. When the blind saw . street. He wondered idlywho it might be. Then—thelight! It shone in upon his dark-ness, and he sat as if fixed to thedoorstep, unable to rise for thetrembling in his limbs! Heawoke suddenly to the fact thatthe sound of steps had ceased anda voice was speaking. He caughtthe words, I am the Light of theWorld. A hand was laid uponhis eyes, anointing them with 43 WHEN THE BLIND SAW something moist and cool; and avoice said: Go, wash in the poolofSiloam! The speaker was gone. Thelight had faded. Nathan the beg-gar, alone upon the steps, felt forhis staff, got to his feet, and
. When the blind saw . street. He wondered idlywho it might be. Then—thelight! It shone in upon his dark-ness, and he sat as if fixed to thedoorstep, unable to rise for thetrembling in his limbs! Heawoke suddenly to the fact thatthe sound of steps had ceased anda voice was speaking. He caughtthe words, I am the Light of theWorld. A hand was laid uponhis eyes, anointing them with 43 WHEN THE BLIND SAW something moist and cool; and avoice said: Go, wash in the poolofSiloam! The speaker was gone. Thelight had faded. Nathan the beg-gar, alone upon the steps, felt forhis staff, got to his feet, and hast-ened, tapping, tapping on the cob-bles, down the street. Deaf to theangry expostulations of those hejostled, unmoved by the curses ofa portly Pharisee, on he went, outat the city gate, down the hillside,until, stumbling along the broadstone steps that led to the placidpool, he threw himself prone byits brink and plunged his face intoits cool waters. He had known what men meantby such words as light and dark- 44. He threw himself prone by its brink andplunged his face into its cool waters WHEN THE BLIND SAW ness since the night when theheavenly glory had first shone inupon him; but never had heknown the meaning of the blue ofthe sky, the green of Olivet, thewarm whiteness of the Templewalls and the golden radiance oftheir sun-kissed pinnacles, untilnow, when he slowly climbed thestairs and looked about him on anew world. He joyously drank itin through his eyes. And now, said he to himself,to find the Christ, that I may seeHim with these eyes! A dark night, without a moon,had fallen on the hills aboveBethlehem. The sheep lay hud-dled together. Except for theirsoft breathing, and the whistle of 45 WHEN THE BLIND SAW the wind through the chinks inthe wall, no sound broke the still-ness. Sheltered in a corner of thefold, Elon, wrapped in his sheep-skin coat, hugged the embers ofthe slowly dying fire and dozedaway the hours. On a sudden one of the dogs be-side him lifted his
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