THE SORROWS OF THE BLIND
gj r —"Seeing is believing.” How car®, lesaly we make that remark when doubtful 'of something. Think of - the hundreds who cannot believe by seeing, but have to lie content to believe by hearing. Give the blind people lovely homes, where they may develop other senses. I knew of a blind organist whose exquisite touch, wae the envy of many who were highly cultured. He. talked of "seeing his music" with "eyes of Hie soul.” Those deep seeing "eyes of the eoiil” were his compensation for tho deprivation of his natural sight. Yet that organist was handicapped. He could never sev, like others, I’m tired, of dustj Christchurch, 1 am off to windy Wellington, sultry Auckland, and rainy Dunedin, then after seeing all, I am off fosse Australia. Each city lias its own peculiar attractions, yet each town, a town of darkness io the blind. .1 hen, brighten their lives with a pension, gladden their hearts with a song, give them homes of comfort. Tell them yora.’ll sign the petition, and tell them they will gain the pension, but. —not by-and-bye.—l am, etc.. A. BONNINGTON.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 244, 9 July 1921, Page 7
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