Article June 24, 1967 Issue

True Sight-saving

GORDON THOMAS SPARE

A sign posted in a certain industrial plant admonishes the workers, "The sight you save, God gave." This sign expresses a praiseworthy concern for the employees' welfare and is a reminder to them to take advantage of various eye-protective devices, such as shields and goggles.

To the student of Christian Science, the words of this poster can be challenging and meaningful in a completely different sense. He knows that the precious faculty of sight is indeed a God-bestowed gift and that the understanding and demonstration of this fact are vitally important to true sight-saving.

The general human belief that sight is completely organic and dependent on physical structure carries with it the suggestions of loss and limitation. But the gifts of God to His children are spiritual gifts, permanent and unchangingly complete. The Bible states, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."^{James 1:17;}

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