Article January 15, 1944 Issue

"Blessed are your eyes"

ALBERT F. ENGEL

Visiting one day in a steel mill, the writer asked to see how the billets were conveyed through the giant furnaces in operation there. Upon being permitted to look inside one, he exclaimed, "I see nothing but a great white glare!" The attendant replied: "Many years of experience at these furnaces have accustomed my eyes to the high concentration of light in them, and upon looking inside, I can see every detail clearly. Moreover, without the use of instruments, I can tell within a few degrees the temperature of each billet. My job is never to let one start for the rolls unless it is right."

Here was food for thought! The eyes of the trained operator had clear vision, but mine were blinded by the same conditions through which he saw without impairment. Instantly there came to mind Jesus' words as recorded by Matthew: "This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."

The Master was addressing his disciples. He referred to their spiritual discernment, made possible through the spiritual instruction they were receiving at his hands. And this surpassing ability to see and to hear he called "blessed." Vitally is this Christlike quality needed in the world today! And with rejoicing we observe that this blessing of divine Love may be had by all through spiritual understanding in Christian Science! This Science, as revealed by Mary Baker Eddy in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," awakens the heart "waxed gross," opens the spiritual perception, and heals all manner of sin, sickness, disease, and inharmony.

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