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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 9, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 61.

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Defective Sight

By MRS. LUELLA L. HARMON

MRS. LUELLA L. HARMON
MANY persons have defective sight; some are nearsighted, some are far-sighted, while others are blind. Some of these may correct the defect in their eyesight by wearing spectacles.
In our Christian experience many of us have defective sight, but are not aware of it until we go to the Great Physician. Then some of us learn we are so very nearsighted that we do not see farther than self. We do not see even the Physician. Others are able to see but the members of their own family, while some see as far as their friends. A few see even their neighbors. All we who are nearsighted need to apply more of the ointment of love, supplied freely by this Great Physician, that we may see all that are dear to us, also that we may see the precious souls in far-away China, India, Africa, and all the dark corners of the earth.
Again: there are those who are far-sighted and fail to see the home needs. Perhaps loved ones in their own homes are in need of their love and prayers and attention; often an aged parent or a relative may be perishing out of the loving Shepherd's fold. Neighbors, too, may be dying all around them without the precious, saving truth. There may be, but a few rods away, many souls going down to perdition because no one points them to the path that leads upward into eternal life, while the far-sighted one sits waiting and mourning for an opportunity to go to some distant country or to some large city. The ointment of love will enable one to see those near by as well as those far away; also to see that his own body, as the temple of the Holy Ghost, is cared for.
Saddest of all these misfortunes is the spiritual blindness of those who sit at ease in Zion, feeling satisfied with themselves and all the world. They see nothing to do, and heed not the calls for help from near and far. To these poor blind souls Jesus offers the same precious ointment, love, and calls for them to anoint their eyes that they may see! Unless this ointment is applied without delay, these defective eyes will never see the Great Physician and the beautiful home where he dwells. Flint, Mich.