The Telescope by Dr F W Boreham

A fascinating essay (from his desk) by F W Boreham which reveals the way he looked at ordinary things and saw in them much more.

You never see a thing by looking at it. That is one of the most subtle and profound lessons that life is constantly striving to teach us. There are two ways of seeing everything. You may see it, sacerdotally or you may see it sacramentally. You may see it sacerdotally – seeing, that is to say, the thing itself, but seeing nothing through it, or beyond it. Or you may see it sacramentally – scarcely seeing the thing itself, but seeing a world of wonder as you look through it. You never see a thing by looking at it; you only see a thing by looking through it. Let me be more precise!