Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-03
j. II. MILLER & SONS.

But here con es another chisel, and
its mime is iIypa;riw. Christ with one
terri fic stroke IN lis sermon on the !
mount described this character, When |
We last, be not as the hypocrites, Of |
sad countenance, for th ~ dishgure their I
far as that they may app, aar unto men TO (
f; ST." Hypocrisy havin g taken posses !
81 On Of the soul. it imme Sately appears
III the countenance. Hyp,lcl ites are al
WAYS solemn. They carry 'everai eoun-
t-:y gray yards in thor lac IS. Ihey are
tear ful when there is nathing TO cry
about, AID in their prayers they latch
for their ore: Tia and have such g,uerai
dolefulness thu t they disgust young peo-
pie with religi on. We had one OF them
IN one of my hurches.. Wren he ex-
orted, be always deplored the low state
OF religion in otl er people. and when se
prayed it was an attack OF hysteria, and
be went into a pa roxysin o. obs ahd ans
that seemed to d emand lesasestaGon.
Ho went on in tina tway l-1ltIl We had 10
cxpai him from tn church for stealing
tho property intrus ted TO him as admin
istrator and for otL er vices that l Will
not mention, and nc wrote me several
letters not at all complimentary from
the west, saying s,at he vas aally
praying for my ever lasting destruction.
y man cannot haveH hypocrisy in his
heart without sonnet tow shd wing 1t IN
his face. al intel hgent people who
witness it know it Is nothng but a
dramatization.
Here comes anoth II caisei, and that
belongs to the old fashioned rrnSlol.
1t first takes posses SION of the Whole
soul, washing out its sins by the blooG
Of The Lamb and sta rtiRg hearen Eight
there and tnen. This done, deep down in
the heart religions s; gs: Now let ne
so up to the windows and fl0nt gate Of
the face and set up oD2e signal that /
have taken possession of this castle.
will celebrate the vic ory by an illuini-
nation that no one can mistake. l have
made this man happy :, and now i will
make him look happy. | will di aw the
corners of his mouth as far up as they
We're drawn down. will take Il 10 o9n-
temrtuous curl away from the Up and
nostril. VIII make his eyes Ga I'd ard
bis cEeeks glow at { very menti oGs of
Christ and heaven. will make even
the wrinkles of his ace look lik fnr-
rows p1owed Tor tho harvest of i y i
will make what we call the C ro1v g
feet around his tenn les suggestiv, that
the dove of peace has been alig hing
th-re." There may be signs CT tr sable
on that face, but trouble sanct fled.
There may be scars of battle on that Eisss.
but they will be scars of camp, degns
won.
POWER OF a FACE.
Now" says some one, Il know aE-y
good people who have no such TeH .isal
! IN their faces" My friend, the re- tsah
probably is that they We're not conve re.g
Until late in life. Woridliness and Sin
had been at work with their chisels e,a
that face for 80 or 40 years, and G1a &c,
the divine sculptures, has been busy " tn
her chisel only five OF ten years. D not
be surprised that Phidias and Gireen-
ough with their fine chiseIs ranns It in
short while remoye all the ks Of the
stone mason S crowbar, wlssch ha been
busy there for a long while. L say to
all the young, If you wzyAsaI have sym
pathetic face, hopeful fare, courageous
face, cheerful face, xinea face, at the
earliest possible mo mem bv the grace
/ of God have planted in your soul sym
/ pathy and hope and courage and good
! cheer and kindness. No man ever in
! dulged !; gracious feeling or was moved |
| by righteous indignation or was stirred !
! by a benevolent impulse but its effect |
was moro or less indicated in the coun-
| tenance, while David noticed the physi- |
/ ognomic eject of bad disposition when |
( he said, = wicked man hardeneth his |
| face, and jeremiah must have noticed |
| it when he said OF the cruel, They
have made their Faces harder than IA
rock.
/. On, the power OF the human face. I
warrant that you have known faces 80
magnetic and impressive that, thou Oh
they vanished long age. they still b old
You with holy spell. How long 81 nee
| your chlld went! We'll, you say IF
she had lived she would have bee 10
! years Old now, or 20 or 80 years. But
does not that infant face still hay ten
! ,ier supremacy over your entire iafure?
I e'AAt'es i-i-''4s a. S'e-ietSS N'es AZ Dol
look at you! IN your dreams DO ysu not
see 1t? What a sanctifying. h allowing
ihnuehce II mas peeh III your fsi Y4zi
can say IN the words OF the pc en-. Bet
FER to have loved and lost thar never TO
nave ioved at al Or 1t Belly have
been sister race Perha1 d she was
the Invalid OF the family taihaps she
never Went out except on VERY tcleay
DAYS ana then' she mad 70 be carried
Gown me STAIRS y sas p'' nza or for a
snort ride, out,she was SO patient and
cheerlul ohaer y an AS FIAT face looks
at you thfough the veal swim what an
elevated ana heavenly Esotion you are
hlled. On was II 1.ati sT-s face? Tho
storms ofsitte hats ome what soughened
II. q good deal OF he brightness of
the eye nae been quen cl,etl, and the ear
was turned WITH the and behind it in