The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-26
WOMANLy BEAUTY.
Tie Story of Tho Radiant SARAH,
or tho Land Of Chaldses,
In ur.
A Cultured Mind ana Pure Heart
Ara Mirrorsd In tho
Face
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Az the evening services In NJ, PanFs
Methodist Episcopal church Yesterday Ney'
the pastor, sp0ks 0f W0tuAIiIy
beauty. Tho text was was Genesis Nj.
siy.t ''And " c6jne W pms that when
Abrahnm VIM come into Egypt this Egyp-
Lians behold tho ON TINT she wis very
" ono who had Just skinned oyer tins
Ut Abraham and hin wife Sarah
were asked 70 give q synopsis Of snrnh'n
said Mr.. Rollins, tic answer
would DO something like this: She WIS
fairly good-looking for that nge, ignorant,
mn uncomfortable temper, with q ponchant
for lying. But this IL very far indeed from
the truth and corresponds TO much that
passes for Bible history to-day.
Let us nnalyze this character. ] want TO
speak first Of her personal charms. she ~
spoken Of as a Of rare beauty. she
wns reared in Ur of the Chaidees, famous
for It's beautiful women. IL ID said that
even at the present the beautiful Circasstan
girls OF the adjacent mountain region are
sold in Constantinople, and no eyes are s9
deep and lustrous, no check so soft and
creamy, no form SO sylph-like and willowy
Is those Of that region. Unquestionably
soil and air leave their impress on the hui
man as they do on the flower and shrub:
Kabbinical legend says that when Abra-
ham was driven into Egypt BY. famine,
fearing that he would be destroyed SO That
the reigning prince might possess himself
Of his wife. decided to bring Sarah in n
box az merchandise. Upon coming into
the coasts Of Egypt he Was met by the
ubiquitous collector of customs who said:
"Have you merchandise here?" 10 which
Abraham said, II will pay for it as mer.
chandise." why, then. you have ,goldY'
h ta n.'l 1 Rsy ! f., i Il Il Is gear Ds ! tsss snsia he Ae eoi-
lector. Il shall pay for it as pearls" re.
piled Abraham. NAY, then, 1 shall see what
IL ia IN foo q u q Gpsn'nS r ess
from 6arah's face that illumin-
ated all the land Of Egypt.
Another legend says that walking n day
with his wife by the river Nile, Abraham
saw her beauty mirrored in the water and
his heart was distressed and he said:
"Surely Pharaoh will kill me for thy sake"
Thus beauty in this instance, as in MANY
instances since, was not an unmixed bless
ing. What greater temptation can there
be to poor girls to- day than is their beauty,
while there are demonized men everywhere
ready to blast and destroy.
In those far off days might was right.
The strong could crush the weaker and
there wal no redress. Hence the method
frequently resorted to was deception.
Abraham and Sarah conspired to lie to
Pharaoh. and once afterward to Abimdech.
We must not measure this sin in those days
Of imperfectly developed morals by our
standard. Ulysses, you will remember. is
praised for his skill in deception. But
after making every allowance for them we
must assert that it is a stain upon theil
record. How much more noble if Abra-
ham had said to any who inquired concern.
ing Sarah: She is my wife, and the mar
need be fall defending his wife'i
honor. The beauty of Sarah was lasting
When beauty is put on from the outside BY
the apothecaries' art it is of brief duration
It adds a little ephemeral charm at the ex-
pense of greater plainness in after life
Think of it, Sarah was o about 80 years o.
age and still beautiful. Her beauty wal
but the external expression of the mind ant
heart. She was a woman of culture. Hel
country is noted for being the birthplace
of astronomy and philosophy. From he
native shores came the wise men to visit thu
infant savior.
1t was her countrymen who ave names
to those consultations which might illum.
Doubtless in the quiet hours OF night SHIT
sat outside her PENTHOUSE and looked into
the blue depths and drank in the blessed
inspiration from this study. She was called
Sarah which signifies princess. In thosi
days names were made to correspond tc
character. Her proficiency in learning
doubters elevated her above the masses ant
secured for her this appellation. This, as
apprehended it was the source of her beauty
The human face is the mirror of the soul
No matter how perfect may be the Inca
ments, unless there be a cultured mind ant
n pure soul beneath them. the face will lacl
the element of beauty. We have seen tn
plain girl develop into the beautiful undel
the discipline of literature n religion
and we have seen the beautiful girl become
gross and repulsive by the neglect of mine
and heart. We ought to be like the sun
most beautiful when We sink beneath life
horizon. Instead, therefore. of spending
hours daily in striving to add to our beaut.
by additions on the exterior. let us spent
these hours in communion with God, in tn
study of the best thought of the age.
Sarah was eminently religious. She be
l ljeyed God. In ali her wanderings, she anl
her husband had their altar-their worship
In this respect she is an example for he
sisters in every age. Woman ought to b.
particularly solicitous in regard to religion
She ie indebted to religion for the homo
accorded her in christian lands. Shoult
religion wane woman will be the great snf
ferer. Non-religious mar depresses woman
Destroy religion and in less than a decad
woman would sink to the depths whicl
she occupied in pre-cbrlstian days
She was genuinely humble. Peter and Pau
praise her, placing her in the roll of homo
for her cheerful obedience to her husband
II is a noble element in woman to meet tn
wishes OF her husband, when she has a hus
bnnd in the true sense of the term. Blu
how can many women accede to the de
mands of such coarse, ignorant. drunken
fellows az they frequently call husbands
1t is an outrage to ask u woman Will sh
obey a man until he has first proved HIM
self worthy of obedience. Although tn
wife of a cattle king and had at her beef
hundreds OF employees she still took TIN
supervision of her own household. 1t viii
be remembered that with her own hand
she prepared the repast for the stranger
who came to apprise her of She birth o
Isaac.
When an intelligent. wealthy lady add
to these genuine humanity What an nc
QUESTION she is to any society where sh
enters. What greater power for good. q
the other hand what a mildew is u woman
who is consumed by pride. And is it nc
astonishing how little it takes to make som
SO naughty that it is II of I'll
great trials of life to live in the same neigh
borhood with them? John g. Sake satirize
this whole silly tribe when he said:
o. terribly proud was Miss Mcbride.
Tho r,rv decentralization nf uriue.