Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-30
PLAIN TALKS TO PRACTICAL
PEOPLE
"The Man With A Vision"


and serves his age must dream
dreams and see visions. Vision
means sight, the power to see,
as well as that which is seen.
The care of the eye is so i'm
pOrtant that assurance companies
issue inst; drtlonS to their policy
soldiers 9 Neglect of The eyes is
q fertile source of blindness. Man!
a child might bt saved from a
lifelong blindness by proper care
at birth. Much physical and moral
blindness might be avoided by
proper care. "Have your eyes
examined by a specialist as a mat
yOu are not conscious of impaired
vision. Long life aand happiness
may depend upon two little crys-
tai disks"
Moral and spiritual blindness
Is declared to be the most terri
e1e calamity any man suffers.
things near by it becomes impOS-
>able to see the things that are
afar off. A farm, a position, a
pleasure, an ambition, or the lit
Q tie good of success may observe
our vision Of vastly greater things
as a plenty held too close to eye
hides the world from view. A
young man may be so blind as to
be insensible to his own true grea
hess, only large enough to take
the great, precious, GOd-given tai
ents and years, and waste them in
rlStOus living. Sightless and aim
less, he ,wanders on in his world
Of hOpelessness.
But give him good vision and
he will be a sworn enemy of
Vlce9 ignorance and idleneSS. He
Will look upan bis brain and
Drawn, his youth and talents, as
So much capital with which to do
business; and his life will be
worth millions to mankind. By
ethe aid of the Past and the Pres
.oHt he knows Che Future. He sees
Anw the Present spells OppOrtun-
lily and Obligation. He will prove
himself far-Sighted man who
can meet the need of today. Make
way for him. His eye is on the
eternal. He feels the pull of the
future as one felS the luure of the
wild, or as the boy feels the kite
, string s tug.
The most ShOrt-Sighted man in
the world is the man who sins.
who persists in wrong doing. He
sears his soul as with burning
steel. He has blinded his own
eyes.olIe has changed his philOSO-
ply Of life and says: Eat.
drink and be merry, for tOmOr-
row we die" His, whole world
Is in the present tense. o.
Even good men may be sud
denly blinded. An ancient king.
tured by lust, lost his vision of
God, and to hide his crime. com
mltted another. Who would have
believed so great a man could
become so blinded? His sin dark
ened his sky like a thick cloud,
0and he lived on in the gloom of
his guilt. The vision of God. was
ObscWed. He became a gilded
hypOcrite. This once gOdly man
, uactuatly existed in this goddess
state for months. But Nathan'S S
word came as a bolt out II of a
clear sky. The best in the man
rebelled at being Slave to the
worst. The scales fell from his
eyes. He saw his guilt, that sin
offended God. He acknowledged
ms crime and cried for mercy.
What else could a sinner do? He
saw God, first, as Judge, then as
Saviour.
Only, he who looks GOd-ward.
sees God. Blessed are the pure in
heart for they shall see God. If
9Ou have a pure heart and a pure
life, if you have pure thoughts fol
your companions, you are to be
enyled. Purity cannot be bought
. with gold. 1t is gotten only
through the grace of God, thrOgh
o opening the windows of the soul
TO the light of Truth. The Vi
sion of God is our highest hap
pineSS. Bend low, and hear the
dying Kingsley whispee, "HoW
beautiful is Cod!
The man with such a vision
like Jesus sees the tired thrOngS
and has compassion on them.
Men are eager to lead the boy
and girl into the clearer light.
In thy light shall we see light. y
This is the divine force behind
The uplifting forces. in the world