The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-03-17
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.

DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE DIvTEHf
SUNDAY DIscoUnsR
Subject: Lights OF the Face-The Marvels
of the Human Eye Prove the Infinite
Wisdom OF the Creator-DivInely Con-
structed Lighthouses of the Soul.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1soo.l
WASHINGTON, D. Gin this discourse DR..
Talmage, in his own way, calls attention
to that part Of the human body never
perhaps discoursed upon IN the pulpit and
challenges us all to the study OF omnis-
cience. Text, Psalm xciv.,, 9, "He that
formed the eye, shall He not seer"
The imperial organ OF the human system
Is the eye. All up and down the Bible God
honors it, extols 1t, illustrates it or ar
raigns 1t. Five hundred and thirty-four
| times is 1t mentioned In the Bible. Omni-
| presence-"the eyes of the Lord are In
| every place." Divine care-"as the apple
| OF the eye." The clouds-"the eyelids Of
mocketh at its Father" Prlde-"oh, how
lofty are their eyes, Inattention-"the
FOOLS eye In the ends Of the EARTH" Divine
| nspectlon-"wheels full OF eyes," Sud-
| denness-''in the twlnkling OF an eve at
the last trump" Olivetic sermon-"the
| light OF the body is the eye." This morn
ing's text, "He that formed the eye, shall
He not see?''
| 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
| multltudes 20 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, He would have failed in creating
the human eye. We wander through the
earth trying to see wonderful sights, but
the most wonderful sight we ever see is
not so wonderful as the instruments
| through which we see 1t.
| It has been strange thing to me for
thirty years that some scientist with
| enough eloquenco and magnetism did not
60 through the country with illustrated
| lecture on canvas thirty feet square to
startle and thrill and overwhelm Christen-
dom with the marvels OF the human eye.
| We want the eye taken from all its tech
nicalities and some one who shall lay aside
| all talk about the pterygomaxiiary fis-
| sures, the sclerotica and the chiasma OF
the optic nerve and In plain, common par
lance which you and and 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
dissectiug table and from tho classroom
Of the university and take the platform
and asking the help OF the Creator
demonstrate the wonders of what we are!
II 1 refer to the physiological facts sug-
gested by the former part OF my text, 1t is
only to bring out in palmer way the
theological lessons OF the latter part Of
my text, 'He that formed the eye, shall
He not seer"
suppose my text referred to the human
eye since 1t exeels all others In structure
and adaptation. The eyes of fish 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, bur
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 insectile are not equal to the
two human. Man placed at the head OF
all living creatures must have supreme
equipment, while the blind fish In the Mann
moth cave of Kentucky have only an I'M
developed organ Of sight, an apology for
the eye, which IL Tough some crevice OF
the mountain tby Should go into the sun
sight.
In the first shapte. OF Genesis we ind
that God withoE any consultation created
the light. crentedthe trees, created the fish,
created the fowl. but when He was about
to make man He called a convention OF d.
vinity. as though to imply that all the
| powers Of Godhead were to be enlisted In
| the achievement. "Let US make man."
Put a whole ten Of emphasis on that word
Gus" "Let ms make man." And IL God
called convention Of divinity to create
man think the two great questions In that
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how to make an appropriate window for
that emperor to look out of.
| See how God bonored the eye before He
| created 1t. He cried until chaos was irrad-
lated with the utterance, "Let there be
| lightr' In other words, before He intro
duced man into this temple OF the world
| He ilum1ned 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 moro to be proAted by
| their shining the chandeliers OF heaven are
| to be turned out. God to educate and to
bless aud to help the human eye set on the
mantel OF heaven two lamps-a gold lamp
| and silver lamp-the one for tue day and
| the other for the night.
To show how God honors the eye look OF
| the two halls built for the residence of the
eyes. Seven bones making the wall for
each eye, the seven bones curiously wrought
| together. Kingly palace OF ivory is consid.
cred rich, but the halls for the residence o!
| the human eyes are richer by so much as
human bone Is more sacred than eiephan-
tine tusk. See how God honored the eyes
when He made roof for them, so that the
sweat OF toll should pcs SMART them and
the rain dashing against the forehead might
not drip into them; the eyebrows not bend
Ing over the eye, hut reaching to the right
and to the left, so that the rain aud 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 ANTAGONISTS and physiologists
that there are 500 contrivances In every
eye. For window shutters, the eyelids
opening and closing SO, 900 times day, the
eyelashes so constructed that they have
their selection as to what shall be admitted.
saying to the dust, ''Stay ont" and saving
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 In
the day time, the eyes of some creatures
are blipd at night, but the human eve SO