Blind, Deaf And Dumb

The resources osad pöBSibilities oi modern metlitxls di intêllQOtua] iniinin:; !);vr (.Olïlid anotlier innrvdou:. : '■ ín ;!'.:■ enge oí II"! ;u Keiler, i rt instaaee ftilfy as wónderfnl mul ■ ncluíye i i'.-u fumistaéd by the íaninus i.Mur-', Bridgmaii. Tlie inii'ir : is now aliiuii j ears old SI) deaf, dumb and iil'iui in inf'iir-y. and yct she lias been edueatefl u; to such a ■ at 12 3 ears oí age, to v i r I y íneams of her own I eteh of lia ring been ■ i: t ;i from da rlí a Into '. i'.'1 light (r knowledige. Her sketch Is beau1 ■ ■ i mposed, aaiíd íá sald by the editor of ■ h p ipeí Im wjii -li the posit'op has been published, lo hare ■i irs :i' spelling and .'■■: '. n i i ■■■. of . lie ehild's dreadlul af'lictione, üi" mere mecí I work oï the achieveaneni is remarkable enouRli : but when to this is added a i' :1ly fine quality of literary sk li I lie mental al tainments acquii e the girl are quite amazing. We can not resist the tcniplation to quote a portion of her recital of her iiit preception oí the sea,. "Suddeialy we etopped," she Yn-re-s 'and I kncw, without being told, the sea was al my feet. I knew, too, it was immenee ! a ful ! and tor a moment some of the sunshine seemed to have goae out of the d;ij'. But I do not tliink I was afraid ; for later, when I put on my bathtng snit, and tlie llttle waves r.ui up on the sliore liad klssed my fect, I shouted íor }oy, a.nd plunged fearlessly into the suri. But, unfortunately, I stiuek my foot on a rock and fell forward into the eold water: ■'THtn a strange, fearful seiKjp of danii'cr terrlfied me. The salt water i'ilíeil my eyes and took away my breatli, and a great wave threw me up on tlie beach as easily as if I liad been a, little pebble. For several days after that I was yery timid and eould hardly be persuaded to go into the water at all ; but by degrees my courage returned, and almost befoi-c the Slimmer wa.s over I thoughi ii the greatesi fun to be tossed about ii i lie sea waves. "Oh, the happy, happy, hours I spent, hunting the svonderfnl shells ! How pretty they wefe with their lovely resh hues, and exquisite shiapes ! And how pensant it was to sf. on the sandy bank and braid the e:i grass, while teacher told me storles of the sea and de3cried, in simple words ihat I could understand, the iinajestic ocean and the ships that il; [fted in the distance like white- Inged birds '. "People sometimes seem surprised that I love the oeeain when I cannot see il. lint I do not t hink it is stoamge. It is because God has ed the 3ove oí His woiiderful works j deep in the hearts of his children, and, j whether we n' them or not, we teel evervwhere their beauty anl mystery eaíolding os.'1