The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-27
MECHANISM OF MAN.

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MECHANISM OF MAN.
"What is man that Thou art mind
5ful of him.?
The skeptical scientist says man is
S.the highest order of animal, having
Originated spontaneously in the low.
est organism, near the dividing line
between the animal and vegetable
I Kingdom; and in millions of years
has worked his way from the spine
less worm, through the monkey
+ tribe, up to his present estate.
The believing scientist is no less
certain that man is the creature o1
evolution, but he recognizes a great
first canse, q Creator.
There are many others who accept
the Bible literally that man was
created in the image of God, in a mo-
ment, by the word of His power,
{ and that he represents the finished
{ work of the Creator on earth.
Whatever differences of opinion
there may be Of mans origin, of his
physical perfection there can not be
the slightest doubt. To fully appre.
ciate this perfection one has but to
try to conceive of improvements that
I might have been made in the human
anatomy, or try to point out unnec-
essary and snperfuous conditions In
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For instance, suppose man had not
been hinged in the middle, and then
again at the knee. He would have
3 to spend the entire day in a standing
posture, and when he reclined at
night, would have to be let down by
Sa prop, very much as one lets post
to the ground.
Then again, suppose the spinal col.
umn should be perfectly rigid instead
of being a flexible column. With
such d condition there could be no
motion of the body and man would
be as breakable as glassware.
More marvellous still are the senses,
how they minister one to the other,
and how in perfect harmony, they
minister to the whole body. That
I the ear should receive sound and the
eye sight and transmit Impressions
to the brain, are the strongest marks
: of the divine origin of the human
body. Think for a moment Of the
construction of these delicate organs.
In the ear, the sensitive membrane
that receives and transmits sound is
well inside the Uranium, where it is
s protected from sudden bursts of noise
that might rupture it if it was nearer
the surface. The ear on the outside
OF the head, is concave IN form, and
adapted to catching sound. 5,G
The eye is even more wonderful
than the ear. It receives impress
;sionS from the outer world and
throtgh the optic nerve, q muscle Of
creation, conveys them to the brain.
Note how the eyeball is protected.
1T is covered with a movable lid that
can instantlyelose and cover the eye
ball. This lid is fringed with lashes
designed to keep out particles of lint
or; dust. The whole is deep set in a
socket of bone that protrudes far
enough to ward off ordinary blows
from the eye. The eye is the win
dow OF the soul.
Then see how eye and ear center in
the brain, recording there the mill
alions of impressions received from
1 the outer world. Impressions linked
together become ideas, ideas linked
together become thought, and
thought finds its way back to the
outer world through the mouth.
Impressions are probably never
erased from the normal BRAIN The
impressions of half a century ago
may be called up at will and take
! new form in new thought. This
may make new records on the brain,
but still the original impression will
remain. The wonder is, that from
these millions of impressions, any
& one may be instantly called into use,
by the association of ideas. ~
The brain is the connecting link
between things temporal and things
spiritual, and many psychologists
doubt if thought is bounded even by
the shores of time. The organ of
thought, like all the organs of the
! body, returnst to dust, but many psy-
cologistssdoubt if thought is even in
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