Daily Readings Selected from the Writings of Dr J.R. Miller

by B.B. & M.M.R

Counsel and Help

August 1


Ignorant Blindness

 

We miss a great deal in this world because of our ignorance. Life is full of illustrations of loss through not knowing. Two people walk out through the country. One has the artist’s eye, and his soul is entranced by what he sees. The other has two eyes in his head, but sees nothing with them. He does not know of the beauty that glows everywhere, and misses all the enjoyment which would be his if he had learned the art of seeing. Two persons go into an art gallery. One sees in the great pictures nothing but patches of colour. The other sees that which thrills his soul. These are suggestions of what we miss by not knowing. One man looks at the Bible with a certain sort of superstitious reverence, but sees nothing in it. Another reads the words, and they glow with life and beauty.

 

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