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

ard enptyirg into q here o. the nos
triL a csutnv1uce So wonderful that u
car see the sun ss.ol0.1o0 o. miles away
ard the point % a PIN. Telescope and
microscope Co. the same co%ntrivanee.
The astrorouer swings and moves this
way and that aud adjusts ard readjuSts
the telescope uutil he gets Il TO
The right fccua The m~icruscopist
moves this way ard that and adjusts
and reatjasis tht ~nagniiylug glass un-
tlitis prepared Co 90 It's work. but the
human eve without a touch beholds
the star and The smallest insect. The
traveller aloug TIE APPS with one glance
takes 90 Mont Blame aud the face OF
his watch 20 see whether he has time
20 climb b.. Oh. this wonderful camera
obscura which you ard . carry about
with us so from the top o. Mount Wash
lugion We can take ir New England,
50 at riehtweLS%Netp Into our vision
the oOusteI9iols from horizon 10 hori-
zou. 50 delicate, so semi-infnite. and
yet the light coming 95,O00.0oO Of miles
at the rate OF 10000 miles a second
IS obliged 10 halt 81 the gate OF the
eye, waiting INIT. The p~orteulis be lift
81. Something buried 95,O00.0O0 Of
miles and striking an Instrument which
has not the agitation Of ever winking
under the power Of The stroke.
There also is the merciful arrange
ment Of the tear GLAND by which the
eye is washed and through which rolls
the tide which brings relief that comes
In tears when some bereavement or
great loss strikes Us. The tear not an
augmentation OF sorrow, but the
breaking up OF The arctic OF frozen
grief in the warm gulf stream OF con-
ISOLATION. l~ncapacity 10 weep is mad
ness or death Thank God for the tear
glands ard that the crystal gates are
so easily opened. Oh, the wonderful
hydraulic apparatus Of the human eyel
Diyinely constructed vision. Two light
houses at the harbor Of the immortal
soul under the shining Of which the
world sails 10 and drops anchor.
What an anthem Of praise TO God is
the human eyel The tongue is speech
less and a clumsy instrument Of ex-
preston as compared with ii. Have
you not seen the eye fash with indigna-
ton, or kindle with enthusiasm, or ex-
pand with devotion, or melt with SYM
pathy, or stare with fright, or leer
with yiliaiuy, or droop with sadness,
or pale with envy, or fire with revenge,
or twinkle with mirth, or beam with
love? 1t Is tragedy aud comedy and
pastoral and lyric 10 turn. Have you
not seen It's uplifted brow Of surprise,
or its frown Of wrath, or its contrac-
ton Of pain2 If the eye say one thing
aud the lips say another thing, you be-
hsye the eye rather than the lips. The
eyes Of Archibald Alexander and
Charles G. Funey were the mightiest
part Of their sermons George White
field enthralled great assemblages with
his eyes, though they were crippled
with strabismus. Many a military chef
tain has with a look hurled a regiment
to victory or TO death. Martin Luther
turned his great eye % an assassin
who came 10 take bis life, and the vii.
lain aed. Under the glance Of the bu-
man eye the tiger, with FIVE times a
mans strength, snarls back into the
African jungle.
How q, adds 10 John Millions Sublim-
lily Of character when We find him OF
the call Of duty sacrificing hiseyesight.
Through studying at late hours and
trying all kinds Of medIcameut to pre-
serve bis sight be bad for l2 years been
coming toward blindness, and after
awhile one eve was entirely gone. His
physician warned him that If be con.
tlnucd reading and writing he would
lose the other eye. But he kept on
with his work and said after sitting
Ia total darkness: The choice lay be
fore me between deyeliction Of a So
preme duty and loss Of eyesight II
such a case ! could not listen TO tn
physician, IT, t%esculapins himsei