Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-03
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LURES are or Wnetnef you look Ike your
\ father or your mother or look like no one
under the b aavens, to God and man you
| are beautiful
Michael Angelo, the sculptor, visiting
! Florence, some one showed him in Il
back yard q piece OF marble that was so
shapeless it seemed Of no use, and An
gelo was asked if he could make any
thing out OF it, ard if so was told he
could own it The artist took the mar
Bile, and for nine months shut himself
up to work, first trying TO make of it
statue of David with his foot ON Go
Hath. but the MAJ BILE was not quite long
enough at the baie to make the pros
trate form of the giant. and so the art
ist fashioned the marble into another
figure that is SO fam Gus for all time be-
cause of its expires siveness. A critic
! came IN and was aske by Angelo for
| his criticism. and he sa id it was beauti-
| full, but tie nose of the statue was not
OF right shape. Angelo picked up from
! tho floor some sand and tossed it about
| the face of the statue pretending he
was using his chisel 10 make the i'm
! provement suggested h. the critic
| what do you think OF it now?'' said
the artist. Wonderfully improved"
I SAID the clitic. We'll, said the artist,
~ have '1ot changed it at all. " Ny
4 friends. be grace Of G Oh comes to the
/ heart Of - man or Eom;ln and then at
! tempts to change forbid ding and pre-
! judicial ftice into atss.activeness. Per-
haps the face is most unpromislng for
| the Divine Sculptor. But having
changed the heart it begins to work ON
| the coultenance with celest ial chisel,
! and into all the line; ments 3f the face
| puts gladness and an expe citation that
changes it from glory to glory, and
| though earthly criticism may disap-
prove of this or that in t'ae appearance
of the face Christ says of sl,e newly Gre
ated countenance that which PLATE said
of him, Behold the mal!''
Here is another mighty chisel for the
countenance, and you may call it re-
venge or hate or nralevolence. This
spirit having taken possession of the
heart. it enca,nps Leven devils under the
eyebrows. 1t puts cruelty into the com
preston OF the lips. You can tell from
the mans locks that he is pursuing
some one and trying TO get even with
him. Tnege are suggestions CT Nero and
Robespiere and Diocletian and thumb
screws and racks all up and down the
features. Iafernal artists with murder
ers dafgers have been cutting away at
that visage. The revenge 3ul heart has
built its pe.dition in the revengeful
countenance. DisBg 1ratioR Of diabolic
| passion!
But here comes another chisel to shape
the countenalce, and it is kindness.
There came :. moving day, and into her
eoul moved the whole family of Chris
tian graces- with all their children and
grandchildren. and the command has
| come fort from the heavens that that
| woman's face shall be made to CORE
| spond with her superb soil. Her entire
face from eaz to ear becomes the canvas
I on which ala the best artists Of heaven
| begin to put their finest strokes, and on
the small cesDpas of that face are put
! pictures of sunrise over the sea, and
! angels of mercy soing up and down lad
ders all afasb. and mountains OF trans
| figuration and MONDAY in heaven. Kind
ness! 1t is ths, most magnificent sculp-
tor that ever touched human counte-
nance
No ore. eeuld wonder at the unusual
genialftsS in tho face of William Wan
dom, secretary of the treasury of the
United States, after soc ing him at the
New York banquet JUS before he drop
1 tgrs, l.. Inc a.
down. saying. II mary b. doing this Of
fend soinR,, but by not dong it | might
damage manT." Be KIN to your friends.
Be kind to Your elem les. BE- kind to
the young. Be kind to the old. Be
kind to your rulers. Be kind TO your
servants. Be kind TO your superiors.
BE Kind to your in5eFio rs. BE kind to
Your horse. Be E,sd to your dog. Be
kind to your rat. Mu ning~Seon and
night be kind. aud tho effects Of it will
be written in 4fssiangta ge of your face.
That is the gosrel of ph ysiognomy.
THE EIst AND TIE E MOUSE.
A BayoAses q erchant vas in the south
of Europe s3n his health and sitting on
the terracs,t,ne morning i'll his invalid
ism no ssw-a rider lrns; nom horse
into the, river, and without thinking of
his owal weakness the me rchant flung
off hss invaikfs gown and leaped into
the stream and swan to the drowning
man., and clutc.ring him rs 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 God, have sased my own
sont All kindness comes back to us
IN one way or another; if not i'll any
other way, teen III JOUR own face. Kind
ness! Show it to others, Tor the time
may come when you will oeed it your
self. People laughed at the lion because
he spared the mouse that ran over hin
when by one motion of his paw the mon
ster could have crushed the insignifi-
cant 4disturber. But it was well thai
the lion had mercy on the mous6, fol
one day the lion was caught in trap
and roared fearfuliy because he was
held fast by ropes. Then the mouse
gnawed off the ropes and let the lion &c
free. You may consider yourself lion
but you cannot afford todespise mouse
When Abraham Lincoln pardoned ;
Young soldier al the request of his moth
er, the mother went down the stairs Of
the White House saying: "They have
lied about the presidents being home
ly. He is the handsomest man | eve
saw" All over that presidents rugget
face was written the kindness which
he SO well Illustrated when he said
! "Some of our generals complain that
( impair discipline and suboriination il
the army by my pardons and respites,
\ but it makes me rested after hare
days work if i can find some good ex
I cuse for saving mans life. and | g
TO bed happier as think how joyou
the signing of my name viii make lin
and his family Kindness! 1t make
the face to shine while life lasts and aft
er death puts summer sunset hetEeel
the still lips and the snoothcd hair tiia
makes me say sometimes at obsequies
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