The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-08
THE SENSES AND
KNOWLEDGE
Of GOD
Fifth Of Series Of Sermons By
Rev. Cushman...The Sense
of Sight.

~ IL SA Va thC SS>AAS VI SOl
On the senses was delivered by Rev.
H. Q. Cushman on Sunday last, the
sermon being on the sense of sight
The text was from the gospel of St.
John, XIV verse, One thing 1 know
that, whereas was blind. now
see." The subject was. How we may
grow In the knowledge of God by the
Sense of Sight and Human Judge
ment," and Rev. Cushman said:
God designed our eyes to be the i'm
mediate organs Of sight, placing them
IN their orbits to occupy the anterior
circumference of the cavities under
the brows, and close to the brain, for
quick and accurate perception. Birds
have three lids to each eye; the third
is translucent and is called membrane
nactnans (winking hd). 1t enables
them to remove any foreign substance
from the eyes and also enables eagles,
vultures, larks, etc., to look at the sun.
And thus, unlike "The Violet Athe-
ism, saning on obscene wings
athwart the noon, drops the blue
frlnged lids and holds them close, and
hooting at the glorious sun in heaven.
cries out, Where Is it,"
God made our eyes with two lids
and frfnged them with lashes to keep
any light substance from entering the
eye and to control the light. BY the
sense Of sight we distinguish colors
and appreciate most of the physical
qualities OF external objects. The re-
tinas render the eyes sensible of light
and are the essential organs of vision
The functions of the various portions
OF the eyes are to converge the lum-
anOus rays to a focus on the surface
OF the retina- The visual Impressions
are transmitted to the brain by the op-
stbc nerve. The rays traverse success
lively thu transparent corneas, the
aaueas humors. the crystalline, the
vitreous humors, and strike upon the
retinas on which they impress the
figure of the object whence they have
proceeded. and in order that no OBJ
security may arise from the reflections
that might occur, the interior Of the
eye is lined by membrane-the cho-
rotd-whfch Is itself covered with a
black or brown pigment This absorbs
the light like the dark pigment In
the interior of the telescope, and thus
obviates confusion.
AS the rays proceeding from an OBJ
ject must cross each other in their
course to the retina. those from the
upper part of the object must fall
upon the lower part of the retfna and
conversely, So that the object must
be impressed upon the retina in an
inverted position; yet experience
teaches us to appreciate the position
accurately.
The eye balls are covered in front
with the conjunctival coat, and are
moved by six muscles, four straight
and two oblique. And are constituted
of membranes. First. skleros (hard)
End. oornea (horny); 3rd choroid
'(skin); 4th, tun'ca Jacob (Jacobs
coat 5th, retina (rete nett; sixth iris
(rainbow). In the cells of this mem
brane God, placed the pigment to give
color to the eyes. 7th, hyaloid (glas-
sy). and then are the aqueous, crys-
tahne and vitreous humors. The eye
ball Is invested with a membranous
coat which separates it from the other
structures of the orbit, and forms a
smooth, hollow surface by which its
motions turn about like ours. So God
gave two eyes and one cornea to each
to a few insects but to many others
he gave compound eyes. The ants
have fifty, house flies 1000, butterflies
1900, and some beetles 25,0e0 hexa-
gona facets but are really cornaa or
ocell. Some of the blood vessels Of
the eyes may be seen when they are
inflamed or bloodshot And when there
are no pigments In the eyes. as Is the
case OF a)binos and in white rabbits,
the pink appearance is due to the I'M
concealed blood in the cappilarfes OF
the choroid and iris. The. expansion
and contraction of the pupils Is af-
1ected blythe voluntary fibres OF the
iris.
During. &he deign Of King Charles
the ESret, ura3or Of great courage
and understanding was sent to Madrid
to do his hing an important service.
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