, the English sur.
geon, came home from the battlefield Of
Waterloo, where he had been umputatlng
limbs and binding up gunshot fractures,
and wrote n book entitled 1.-The Hand: Its
Mechanism aud Vital Endowments as Evil
denctng Design" But IL ~ so profound n
book that only "a scientist who is familiar
with the technicalities OF anatomy and
physiology can understand Il.
So we are all going on opening and shut.
ting this divinely constructed instrument.
the hand, Ignorant OF much OF the revela.
tion It was Intended to make of the wis
dom and goodness OF God. You can seo ry
their structure that shoulder and elbow
and forearm are getting ready for tue cul.
mination In tho hand. There ia yout
wrist, with Its eight bones and their llga.
ments in two rows. That wrist, with its
bands OF fbres and its hinged Joint and
turning on two axes-on the larger axis
moving backward and forward aud on the
smaller axis turning nearly around. And
there Is the palm OF your hand, with its
five bones, each having u shaft and two
Examinations. There are tho fingers of
that hand. with fourteen bones, each fln.
ger with its curlously wrought tendons.
Ave OF the homes with ending roughened
for the IodSment of tho nails. There Is
the thumb, coming from opposite direc.
tion to meet the fingers, so that In con.
junction they may clasp and hold fast that
which you desire to take. There nro
the long nerves running from tho
armpit to the forty-six muscles,
so that all are under mastery.
The whole anatomy OF your hand us
useful, MS God could make 1t. What can II
not do2 1t can climb, II can lift, 1t can
push, 1t can repel, II can menace, 1t can
clucb, 1t can deny, 1t can affirm, 1t can OK.
tend, 1t can weave, 1t can battle, 1t cau
smite, II can humble, 1t can exalt, 1t car
soothe, II can throw, Ii can defy, 1t can
wave, Ii can imprecpte, 1t cnn pray.
A skeleton Of the hand traced on black.
board or unrolled In diagram or hung In
medical museum is nightly illustrative OF
the Divine wisdom and goodness, but how
much more pleasing when In living action
all Its nerves and muscles and bones aud
tendons and tissues and phnanges display
what God invented when He Invented the
human handi Two specimens OF 1t we
carry ut our side from the time when IN
infancy we open them to take n toy till In
tho last hour of Il long life we extend them
In bitter farewell.
With the Divine help shall speak OF the
hand as the chief executive officer OF the
SOUL whether lifted for defense, or OK.
tended for help, or busled In tho arts, or
offered in salutatlon, or wrung In despair,
or spread abroad In benediction. God evl.
IDENTIFY attended all the lower order OF llv.
ing beings should have weapons OF defense
and hence the elephants tusk, and tho
horses hoof, and the cows horn, and the
lions TOOTH and the Insects sting. Having
given weapons OF defense to the lower
orders OF living beings, OF course He would
not leave man, tho highest order OF living
beings on earth, defenseless and ut the
mercy OF brutal or rufIlan attack. The
right yen, the duty-ot self defense IL so
evident IL needs no augmentation. The
hand is the Divinely fashioned weapon OF
defense. We may seldom have to use 1t
for such purposes, but the fact that we are
equipped insures safety. The hand Is IL
weapon sooner loaded than any gun
sooner drawn than any sword. Its fingers
bent into the palm, 1t becomes bolt OF
demolition.
What a defense it Is against accident
There have been times in all our expert
cnces when we have with the hand warded
oifsomething that would have extingulshed
our eyesight or broken the skull or crippled
us for Il lifetime. While the eye has dis
covered the approaching peril the hand
has beaten II back or struck 1t down or
dlsarmed 1t. Every day thank God for
your right hand, and II you want to hear
Its eulogy ask him who In swift revolution
OF machinery has had 1t crushed or ut
Chapute iec or Sou h Mountain or San
Juan Hill or Sedan lost It,
And In passing let me say that he who
has the weapon OF tho hand uninjured and
In full use needs no other. You towards
who walk with sword cane or carry pls-
tol In your hip pocket hdd better lay aside
your deadly weapon. At the frontier or in
barbarous lands or ns an officer OF the law
about to make an arrest such armlng may
be necessary, but no citizen moving In
these civilized regions needs such rein
forcement. III you are afraid to go down
these streets or along these country roads
without dagger or firearms, better nsk
your grandmother to go with you armed
with scissors and knitting needle. What
towards, II not what intended murderers,
uselessly to carry weapons OF deathi In
our two hands God gave us all the weapons
wo need to carry.
Again, the hand Is the chief executive Of
flcer OF the soul for afIordlng help. Just
see how that hand Is constructed IL w
easily you cun lower II to raise tho fallenl
How easily 1t Is extended to feel the in
valid's pulse, or gently Wipe away the tear
OF orphanage, or contribute aims or
smooth the excited brow, or beekon into
safety! Oh tho helping hands There are
hundreds oil thousands OF them, aud tho
world wants at least 1 600 900 900 OF them
Hands TO bless others, hands to rescue
others, hands to save others. What are
all these schools and churches and asylums
OF mercy1 Outstretched hands. What are
all those hands distributing tracts and car.
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