Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-06-17
THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1853.

see only its perishing form, and we are ev-
er marring it by evil passion and selfish de-
sire. But, why need l illustrate what is
so selfevident? Your own words carry
with them an undoubting conviction. On
ly the good arc really beautiful
After this brief conversation, [ noticed
that the young man, who had hardly been
civil to Kate few years before, kept close
to her side during the remainder Of the
evening. 1t was plain, that in his eyes,
she was growing more and more beautiful
every moment.
did not meet this gentle friend again
for three years, though [ could not fail to
hold her in pleasant remembrance, and
then it was the pride of the young man
just referred to, who had a soul capable
of appreciating that true beauty which fades
not in the corroding atmosphere of time
In this new relation to life, Kate had re-
turned to her native town, and | met her
at a large party given on the wedding oc-
casion by the friends of her husband.
She was standing in group of ladies as
[ entered the crowded rooms, and so chang
ed in three years that ! was in doubt as to
her identity. At the last meeting | had
not perceived any change in the physical
lines of beauty, but only shining through
the plain face Of her beautiful spirit. But
her soul had freer, outward development,
as well as more interior life The deep
JOY of loving and being beloved had ava
kened new delights that neryed her whole
being, and recorded themselves in every
feature and expression. Love had become
her very life, and its Transforming power
was seen in the gradual softening of harsh
er outlines, and in touches Of beauty here
and there, scarcely recognized each by itself,
bnt pleasing the sight in their combined
harmonies | said that she was standing
in a group of ladies as | entered the room.
One of these was Nancy Lee. also a bride,
in all her bridal attractions. She had
loaded herself with ornaments, and was
dressed in a snowy costume, all intended
to heighten her personal charms. She
stood in the eyes Of all a conscious beauty,
and her young husband felt proud at being
/ the possessor Of so much loycliness. But
/ few think enyied him who were capable
! of approaching the soul beauty of Kate,
50 strongly contrasted with the mere flesh
and blood beauty Of his bride, as she stood,
unconscious of a single personal attraction,
/ by the side of her old friend and compan-
ion. The effect of the two faces, as trans
formed by living affections was remarkable
From that time / met the two young
brides often, and could always see new
evidences of the changing power of their
interior lives TO the one I was attracted
from the other repelled. The one appear
Cd to grow less selfish, and more lovely all
the while; the other more worldly minded
more heartless, and more unpleasing tC
the eye Contentment enthroned itself on
the brow of one; discomfort on that Of the
other
1t is now ten years since their bridal
and ever since, this change has been prb
gressing-Kate growing lovelier all th'
while, and her old friend fading into
coarse, snowy, sensual beauty; seeker o
that admiration which is deceived by COS
metic arts At home, in the eyes o
her husband, the latter scarcely exhibits
} single personal charm, so completely ha
her spirit transfxed itself into her face
while in the home of Kate, everything
) seems to have taken a portion Of beaut,
from her beautiful soul, to reflect it bacl
} upon her as from mirror. Daily, hourly
momently, she is growing more beautiful
: and this will progress until she attain
: the transcendant loveliness of an angel
= Only strangers, at first meeting, see he
t face as a plain one. To her friends it
r always full of attractions, for every featur
r is an index and remembrance of spiritua
t graces that adorn her life and render he
:. true friend, loving companion, and teach
' er by example of those sweet virtues tina
. are born of diviner influence.
nA- Henry Ward Beecher, in his LIT
Thoughts" says: "The Bible Society
;, sending its Bibles all over the world-t
Greenland, and the Morea, to Arabia an
Egypt; but dares not send them to on
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