Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-14

ment OF God that when man auOW5 nH
heart TO be cursed with cynicism his face be-
| comes gIOomed and scowled and lachrymosed
and blasted with the same midnight.
But let Christian che-riulnesS try its chisel
npOn a mans cOuatengnce. Feeling that all
things are FOR his good. and that God rules,
and that the Bible being true the worlds
doralizT
udy wuen DeuI ...y.S ol.I uG.niIonn and distil-
Iery and bombshsll and rife pit ssventy-four.
/ podnders and roulette tables and corrupt
book and satanic printing press will have
| quit work, the brightness that comes from
| such anticipation not only gives zest TO his
work, but shines in his eyes and glows in his
| entire countenance. Those are the facts L
I look for in an audience. Those coUntenanceS
are sections OF millennial glory. They are
heaven impersOnated. They are the sculp-
| turing OF Gods right hand. They are ho-
sannas in human flesh. They are halleluiahs
| alighted. They are Christ reincarnated. 1
| 10 not care what your features are or whether
you look Ike your father or your mother or
| look like no one under the heavens, to God
| and man you are beautiful.
Michael Angelo, the sculptor, visiting
| Florence. some one showed him in a back
/ yard piece Of marble that was 50 shapeless
| that il seemed OF no use, and Angelo was
asked il he could make anything out OF it,
\ and il SO was told he could own il. The
| artist took the marble. and for nine months
| shut himself up TO work. first trying to make
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| Hath. but the marble was not quite long
| enough at the base TO make the PROSTATE
/ form OF the giant, and so the artist fashioned
! he marble into another figure that is 50 IA
! nous for all time because of its expressive
/ la5s. critic came in and was asked by
| Angelo for his criticism, and he said it was
/ 1eautiiul. but the nose Of the statute was
not OF right shape. Angelo picked up
| from the floor some sand and tossed
| It about the face OF the statue pretenj-
. -. - IL.
! improvement suggested by the critic.
What do you think of it now?" said tho
artist. Wonderfully improved" said the
critic. "WelI" said the artist, II have not
changed it at all" My friends, the grace OF
| God comes TO the heart OF n man or woman
and then attempts 10 change fOrbiddinS
and prejudicial face into attractiveness. Per-
haps the face Is most unpromising for the
I Divine sculptor. But having changed the
heart il begins to work on the countenance
with celestial chisal, and into all the Inca
ments Of the face puts a gladness and an eX-
pe,tation that changes it from glory to glory,
and though earthly criticism may disapproye
ofthis or that in the appearance Of the face
Christ says Of the newly created cOuntenance
that which Plate said Of Him, "BehOid the
man -
Here il another nightly chisel for the
couutenance, and you may call ii revenge or
hate or malevOleEce. This spirit having
taken possession OF the heart, it encamps
seven devils under the eyeirJ 1t puts
cruelty into the compression of the lips.
Yau can tell from the mans looks that be is
pursuing some ono ami trying to get even
with him. There ar suggestions of Nero
and ROJespierre an DiOcletian anu thumb
screws and racks all up and down the feat
Ures. Internal artists with murdererS dag
gers have been cutting away at that visage.
The reyenceful heart has built its p-riition
in the Tevengelul cDunteuance. DIs9gurI-
ton of diabO!ic passion!
But here comes another chisel to shape the
cOuuteuHnce, and it is kindness. There
came a moving day, and into her sou! moved
the whole family OF Christian graces, with
all their children and grandchildren, and the
command has come forth from the heavens
that that TOman's face shall be made to cor
respond with her superb soul. Her entire
face from ear to ear becomes the canvas on
Thich all the best artists of heaven begin to
put their finest strokes, and on the small
compass OF that face are put pictures of sun
rise over the sea. and angels Of mercy going
up and down ladders ali afiash, and mount
aims OF TRANSPORTATION and MONDAY in
heaven. Kindness 1t is the most magnii-
cent sculptor that ever touched human
c0unteuan"e.
No one could wonder at the unusual
g-niality in the face of William Window, Sec
retary Of the Treasury of the United States,
after seeing him at the New York banquet
Just before he dropped dead, turning his
wneSlass upside down. saying, Il may by
doing this offend some but by not doing it 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 rulers. Be kind to your servants.
BE kind to your superiors. Be kind TO your
interiors. Be kind TO your horse. Be kind
10 your dog. Be kind 10 your cat. Morn
ing, noon and night be kind, and the effects
of it Will be written in the language Of your
face. That is the gospel OF physiognomv.
A Bayoune merchant was in the south OF
Europe for his health, and sitting on the ter
race one morning in his invalidsm he saw p
rider flung from horse into river. and
without thinking of his own weakness the
merchant flung OF his invalid's gown and
swan to the drowning man, and clutching
him as he was about to 20 down the last
time bore him in safety TO the bank, when
gIIncing into the face OF the rescued man he
cried, my God, 1 have saved my own son!'
All kindness comes back to US in one way or
another; if not in any other way, then in
Your own face. Kindness, Show il to
others for the time may come when you will
need It yourself. People laughed at the lion
because he spared the mouse that ran over
him when by one motion OF his paw the mon
ster could have crushed the insignificant dis
turber. But it was well that the lion had
mercy on the mouse, for one day the lipn was
caught in a trap and rOared feariully be- lse
he was held fast 10y ropes. Taen the ~ ruse
knawed of the ropes and let the lion 20 rec.
You may consider yourself lion, Du; yoi
cannot afford to despise mouse.
When Abraham Lincoln parloned a young
soldier at the request Of his mother. tn.
mother went down the stairs OF the Wit"
House saying "IhCy hGy' led about tHs
Presidents being hOmeiv. H3 - the han =
soonest man I ever saw All over thar Pr -i-
dent rugged face was written the kin1n z-
which he 50 VOL illuztra'oI when he sail,
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pair discipline AMI sIaorIjnation in the
army by my p1r.ous auI rsspites, but II
makes me .stel a'teC a hgrl days work IL I
can tini some goo excuse or saving mans
life, aal 20 to bel happier rs think how
Joyous tSe signing o. INV name will make
him aDl his family Kin moss ! 1t makes
tho face shine w1ile ~ lasts and after death
puts summer sunset between the still lips
and the suooth0j hair that makes me say
som times ut oF-"quies, she seems toe
beautiful 10 bury
But hero cones another cEsel, and itt
name il hypocrisy. Christ, with one terrific
strOS" in HIS sermon on the mount described
this cHa--cter. when y. fa-t Pc not as the
hyp7 rites. Of " sal cOuU;sngUs'. for they
o,sigura their faces that they may appear
unto men 20 fast Hypocrisy having taE"l
p3s- 'sS. .pg or the soul. It Immediately gp-
D"ar- IA t-s cUGGi"uaE"a. HypJcTites are
a'wa " solemn. They carry Sev-r-ii p.U..tr7
a-rdvavrrls in their faces. Ttev are '4lr-u
When there Is nothing 20 cry about. an J IN
their prayers cLag c..trI .or their b-satn and
have such general ,.J;a. .IiHrss that they dis
gust young people with religion. We hado
o'them in one of my churches. When he ex-
C-ta', he always dCplOrei the low state OF
religion in other people. an 1 when he prayed
IL was m attack OF hysteria. and he went into
T1royvsm of obs and abs that seemed to
demand rasuscitation. He went on in that
way until we had TO eXpel him from the
church Tor stealing the property intrusted to
him Hs administrator and for other vices
that l will not mention, and he wrote me
several letters no. at all coTp!iman from
the West. saying that hs was daily praying
for my everlasting destruction. A man can.
not have hypocrisy IN ht' heart without some
how showing it in his face. All intelligent
people who witness it know it is nothing but
dramat!zatiOn.
Oh. the power o. the human facei war
rant that you have known faces 50 magnetic
an impressive that. though thev vanished
long ago, they still hold You with holy
spoil. How long since your child went?
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