February 2002 Vol.5, No. 2 Contents Western Thinking About Middle East Misses Key Factor by Cecil E. Maranville Restoration: World's Greatest Nation? by Darris McNeely The Coming World Religion by Darris McNeely Meeting Our Moment of Maximum Jeopardy! by John Ross Schroeder Fifty Years of the African Queen by Melvin Rhodes In Brief...World News Review by John Foster, Cecil E. Maranville and Jim Tuck This Is the Way... A Vision Beyond the Spectacles by Robin Webber Feb '02 WNP Main This is the Way... A Vision Beyond the Spectacles All of us who are a little bit older have those anxious moments, when we have forgotten where we last placed our glasses. We simply can't read the newspaper in front of us without our spectacles. Momentary panic sets in, and we fully realize how fragile our ability is to function without them. Are they lost? Will I find them? Why didn't I just keep them on? Reaching for glasses and knowing the benefit they provide are comforting feelings. This marvelous combination of wire and glass or plastic enables us to move forward in the world of thought and letters. Fortunately, hundreds of years ago, one older man knew right where to reach when he needed to correct his vision, and as the saying goes, "the rest is history." But it wasn't necessarily what he placed on his nose, as much as it was what lay in his mind's eye that allowed America to become what it is today. Most Americans and many people around the world have heard of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Washington's Farewell Address or Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. But most people haven't heard about the "Newburgh Address." This speech was given at what some consider the most important single gathering in American history. The man who reached for his glasses that day extended his influence to this present time. The question is, What did that man see that others around him could not discern? You may want to reach for your own glasses and take a closer look. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0202/way0202.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "A Vision Beyond the Spectacles" Other Articles by Robin Webber Washington, George: _A Walk In the Snow: Character Counts In a Nation's Leaders _A Brief History of America at War _Beyond Politics _Great and Durable Consequences _A Good Soldier _One Nation Under God? Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site