Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-13

beauties Of the rose II you had never
had your eyesight?" The Times con-
tinues: Given the privilege from his
| hospital bed Of using his eyes for few
minutes at time, the young man In
philadelphia first saw the flowers, and
was almost overcome by the miracle;
but what he was most eager to see
were the faces Of his fellow students.
Was he not right In placing a view Of
his fellows above even the beauty OF
the birds and flowers? Women are
beautiful; some men are handsome, but,
regardless of the degree of pulchritude,
Is sthere not something about all man
kind which Is good to look upon? Man
Is alive, and e is well to observe life,
especially life In the highest form
known to this world The young man
did well to desire most of all to view the
faces of his comrades; they are more
interesting, If not more beautiful, than
the heart of any rose"
Twenty-Five years Of self-adjust-
ment to living by means Of four senses
instead of fiVe," comments the Provi-
dence Journal. "Then he is given
sight. No wonder he Is bewildered. No
man coming even into q fortune OF vast
proportions could have such an ads
Venturous life before him. Such mat
ter-of-fact things as automobiles and
trolley cars must be like magic to him.
A flower garden viii seem riotous
paradise. But why should we, who
by the greatest stretch Of imagination
can only gain the slightest understand
ing of It all, attempt to describe the
sensations of this boy? We hope that
he may be persuaded to write down his
experiences before they become COM
monplace. It would be the closest
picture Of our modern life we could
have given us, unless some visitor from
neighboring planet should drop in
upon us one of these days. And 1t
might well serve to make us more ap-
preciative Of the world about U.s."
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''He thought he knew what it was all
about" according to the Newark Even
ing News. Now he finds it was a mar
row little world Of unreality. OF some
things he had wrong impressions; of
others he has no impression whatever.
Seeing, it is all wonderful to him, far
beyond anything he could imagine.
Things commonplace to those who can
see are an arnazement-color, perSpec-
tive, arrangement. Still Mr.. Mussel-
man has only come out of one little
world into another little world. Sight
Is limited faculty. Marvellous as the
eye Is, it sees only q tiny part Of the
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and microscope, radio and television
are making us aware. The blind and
the seeing alike can only imagine
what the greater world beyond the
range of vision Is like, and imagination,
as Mr.. Musselman has discovered, gives
them no true understanding of even the
simplest and most ordinary things In
the unseen world"
The incident is hailed by the Port
land Oregon Journal as an incident Of
Easter, and as significant in its appli-
cation to more than the ordinary senses.
OF the story itself, that paper states:
" Besides all the things had wrong
impressions of, there were so many
said Earl Musselman, of which 7 had
no impression at all Have you ever
thought how things must appear to
the lily when It Is imbedded In the
muck. and then how beautiful the rar-
landed world appears to It when Il
blooms?' The Journal also makes the
application Of the lesson involved:
Easter tells of the Joy and marvellous
beauty revealed spiritually through the
resurrection. It is told in Scripture
and confirmed by many experiences
that blind souls may also see. Easter
is the symbol Of the process Through
death unto life that the boy born
blind now sees in springtime world
OF blossoms and gay color after his
long, dark years And the spiritual
vision Is 80 much more than physical
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