The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-20

charms for their happiness Beauty is
such subtle thing, it does not seem TO
depend upon facial proportions, or upon
the sparkle of the eye, or upon
the flush of the cheek. You sometimes
find Il among irregular features. II il the
soul shining through the face that makes
one beautiful. But alasl for those who de-
pond upon mere personal charms. They
will come TO disappointment; and to q great
fret There are so many different opinions
about what are personal charms; and then
sickness and trouble and age do make
such mvagcs. The poorest god that a
woman ever worships is Der own face.
The slddcst sight In all the world is q
woman who has built everything on good
looks when the charms begin TO vanish.
Oh, how they try TO cover the wrinkles and
hide the rayages of time. When Time.
with iron.shod feet, steps ON face, tho
ho0i marks remain, and you cannot hide
them. II is silly TO try TO hide them.
think the most repulsiyo fool in all the
world is IN old fool
Why, my friends, should you bc ashamed
TO be getting old? II is sign it is prima
iacie evidence that YOU have behaved toll
crahly well or YOU would not have lived TO
this time. The grandcst thing, think, is
eternity, aud that IL made up OF countless
ycan. When the Bible would set forth
the attmctvencss of Jesus Christ Il says
Ellis hair was white ny snow" But when
the color goes from the check,
and the lustcr from tho eye,
and the spring from the step,
and the gracelulness from the
gait nlasl for those who have built their
time and their eternity upon good looks.
But all the passage of years cannot take
out OF ones face benignity, aud kindness,
and compassion, and faith. Culture your
heart and you culture your face. The
brightest glory that ever heamcd from u
womans face Ia the religion of Jesus
Christ. In the last war 200 wounded sol
dicn came TO Philadelphia one night, and
came unhoralded, and they had Ia cX-
temporzc n hospital for them, aud the
Christian women Of my church and Of
other churches went out that night 10 take
care Of the poor wounded fellows. Tint
night saw Christian woman 90 through
the wards OF the hospital, her sleeves
rolled mp, ready for hard work, her hair
dishoyeod In the excitement of the hour.
Her face was plain, very plain; but after
the wounds were washed aud the new
banlagcs were put round the Eplintcrod
limbs, and the exhausted boy fell oil into
his llrst pleasant sleep, she put her hand
on his brow and lac started In his dream
aud said, "Oh, | thought an angel touched
me.' There may have been no classic
elegance in the features of Mis-. Harris,
who came into the hospital after the "Scv-
On Days awful Eight, m she sat down 10y
q wounded drummcT-hOy and heard him
solioquizc: - ball through my
body, aud my poor mother viii
never ngnin see her boy. What
pity il isl And she leaned
over him and said: shall ] be your
mother, and comfort your" Aud he
looked up aud said; eyes; III try TO think
she's here. Please tn write a long letter to
her and tell her all about II, and send her
a lock Of my hair and comfort her. But
would like 10 have YOU tell her how much
suffered yes, would like you 10 do
that, for she would feel 40 for me. Hold
, my hand while ! die" There may hay,
been no classic elegance In her features
hut all the hospitals oi llarrison's landin
and fOrtnss Monpc would ha,r agree,
that she was beautiful; and u any rougl
man In all that wnrl hal insulird her
some wounded soldier would have lcape,
from his couch, ON his best foot, aud striicl
him dead with a cruich.
Again: ! advise You not 90 depend iol
happiness upon the batteries oi men. " 1.
poor compliment 10 your rex that n.
many men feel Obliged In your presence &,
Uilcr unmcnning compliments. Men Capa
blc II elegant and clabomte conversation
elsewhere, sometimes feel called upon nj
the door oi the dmwingnom TO drop thoil
common sense and tO dole out urkcninl
batteries They nay things about youI
drcg aud about your appearance, that you
know, aud they know, grc false. 1hcysay
YOU arr nn angel. lou know you nrr moi
determined 10 tell tie truth Ia office, aud
store, aud shop, they consider Il honorable
TO lie 10 woman. The same thing that
ihcy told you on this side Of the drawing
room. three minutes ago they said to som,
one on the other side Of the dmwingOom
oh, lct no one tminplc on yourclicspcct
The menncst thing on which woman car
build her Happiness Is the batteries of men
Again. ! charge you not 10 depend io
happiness upon the disciplcship Of world
linria have seen men ~ vain Of their old
fashioned and their eccentric hat M YOU
brainlcss Top II proud Of his dangling fool
cries. Fashion sometimes makes q reason
able demand of us, aud then We ought 4,
Weld io H. Tho daisies Of the field hav,
their fashion of color aud leaf; the honey
Fucklcs have their fashion II drop. AM
the snowfikcs flung out OF the winter
heavens have their fashion oi exquisite
ness. After the summer shower the skN
Wods the earth with ring Of rainbow. Ani
do not think VIC have a right io dcspis,
the clcgancips and fashions of this world
especially II they make reasonable de
mands upon ug but the disciplcship and
worship III fashion Is death 10 the body
and death to the soul. ! am glad ih,
world u improving. Look at the fashion
plates 81 the seventeenth and eighteenth
,pniurics, and you will find that the world
IL not N oximyagant and extraordinary
now M II wns then, and all the maryclou,
things that thc granddaughter will do vii
never equal that done by the grandmother
Go sill mnhcr back, 10 the llblc times
and YOU find that In thosc times fashion
welded n more terrible sccpicf. You hav,
only io turn Ia the third chapter Of Isaiah
portion oi the Scriptures from which
once preached 10 you sermon, (,
read: because the daughters o
Zion arc naughty, aud walk with
strctchcd.iorth nccks and wanton eyes
waking aud mincng as they 20, aud max
lng a tinkling with their feet. IN that day
the Lord will take away the bravery oi
their tinkling ornaments about their feet.
aud their cauls. and their round tires like
the moon, the chains aud the bracelets,
and tho munlcru, the bonnets, and the
head bands, and the tablets, and the ear.
rings. the rings, and the nolc'Icwcls, the