The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE EMINENT DrvnVE'S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subjecii Lights Of the Face--The Marvels
Of the Human Eye Prove the Infinite
Wisdom Of the Creator-Dlvlneiy Con.
structed Lighthouses of tho Soul.

copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1901
wAsuiYaroN, ID. C.--In this discourse DR..
Talmngc, in his own way. calls attention
to that part OF the human body never
perhaps dscoursed upon IN tho pulpit and
challenges us NIL to the study OF omnis-
cience. Text, Psalm KEW, Q, "He that
formed the cye, shall He not see?'
The imperial organ OF the human system
Is the eye, All up and down the Bible God
honors IL, eXtols Ii, illustrates IL or ar-
rnigns Il. Five hundred and thirty-fouf
times Is It mentioned IN the Bible. Omni.
presence--"the eyes OF the Lord are In
every place" Divine care--"as the apple
OF the eye" Tho clouds-"the eyellds OF
the morning" Irreverence--"t the eye that
mocketh Mt its Father" Prido--"oh, how
lofty are their eyes, Inattention-"th
fools eye IN the ends OF the enrth." Divine
inspectlon-"w wheels full OF eyes" sud
denness-''ln the twlnkling OF an eve at
the lust trumn.' Olivetlc sermou--"the
light OF the body is tho oyo. This morn
ing's text, "He that formed tho eye, shall
He not secg''
The surgeons, the doctors. the anato.
mists and the Psychologists understand
much OF the glories OF the two great
lights OF the human race, but the vast
multtudes 90 on from cradle to grave
without any appreciation OF the two great
masterpieces OF the Lord God Almighty
II God had lacked anything Of Infinite
wisdom, lie would have failed In creating
tho human eye. We wander through the
earth trying TO see wonderful sights, but
the most wonderful sight we ever SEQ is
not so wonderful as the instruments
through which we see It,
1t has been strange thing to me for
thirty years TINT some scientist with
enough eloquence and magnetism did not
go through the country with illustrated
lecture on canvas thirty feet square to
startle and thrill and overwhelm Chrlsten-
Ion xutN ha alo 80 h,....
We want the eye taken from all its tech
nicalities and some one who shall lay aside
all talk about the pterygomaxlllary fls-
suree the sclerotica and the chiasma of
the optic nerve and In plain, common par
lance which you and aud everybody can
understand present the subject. We have
learned men who have been telling us
what our origin is and what we were. oh.
II some one should come forth from the
dssectng tnble and from the classroom
OF the university and take the platform
and asking the help OF the Creator
demonstrate the wonders of what wo arel
II l refer to the physiological facts sug-
gested by the former part OF my text, II IL
only to bring out in palmer way thu
theological lessons OF the latter part OF
my text, "He that formed the eye, shall
He not see?"
suppose my text referred to the human
eye since II excels all others In structure
and adaptation. The eyes OF Ash aud rep
tiles and moles and bats are very simple
things because they have not much to do.
There are insects with a hundred eyes but
the hundred eyes have less faculty than the
two human eyes. The black beetle SWIM
ming the summer pond has two eyes under
the water and two eyes above the water,
but the four insectlle are not equal to the
two human. Man placed at tho head OF
all living creatures must have supreme
equipment while the blind fish in the Mann
moth cave OF Kentucky have only an un-
developed organ OF sight, an apology for
the eye, which II through some crevlce 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 dl-
vinity, as though to imply that oil tho
powers OF Godhead were to be enlisted In
the achievement. LET us make man."
Put whole ton OF emphasis on that word
''us." LET us make man." And II God
called convention Of divinity to create
man l think the two great questions In that
conference were how to create n soul and
how to make IN appropriate window for
that emperor to look out Of.
See how God .honored the eye before He
created 1t. He cried until chaos was lrrad-
ldhbu Win tuO utttIhuCb, Iuerb DO
llBhtl' mother words, before He intro
duced man into this temple OF the world
He illumined It, prepared It for the eye
sight. And so alter the last human eye
has been destroyed In the final demolition
OF the world stars are to fail, and the sun
Is to cease it's shining, and the moon is to
turn into blood. IN other words, after the
human eyes are no more to be pronted by
their shining the chandeliers OF heaven are
to be turned out. God to educate and to
bless and to help tho human eye set on the
mantel OF heaven two lamps--a gold lamp
and q silver lamp--the one for the day and
the other for the night.
To show how God honors the eye look at
the two hnlls built for the residence of the
eyes. Seven bones making tho wall for
oach eye, the seven bones curiously wrought
together. kingly palace OF ivory Is consld-
cred rich, but the halls for the residence OF
the human eyes are richer by so much rs
human bone IL more sacred than elephan-
tine tusk. See how God honored tho eyes
when He made 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 tho 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 d.
vlnely protected human eyesight.
See how God honored tho eye In the fact
presented by nnatomists and Psychologists
that there are 800 contrlvances in every
eye. For window shutters, tho eyelids
opening and closing 10000 times day, tho
eyelashes so constructed that they have
their selection as to what shall be admitted,
saying to the dust, "Stay out" 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 dllating. The eye OF tho owl Ia blind In
the day time, the owes of some creatures
are blind ut night, but the human eye so
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, but tho
human eye, so marvelousiy constructed,
has one muscle - lift the oye. and another
muscle to lower the eye, and another mus.
Gle to roll II to the right. and another mus
Gle to roll 1t to the lef;, and another mus
Gle passing through pulley to turn II
round and round, an elaborate gearing OF
six muscles as perfect as God could make
| them.
There IL also tue rotina gathering tho
rays OF light and passing the visual i'm
! preston along the optic nerve about the
thickness OF the lampwlck, passing the
visual impression on to the sensorum and
| on into the soul. What n delicate lens,
what an exquisite screen, what soft
cushions, what wonderful chemistry OF the
stream OF moisture whether we sleep or
wake, rolling imperceptibly over the pebble
of the eye and emptyiDg Into bone OF the
can see the sun s5, 900, 900 OF miles away
N n nj usaH