Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

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al glory. They are heaven imperson-
ated. They are the sculpturing of
Gods right hand They are hosannas
in human flesh. They are hallelu-
jahs a-lighted. They are Christ
rc-incarnated. / do not care what
your features arc or whether you look
| like your father, or your mother, or
! look like no one under the heavens
to God and man you are beautiful
Michael Angelo, the scul ptor, visiting
! Florence, some one showed him in "a
back yard piece of marble that was
so shapeless it seemed of no use, and.
Angelo was asked if he could make
anything out of it, and if so was told
he could own it The artist took the
marble, and for nine months shut
himself up to work, first trying to
make of it a statue of David with his
foot on Goliath, but the marble was
not quite long enough at the base to
make the PROSTATE form of the giant,
and so the artist fashioned the marble
into another figure that is TO be famous
for all time because of its expressive
nesa A critic came in and was
asked by Angelo for his criticism,
and he said it was beautiful, but
the nose of the statue was not of
right shape. Angelo picked up from
the floor some sand and tossed itabout
the face of the statue, pretending he
was using his chisel to make the inn
provement suggested by the critic
what do you think of it now?" said
the artist. wonderfully improved"
said the critic. WELL said the art
list, 81 have not changed it at all"
My friends the grace of God comes to
the heart of man or woman and then
attempts to change forbiddlng and
prejudicial face into attractiveness.
Perhaps the face is most unpromising
for the divine sculptor. But having
changed the heart 1T begins to work
on the countenance with celestial
chi5el, and into all the lineaments of
the face puts a gladness and an eXpec-
tation that changes it from glory TO
glory, and though earthly criticism
may disapprove of this or that in the
appearance of the face, Christ says of
the newly created countenance that
which Plate said of him, "Eehold the
man"
Here is another mighty chisel for the
countenance, and you may call it re-
venge, or hate, or malevolencc. This
spirit having taken possession of the
heart il encamps seven devils under
the eyebrows 1t puts cruelty into
the compression of the lips. You can
tell from the mans looks that he is
pursuing some one and trying to get
even with him There are suggestions
of Nero and Robespierre, and Diocle-
tian, and thumbscrews, and racks all
up and down the features. Internal
artists with murderers daggers have
been cutting away at that visage.
The revengeful heart has built its per-
dition in the revengeful countenapce
Designation of diabolic passion!
But here comes another chisel to
shape the countenance, and IL is kind
ness There came a moving day, and
into her soul moved the whole family
of Christian graces, with all the chill
dren and grandchildren, and the COM
mand has come forth from the heavens
that that woman's face shall be made
to correspond with her superb soul.
Her entire face from ear to ear be-
comes the canvas on which all the best
artists of heaven begin TO put their
finest strokes, and on the small COM
pass of that face are put pictures OF
sunrise over the sea, and angels of
mercy going up and down ladders all
a-fash, and mountains of transhgura-
tion and MONDAY in heaven Kind
ness! 1t is the most magnificent sculp-
tor that ever touched human counte-
nance. No one could wonder at the
unusual geniality in the face of Will
lam Window, secretary of the treasury
of the United States, after seeing him
at the New York banquet just before
he dropped dead, turning his wine
glass upside down, saying: 81 may by
doing this offend some, but by not do
ing il, i might damage many" BE
kind to your friends BE kind to your
enemies. BE kind to the young BE
kind to the old BE kind to your rub
ers. BE kind to your servants. BE
kind to your superiors BE kind to
your interiors BE kind to your horse
BE kind to your dog Be kind to your
cat Morning, noon and night be kind,
and the effects of it will be written in
the language of your face That is the
gospel of physiognomy.
A Bayonne merchant was IN the
south of Europe for his health, and
sitting on the front terrace one morn
ing in his invalidism. he saw a rider
flung from horse into the river, and
without thinking of his own weakness
the merchant flung off his invalid's
gown and leaped into the stream and
swan TO the drowning man, and clutch
ing 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 Godl
l have saved my own son!" All kind
ness comes back to us in one way or
another; If not in any other way then
in your own face. Kindnessl Show it
to others, for the time may come when
you will need IL yourself People
laughed at the lion because he spared