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The Right Use of the Eyes

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 17, 1859

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 13.

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The Right Use of the Eyes

The Right Use of the Eyes.—An Italian bishop who had endured much persecution with a calm, unruffled temper, was asked how he attained such a mastery over himself. "By making a right use of my eyes," said he, "I first look up to heaven, as the place whither I am going to live forever. I next look down upon the earth, and consider how small a space of it will soon be all that I can occupy or want. I then look around me, and think how many are far more wretched than I am."