The Jackson headlight., 1900-01-27


structed lighthouses of tho Soul:
| tCopyrighti Louis Kiopsch, isOO1
WAsHfSGroS, y. C.-In this discourse d +
Talmage, In his own way. calls attention
to that part of the human body neve
perhaps dlscoursed upon IN the pulpit anC
challenges US all to the study OF omnls
cience. Text, Psalm xclv., 8, "He tina
formed the eye, shall He not seeP"
| The imperial organ OF the human system
is the eye. All up and down the Bible Goo
honors it, extcls 1t, ILLUSTRATES it or ar
raigns It. Five hundred and thtrty-foui
times Is 1t mentioned ID. the Bible; OmnI
presence-"the eyes OF the Lori are il
every placs." Divine care-"as the apple
| OF the eye.' The clouds-''the eyellds 0
the morning" Irreverence-"the eye that
mocketh at its Father" Pride-''oh, how
| lofty are their eyes," fnattentIon-"the
| FOOLS eye In the ends OF the EARTH" Divine
inspection wheels full OF eyes," Sud-
denness-'in tho twink'ing OF 40 eve Mt
| the last trump" O.ivctic sermon-"the
| light OF the body is the eye." This morn.
| ing's text, "He that formed the eye, shall
He not seer"
| The surgeons, tho doctors, the nnato.
mists and the psychologists understand
much OF the gloties OF the two great
lights Of tho human race, but the vast
multltudes 20 on from cradle to grave
| without any appreciation OF the two great
masterpieces OF tho Lord God Almighty.
Il 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 ia
not so wonderful rs the instruments
| through which we sea It.
1t has been strange thing to me for
thirty years that some scientist with
enough elOqu1nce and magnetism did not
go through tho count Ey 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 techs
nicalittes and some ono who shall lay aside
oil talk about tho pterygomaxIIlaty fs-
sures, the sclerotica and the chiasma OF
the optic nerve and in plain, common bar.
lance which you and l 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
dlssectlng tHbl6 and from the classroom
OF the university and take the platform
and asking tho help Of the Creator
demonstrate the wonders OF what we arel
Ii L refer to the physiological faces Eug.
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"
I suppose my text referred to the human
aye since 1t eXcels all others IN structure
and adaptation. The eyes OF fish aud rep
tiles and mo!es ard bats are very simple
things because they have not much to DO.
There are insects With Il hundred eyes, but
.he hundred eyes have less faculty than the
two human eyes. The black bcetle 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 tho
two human. Man placed at the head OF
nll living creatures nust have supreme
equipment. while the blind FISH in the Mann
moth cave Of Kentucky have only an un.
developed organ CT sight, An apology for
the eye, which il through somo crevca OF
the mountain they should 60 into the sun
light might be developed into positive eye-
sight.
In the first chapter Of Genesis we fad
that God without auy consultation created
the light, created the trees, created the fish,
created the fowl, but when He was about
to make man He called convention OF Iii.
vinity, rs though to imply that all the
powers OF GodheHd were 10 be enlisted in
the achievement. "Let MS make man."
Put whole ton of emphasis on that word
"us." LET us make man." And il God
called convention OF divinity to create
man think the two great questions In that
conference were how to create Il soul and
how to make IN appropriate window for
that emperor TO look out of.
See how God honOrel the eye before He
created it. He cried until chaos was irrad-
lated with the utterance, "Let there be
light" In other words, before He intro
duced man into this temple OF tho world
He iIlumined 1t, prepared it for tho eye-
feyhf nd nft ho 1,rk
has been destroyed In the final demolition
OF tho world stars are to fall, and tho 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 proflted by
their shining the chandeliers OF heaven are
to be turned out. God to educate and to
bloS3 aud TO help tho human eyc set on the
mantel o. hsayen two lamps-a gold lamp
and silver lamp-tho one for the day and
tho other for the ricnt.
To show how God bOnors the eye look at
tho two halls built for tho residence Of tho
eyes. Seven bones making the wall for
each eye, the sar2l bones curiOusly wrought
togethor. KinEly palace oftvory Is cons1d-
cred rich, but tbs halls for the residence OF
the human cyOs nr3 richer by 80 much as
human bone Is more sacred than elephan-
tina tusk. See how God honorei the eyes
when He made root for them, so that the
swcnt of toll should not smart thet and
the rain dOshing against the forehead might
not drip into thep: tue eyebrows not bend
Ing over the eye, but reaching to the right
and TO the left, so that the rain and tho
sweat should be compelled to drop upon
the cheek Instead OF falling into this di-
Vlnely protected human eyesight.
See how God honored the eye in the fact
presented ny ANTAGONISTS and psychologists
tLat :here are 800 contrivances In every
eve For window shutters the eyelids
opening and closing 80, 900 times day, the
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 ills or pupil of the eye, according
as the light Is greater or less, contracting
or dilating. Tho eye of the owl is blind In
the day time, the eyes OF some creatures
are blind at night, but the human eye so
day and by night.
Many of the other creatures Of God can
move the eye only from side to side, but TIE
human eye, SO marvelously constructed,
has one muscle to lift the eye, and another
muscle to lower the eye, and another mus
Gle to roll it to the right, and another mus
Gle to roll 1t to the left, and another mus
Gle passing through q pulley to turn it
round and round, an elaborate gearing OF
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 Impression on to the sensorium and
on into the soul. What a delicate lens,
what an exquisite screen, what soft
cushions, what wonderful chemistry OF the
human eye. The eye washed by slow