Edward Wilbur Mason in the following verses shows how men miss the best
things because they are spiritually blind as to the things nearest to
them.
We seek for beauty on the height afar;
But on the earth it glimmers all the while:
Tis in the garden where the roses are;
’Tis in the glory of a mother’s smile.
We seek for God in every distant place;
But lo, beside us He forever stands:
We meet Him guised as sunlight face to face;
We touch Him when we take a brother’s hands.
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See DARKNESS; GENIUS PERSECUTED.