The reporter., 1900-02-01
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"''" WI Lighthouses of tho sOui,
,c,rvrish.. Louis Kiorsch, ls5Ol
sorox. y, Gin this discourse DR..
"A'Bl'VInn IN nj. own way. calls attention
falns:' 'nsrt Of the human body never
!. 20 tIM dIscoursed upon ia tho pulpit and
refa,H'p'' rs all to AIS study OF omnis-
e'aIs"7 Text, rsEim xclv., 9, "He that
ci'no'ii tho pvn. shall He not seer"
!9a-nsII -,,, narsrial organ OF the human system
lhs nra ,I an un and down tho Bible Col
..ors n. extols it, illustrates It or ar.
hoagI' hi.n.it Five hundred md thlrty=tocr
ialE.I, NE,a,s Il mentioned in the Bible. Omn!-
ssT,'.s.-"the eyes Of tho Lord arc in
a.o,r r,acs." Divine care-"as the apple
e,ti1 .to eye." TOE clouds-"tho eyel!ts 6f
~, lrorslSe." Irreveren e. eye that
ro,Ee,h at its Father" Pride-"oh, how
,orv arc theIt eyes" Inattention-"th
II ~ eve lr lhe ends oil the earth" Divine
i..ne.tion-"wheels full OF eyes," Sud
i,'.aGtnsss-"ln tho twlnkIing OF an eve ut
N, Iast trump" Oivc.ic seTnnn-"the
';,5t ~ the body I9 tho eye" TINS morn
,srt "Te that forinel the eye, shall
E Ha not seo:" ,. A..
-. enI thn physiologIsts understand
.,.L NJ tho gloriea OF the two great
T.b,s a. tho hAman race, bnt the vast
n'r'ti,nlrs 70 on from cradle to grave
rtbout nDy appreciation OF the two great
.,ostnrninces Of tho Lord God Almighty.
TG-d hai lacked anything OF Infinite
& risdon. lie would have failed liz creating
,bs human eve. We wander through the
s'-th irving to see wonderful sights, bu:
Ma most wonderful sight We ever SEQ Is
-, ca wonderful as tho Instruments
. through which we SEQ 1t,
+ has been n strange thing to me for
: pirfy wears that some scientist with
I s70rch elcQuance and magnetism did not
On through the country with illustrated
isatnre on canvas thirty feet square te
n .ygrtle and thrill and overwhelm Chrl5trEa
5om with the mHrvels OF the human eye.
. Va want the eye taken from 6ll its tech-
reaIities and some une who shall lay aside
Il Al talk about the pterygomaxi!lary As
. syres the sc!erOtica aud the chiasma OF
hs optIr nerve and In plain, common par
lance which you and and everybody can
n Understand present the subject. We have
& I.qrsed men who have been telling us
what cur origin Is and what we were. Oh,
Hsons one should come forth from the
iss4cting tabln and from th9 classroom
9l the university and take the platform
and asking the help Of the Creator
3enouetra;o the wonders OF what we are!
p refer to the physiological facts sug=
gs:t-d by the former part Of my text, 1t is
ony to bring out in palmer way the
Geological lessons OF the latter part Of
mv text, "Re shat formed the ego, shall
Ee not see;"
suppose my text referred to The human
sye since il excels all others in structure
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alss aad mOles ard bats are very simpls
things because they have not much 10 DO.
There ara insects With Il h1ndfel eyes, but
:ba hundred eyes hnvc less faculty than th4
two hunial eyes. The black beetle swim
ming the summer pond has two eyes under
the water and two eyes above the water,
lgt !he four insectlle are not equal to tho
lg0 human, Man placed at the head OF
. oil living creatures must have supreme
equipment, whilo the blind FISH in the Nam.
moth cave OF Kentneky hnvo ouly au un.
developed organ Cf sight, m apology for
sheeye which IL through somo crevice of
.he mountain they should GO into the sun.
light might be developed into positive oye-
Digit,
In the first chapter of Genesis we mad
that God without any consultation created
tleIlcH, created the trees, created the fish,
created the fowl, but when He was about
10 make man lI8 called convention OF di.
Hlity, rs though to imply that Ill the
powers OF Godhead were 20 DO enlisted in
Tue achievement, "Let n3 make man. ~
Plt whole ton CT emphasis On that word
US LET us make man." And II God
called convention CT divinity to create
man think tho two great questions In that
conference we're how to create soul and
IoT 10 make an appropriate window foI
e1at emperor to look out of.
See how God honorel the eye before He
treated it. He cried until chaos was irrad-
lated With tho utterance, "Let there be
Ight!' In other words, before He intro
luced man Into this temple OF the world
he ellumined it, prepared it for the eye.
seht Aud so after the last human eye
las been destroyed In the final demolition
HtAo world stars aIe to fall, and tho sun
! 10 cease its shining, and the moon Is tc
url into blood, In other words, after the
human eyes are no more to be prolted by
tlelF shining the chandeliers OF heaven are
2 he turned out. God to educate and tC
u.9S3 ali 10 help the human eye set on the
a'a'eI Ok heaven two lamps-a gold lamp
M HM silver lnmp-tho one for the day anC
ao other for the Eight.
10 snow how God donors the eve look al
we Two halls built for the residence OF the
syM' Seven bones making tho wall fol
soeueye, tha sor3l bones curiouslY wrought
Iocethor. Klngly palace OF ivory IS consid
ste1 rich, but the halls for the residence o.
sle human eyes Rro richer by SO much Il:
uunah bone Is more sacred than elephan
.lle tusk. See how God honored the eve:
N-eh lie made n roof for them, SO that the
sScat OF toll should not smart thee. ant
saeLah da7hing against the forehead might
NV ufip into them; the eyebrows not bend
"n .r5 Vyet Ene eye, but reaching to- the righ
r NV 20 me left, so that the rain and tht
,So ,Sea5 should be compelled to drop upoI
.Js IJeGAeeS Instead OF falling into th.s di
'ooeiy protected human eyeslght,
,-. neo IoW God honored the eye In the faci
t'o9VA!ed by anatomists and Psychologists
So -a' '"gte are 500 contrivances In every
~, ~" For window shutters, the eyelids
sro'o sro'IlIR aAd closing $4,000 times day, the
Hoies Hotasnes 50 constructed that they have
rt se'7eIlon as to what shall be admitted
t!IuS 20 the dust, "Stay ont," and saying
tois HEAt, Come in" For inside cur
RsIbn5 I sue l;is or pupil Of the eye, according
a, SU, o !isnt Is greater or less, contracting
tba assulIhg. The eye OF the owl is blind IL
n,o II.y Hme, the eyes OF some creature.
mH,rIp v.1u al night, but the human eye sc
dsr dsr,el99GsIy constructed 1t can see both BY
,o".E OF the other creatures OF God car
hnron. hro .uo eye only from side to side, but tt,
has b,'%u nn. eye, so marvelously constructed
npssta nsLo muscle to lift the eye, and another
cet ciL,s 10 70 lower the eye, and another mus
Ce ~ so, .oi, 1t to the right, and another mus
Gle pssS,.n bass. Il 10 me left, and another mus
topsS sySdsslnS through a pulley to turn 4
s, f'ru nan sal rourd, an elaborate gearing o
them. ID PERFECT as God could maxi
nu 5rs ~ Il i also the retina gathering tn,
nrassio, f, nSn' y; and passing the visual i'm
llieknass 4ong the optic nerve about the
oS Sqa al impression on to the sepsormg psSi anu tn'
What n~'o the soul. What delicate lens
ecsSi,nnaa IA exquisite screen, what sol
lcm1,-,nn what wonderful chemistry of th,
s.fe9"1 e{e' The eye washed by SLOW