Article October 31, 1964 Issue

A High School Student Writes

How Do we See?

DAVID A. TYLER

When Jesus said to his disciples (Matt. 13:16), "Blessed are your eyes, for they see," he was not referring to material eyesight but to the faculty of divine Mind that Mrs. Eddy defines in Science and Health (p. 586), "EYES. Spiritual discernment,— not material but mental."

Many times a demonstration of true vision is recorded in the Bible. One example is given in II Kings. The king of Syria sought to kill Elisha because he had informed the king of Israel of ambushes, with the result that the king of Israel had been saved several times. Elisha was in Dothan, and the enemy surrounded the city. When he saw the enemy, Elisha's servant was very fearful. Whereupon Elisha prayed (6:17), "Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see." And the young man perceived God's protection, for he saw that "the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."

The following experience illustrates the working of this truth today. During my sophomore year in high school, I had been aware for a number of months of some difficulty in seeing clearly at a distance. However, I ignored this problem, and it did not reach large proportions until I took the test to get that seemingly all-important driver's license. It was quite a shock to be told that I had not passed the eye test and would have to use glasses.

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