The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-05-26

much a matter of symmetrical out
lines and harmonious features as it is
of expression and character. All
people cannot be pretty, but all peo-
pie can be beautiful. Now it is the
evanescent, surface comeliness to
which the writer refers when he says
favour is deceiptful and beauty is
vain,' and it is the highest type of
that internal and abiding beauty to
which he refers when he says, "a wo
man that feareth the Lord she shall
be praised for to such woman
there remaineth an unfading beauty
even after Time has drawn his pathetic
parenthesis AROUND her mouth and
thanked her eyes with crows feet and
laid his crown of snow upon her
head.
perhaps this distinction can be
! made still clearer by taking the
: concrete case of person who in my
judgment is both pretty and beauti-
full
THE most popular woman on this
planet today is the wife of a certain
ex-President of the United States.
What is the secret of her fascination
for all classes of people reg ardless of
their political opinions or social
rank9 Not her position as mistress
of the White House nor her official
station as the first lady of the
land,' for these have passed away
without diminishing a jot of her So
cial popularity and power. Is she
pretty? Undoubtedly. But that is
not Der chief charm. She is not
only pretty but beautiful. AS she
was leaving Washington at the
close of her husbands administra-
ton Secretary Bayard said to her -
Good bye. You brought nothing
but sunshine with you, aud you are
taking a great deal of it away
''That remark gives US the clue to
her influence. She is not only beau
tiful without, she is beautiful within
and she charms all classes of people,
not because she Is young and pretty
and distinguished merely, though
these of course have their influence,
but because in addition to these she
has the sweet dignity and grace of a
pure and lovely christian character.
And face without character can
never be beautiful. 1t may be per-
feet in form, but if it isn't illumina-
ted with expression it is not beauti-
full, it is only pretty. How insipid
is an expressionless face, however
fair and faultless! And on the other
otherwise homely faces TRANSPORTED
by beautiful soul
ut has been said that "a stained
glass window as seen from without
is not an attractive sight, SO long as
the light that faces on it comes only
from the outside. But when the
building itselfis illuminated, the dead
patches of sombre hue take on new
color aud brightness from the light
within, and the poetic story of the
makers conception stands out all
over it in SURPRISING loneliness. So
it is with the face as the window of
the soul. Its truest beauty can new
er be seen from without, except as
the soul itself is lighted up with light
from within, which streams through
the features and transfgures the en-
tire countenance, bringing out in all
it's loneliness the plan of the maker
for this window of His Spirits tenn
pie.
Beauty then is a growth from
within and cannot be put on from
without Now health is the prime
condition of physical beauty: What
is the prime condition of health?
Obedience to the laws of nature,
which are the laws of God. Disregard
of these laws by late hours, bad air
and overwork, will be followed by
the loss of health; and when health
is gone, physical beauty will also
hn n
world. The result of obedience to
Gods moral laws is spiritual health,
healthiness, Wilderness, holiness (fOr
those words all came from the same
root and mean the same thing,) and
this again will write itself upon the
countenance in lines of glorious and
fadeless beauty.
Let me urge you then for this reas-
on as well as for others to fix firmly
and finally this grand principle of
obedience, which is here called the
fear of the Lord. 1t is even more
important for young women to do
SO thans for young men. Woman's
influence is so subtle, pervasive, and
powerful that she, rather than the
man, is the conserver of our society
and the keystone of our civilization.
Now where shall we learn this fear
of the Lord which beauties the soul
and secures the praise of God and
man? Where but in the life and
teaching of him who is himself the one
altogether lovely? Personal faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ is the true
principle and the only principle that
can transfgure the human soul and
give it those qualities of gentleness,
charity, meekness, patience, fidelity,
and politeness which together con-
stitute the highest beauty and daily
register themselves upon the counten-
ance.
On behalf therefore of the Principal
and instructors of this venerable
institution who are profoundly solic-
itous for your highest welfare, on
behalf of all these people of God who
have assembled to testify their inter-
est in your graduation, and on behalf
of the great and good of every age,
/ charge you solemnly, in the name
of God, as you stand on the threshold
of womanhood, that you give your
hearts to Him who is not only an
almighty saviour but also a perfect
pattern, and by the beauty and bless
edness and power of His holy religion
/ charge you to fashion your lives by
it's heavenly truth and adorn your
souls with its immortal beauty.
At the evening service Bishop
Rondthaler presided. His sermon
was most impressive one. He said
that the audience was peculiar
one. There were present four hmm
dred pupils of the Academy, many