It was the vision of the Savior which transformed the whole being of
Paul. And the apprehension of the person of the risen and ascended Son
of God must forever change the one who has beheld Him.
Sir David Brewster says, in his life of Sir Isaac Newton, that
the great astronomer on a certain occasion gazed steadfastly
with his naked eyes on the sun shining in his meridian splendor.
As a consequence, the impression in the retina was so deep that
for days he could not see anything with distinctness--turn which
way he would, he constantly beheld the image of the sun. He shut
himself up for days in a dark room, but even there he could
clearly discern the golden halo of the light. (Text.)
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