EYESIGHT. He who has been temporarily deprived of his sight is reduced to the condition of a new born babe, or of one of those unfortunate individuals whose natural infirmity renders the presence of a conductor indispensably necessary ; but when there are no outward objects to distract his attention, it is then that with the eye of reflection he probes into the deepest and darkest recesses of his own heart, and discovers his natural im perfections and impurities much more readily than he could possibly have done had he not been deprived of his sight. This short deprivation of sight has kindled in his heart a spark of the brightest and the purest flame " The people which sat in darkness saw a great light," (Mat. iv. 1.6). We must further admit that those who have been deprived of their sight, and who have hopes of being restored to it, strive most industriously and dili gently to obtain it ; that they lutve no greater desire, and that they will most readily pledge themselves to do all that can be required of them, in order to obtain that inestimable blessing.
A man who hag been deprived of his sight may be introduced into places where he is surrounded by the strangest and the rarest Objects, without a possibility of his becoming a traitor. At the same time, those who are in possession of their sight cannot feel the care of their guides so much as those who are hoodwinked, and who feel that without the constant attention of their conductors, they would be much more helpless than they now are ; but however many proofs of attention and care they may receive, there is still something left to wish for ; and to the question, What is your chief desire, the answer will ever assuredly be, "Light."—Gudicke.