Evening star., 1924-12-06
BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON.
THE MAN BORN BLIND.
John, ix.1-41..
Golden Text One thing
know, that. whereas I was
blind, now I see.-John, ix.25.

Golden Rule Sunday. with It's call
for us to help the suffering millions
in the Near East by Il practical ap-
plication of the Masters teaching,
finds US studying His method of aid
ing helpless blind beggsr, whose
condition is a typical Near East case.
Blindness is common in that part of
the world, where fully, in certain
communities, at least one fifth of the
people have diseased eyes This CON
dition appealed to one of Americas
leading specialists, so that he left a
lucrative practice in one of our great
cities and went to the Holy Land to
inform not only hfs Jewish co-reli-
gionists, but all others, how to pre-
vent blindness and cure their dis
,, eased eyes free, paying his own bills.
Passing out from the hostile en-
vironment of the temple, where His
enemies were about TO stone Him,
| Jesus Saw a man blind from his
! birth" The disciples were attracted
to his Affections by the Masters gaze.
His pitiful condition raised in their
! minds q metaphysical question. They
believed in the common doctrine OF
their day, that every affection was the
direct penal consequence of some
specific sin. They raised the per-
| petual question OF tic ages, seeking
| sponsible for the blind beggars pitt
full condition. 1t was a minor ques-
! tion with the Master, who recognized
! in the mans helplessness and need a
! call OF duty. He pointed out in His
answer that Christianity is not con-
I cern ed with the problem of the cause
! for 1t Is the Christians business to
! conquer evil and overcome it's conse-
queaceS We must do the work that
! lies next and leave the results with
! Cod for there Is Il limit upon our
! time and opportunity OF service Hu-
man suffering is a call for US to re
veal the grace of God. who seeks 10
make remediIess disasters Of life
| tributary to the enlargement of mems
/ spiritual life.
Born Blind-sees.
| Although It was the Sabbath, when
| one was not permitted to mold clay
| and even place spittle upon an eye &c
| give 1t relief. Jesus did not hesitate
to do those two things and apply them
! TO the eyes of the one born blind. II
| is significant that in this case he healed
| the blind man without being requested
| Evidently the Lord looked upon the
| Sabbath as a day to promote mans
! physical, mental and spiritual we'll
| being. He saw that the man needed
/ the encouragement OF the use Of the
! clay and spittle, go He anointed tht
| blind mans eyes with the same anc
directed HIM to wash in the Pool o.
| Siioam He went. washed and returned
| seeing.
! This public cure created sensation
( People who had known the former BLIND
/ beggar could hardly believe their eyes
! The Pharisees. when requested 10 eH
| plain the cure, were deeply perplexed
! The restored mans story could not b.
set aside by quibbling over the Sabbatl
! day. The Pharisees were split intc
| divisions by the miracle. which wal
established by the testimony Of the
! parents that the cured man was theil
son and that he had been born blind
While the debate concerning the char
! acter of his Healer was going on th'