Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

owl is blind In the daytime, the eyes of
some creatures are blind at night, but
| the human eye SO mafvelously COLI
structed 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 the human eye, so marvellous.
| ly constructed, has one muscle to lift
| the eye, and another muscle to lower
the eye, and another muscle to roll II
to the right. and another muscle to roll
1t to the left, and another muscle pass.
Ing through a pulley to turn It round
and round, an elaborate gearing of six
muscles as perfect as God could make
them.
| There Is also the retinn gathering the
rays of light and passing the visual
Impression along the optic nerve about
the thickness of the lampwick, pass
Ing the visual impression ON to the SEN
sorium 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 a slow stream of moisture
whether we sleep or wake. rolling I'M.
perceptibly over the pebble Of the eye
and emptyng into bone OF the nos.
tril, contrivance SO wonderful that II
can see the sun 05,0O0,000 of miles
AWAY and the point Of pin. Telescope
and microscope In the same contrl-
vance. The astronomer swings and
moves this way and that and adjusts
aud readjusts the telescope until he
gets 1t to the right focus. The micro
scopist moves this way and that and
adjusts and readjusts the magnifying
glass until II Is prepared to do Its
work. but the human eye without n
| touch beholds the star and the small
est insect. The traveller along the Alps
with one glance taking In Mont Blanc
and the face Of his watch to SEQ wheth
er he has time to climb II. Oh. this
wonderful camera obscura which you
and carry about with MS, so from the
top Of Mount Washington we can tnkp
In New England. so nt night we. can
sweep Into cur vision the constplln
tlons from horizon to horizon. So deli
cate, so riilllniinite and yet the light
coming 05.pO0.O00 miles at the rate OF
100000 miles n second Is Obliged tc,
halt at the gate Of the eye. waiting
until the portcullls be lifted. Some
thing hurled 9j.000.000 miles and slrlk
Ing an instrument which has not iir
| agitation OF even winking under tll'
power OF the stroke.
Divine Construction.
There also Is the merciful ariang
mcnt of tho tenr gland by which g.
eye Ia washed and through which rul!
the tide which brings the relief t..
comes In tears when some bpycavp
mcnt or great loss strikes u.s. The tcal
not an augmentation OF SORROW but I'll,
| breaking up Of the arctic of frozC u
grief IN the warm gulf stream Of con
ISOLATION. lucapaclty to weep is mad
ness or death. Thank God for the tea
glands and thnt the crystal gates ar,
so easily opened, Oh. the wOndcrfu'
hydraulic apparatus of the human eye.
Diyincly constructed vision. I'VE
lighthouses at the harbor of the i'm.
mortal soul under the shining of whici.
the world sails In and drops anchor
What an anthem of praise to God Il.
the human eye! The tongue Is speech
less and n clumsy instrument of ex.
preston as compared with II. Have
you not seen the eye flash with indig.
nation, or kindle with enthusiasm, or
expand with devotion. or melt with
sympathy, or stare with fright. or leer
with villniny, or droop with sadness.
or pale with envy. or fire with revenge,
or twinkle with nirth or beam with
lovcI 1t Is tragedy and comedy and
pastoral and lyric In turn, Have you
not seen Its upllfted brow of surprise,
or Its frown of wrath, or its contrac-
tion of pain? II the eye say one thing
| and the lips say another thing. you be-
lieve the eye rather than the lips The
eyes of Archibald Alexander and
Charles g. Finncy We're the mightlest
part Of their sermons. George White
field CENTRALIZED great assemblages with
his eyes though they were crippled
with strabiHmus. Many a military
chlertnin has with look hurled n regi-
ment 10 Victory or to death. Martin
Luther turned his great eye on an as
sassin who came to take his life, and
the villain lied. Under the glance of
the human eye the tiger with Ave
times n mans strength. snaris back
into the African jungle.
But those hest appreciate the value
OF the eye who have lost Il. The EN-
peror Adrian by accident put out the
eye OF his servant, and he said to his
servant: "What shall pay you. In
money or IN lnnds-anythng You ask
meY am so sorry put your eye
out But the servant refused to put
| any financial estimate OH the value. Of
the eve. and when the emperor urged
and urged again the matter he said,
"Oh. emperor, T want nothing but my
lost eye" Alas for those for whom a
thick and impcnetrablc veil IL drawn
across the face Of the heavens and the
fnce OF ones own kindred
Tint was n pathetic scene when n
blind man lighted torch nt night and
was found passing along the highway
and some one said, "Why do you carry
that torch when you can't seeT "Ah."
said he. II cant zee, hut carry this
torch that others may see me and pity
my heiplessness and not run mo
down." Samson, the giant, with his
eyes put out by the PhIllstnes. is more
helpless than tho smallest dwarf with
vision undnmaged, All the sympathIes
or Christ were stirred when he saw
Bartlmeus with dnrkencd rctna, and