The Red Cloud chief., 1894-03-09

ed the vhclo family of Christian gracts,
with all The children and grandchildren.
and tho command has come forth from the
heavens that that wOman's face shall he
made ~ correspond with her superb soul.
Her cnlre face from ear to ear becomes the
canvas upon which all the best artists Of
heaven begin to put their finest strokes,
and on the small compass OF that face are
put pictures of sunrise over the sea, and AN
gels of mercy going ~ and down ladders
all atiaSh, and mouutSSns of transngura
ton aud MONDAY In heaven. Kinduessl IL
Is the most magnificent sculptor that ever
touched human countenance.
Nc one could wonder ut the unusual gent.
ality In the face OF William Window, secre-
tary Of the treasury Of the United States,
after seeing him at the New York banquet
Just before he dropped dead, turning his
wineglass upside down, saying, II may by
doing this offend some, but by not doing 1t
i might damage many" BE kind to you
friends. BE kind TO youre enemies. BE kind
to the young. BE kind to the old. Be kind
to your rulers. Be kind to your servants.
be Kind to -FOUR superiors. BE kind to your
interiors. BE kind to your horse. BE kind
to your dog. BE kind to your cat. Morn
ing, noon and night be kind, and the effects
Of IL will be written in the language Of your
face. That is the gospel Of p~hysiognomy.
ANECDoTK oF LINCOLN.
A Bayonne merchant was In the south Of
Europe for his health, and sitting on the
terrace one morning In his invalidism he
saw a rider flung from Morse into the river,
and without thinking of his own weakness
the merchant flung off his invalid's gown,
leaped into the stream and wan to the
drowning man, and clutching him as he was
about to go down the last time bore him in
safety to the bank, when glancing into the
face Of the rescued man he cried: my Godi
! have saved my own sonv"
All kindness comes back to us In one way
or another; II not In any other way, then
In your own face. kindnessi Show It to
others, for the time may come when you
will need 1t yourself. People laughed at
the lion because he spared the o that
ran over him, when by one motion Of his
paw the monster could have crushed the In.
significant disturber. But il was we'll that
the lion had mercy on the mouse, for one
day the lion was caught in a trap and roar
ed fearfully because he was held fast by
ropes. Then the mouse gnawed of the
ropes and let the lion 60 free. You may
consider yourself a lion, but you cannot af-
I0ru 10 desplSe Il mouse.
When Abraham Lincoln pardoned q
young soldier at the request Of his mother,
the mother went down the stairs Of the
White House saying: "They have lied about
the presidents being homely. He IL the
handsomest man I ever saw" All over that
presidents rugged face was written the
kindness which he so well illustrated when
he said, ''Some Of our generals complain
that l impair discipline and subordination
In the army by my pardons and rsspites,
but it makes me rested after a hard days
work II I can find some good excuse for saw
ing a mans life, and l 90 to bed happier rs
/ think how joyous tho signing Of my name
will make him and his family" Kindnessl
It makes the face to shine while life lasts,
and after death 1t puts q summer sunset
between the still lips and the smoothed hair,
hat makes me say sometimes at obsequies,
'She seems too beautiful to bury"
SOLEMN ~HYPoCRITBs.
But here comes another chisel, and its
name In hypocrisy. Christ, with one ter
rifle stroke in his sermon on the mount, de-
scribed this character. when ye fast, be
| not as the hypocrites Of O rad c~ountenance
for they disfigure their faces that they may
| appear unto men to fast" Hypocrisy hav.
lhk tihCh DOoSCSoioh VA lag ocuhs ~
ately appears In the countenance. Hypo-
critics are always solemn. They carry several
country g%raveyards In their faces. They
are fearful when there is nothing to cry
about, and In their Prayers they catch for
their breath and have such general doleful.
ness that they disgust young people with
religion.
We had one Of them in one Of my
L nh,,sobaa uhap ha avknrknd ha olupuys
| deplored the low state Of religion in other
people, and when he prayed It was an at
tack of hysteria, and be went into a parox-
ysm of obs and abs that seemed to demand
resuscitation. He went on In that way UNI
| til we had to expel him from church for
stealing the property intrustsd to him as
administrator and for other vices that l
will not mention, and he wrote me several
letters not at all complimentary from the
west saying that he was daily praying for
my everlasting destruction. A man can
not have hypocrisy In his heart without
somehow showing it in his face. All intel
ligent people who witness 1t know 1t il
nothing but a dramatization.
Here comes another chisel, and that be.
longs to the old fashioned religion. II first
| takes possession OF the whole soul, washing
| out its sins by the blood OF the Lamb and
starting heaven right there and then. This
| done deep down IN the heart. religion says:
"Now let me 90 up to the windows and
front gate of the face and set up some signal
that l have taken possession Of this castle.
l will celebrate the victory by an illumina-
ton that no one can mistake. have made
this man happy, and now I will make him
look happy. ! will draw the corners Of his
mouth as far up as they were drawn down.
I will take the contemptuous curl away
from the lip and nostril. I will make his
eyes flash and his cheeks glow at every
mention Of Christ and heaven. I will make
even the wrinkles Of his face look like fur
rows plowed for the harvests Of Joy. l will
make what we call the crows feet around
his temples suggestive that the dove Of
peace has been alighting there" There
may be signs Of trouble on that face. but
trouble sanctifed. There may be scars Of
battle on that face, but they will be scars Of
q campaign won.
THE MOTHERS FACE.
"Now," says some one, "Iknow very good
people who have no such religion in their