Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-08

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! countenauca with celestial chiSel. and
into all the lineaments Of the face puts
a giadness and an expectation that
changes 1t from glory TO glory. and
though earthly criticism may disap-
prove Of this or that in the appearance
Of the face. Christ says OF the newly
| created countenance that which PLATE
said Of him, Behold the man"
Here is another mighty chisei for
the counteuauce, and o may call II
| revenge. or hate. or m~aleyolence. This
spirit having taken possession Of the
heart IL encamps seven devils under
the eyebrows. 1t puts cruelty into
the compression Of the lips. IOu a
tell from the mans Looks that he is
pursuing some one and TRYING 10 get
even with him. There are suggestions
Of Nero. and Robespierre. and Diccle-
tian. and t~hurnbScrevs. 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 perdition
i'm the revengefuI cOuntenance. Dis
f~guration Of diabolical passion.
But here comes another chisel to
shape the countenance and il is kind
AtLos Ahf&f JILL a INV AAe Aas "AA
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
He entire face from ear TO ear be
comes the canvas on which all the best
artists Of heaven begin TO put their I'm
est strokes. and on the small compass
of that face are put pictures Of sunrise
Owe the sea, and angels Of mercy going
up and down ladders all a-fiash, and
mountains of TRANSPORTATION and loon
day in heaven. Kindness. II is the
most magnificent sculptor that ever
touched human oountenance. No one
could wonder at the unusual geniality
in the face Of William Window. score
tary OF the treasury Of the United
States, after seeing him at the New
York banquet just before he dropped
dead turning his wine-giass upside
down. saying: Il may by doing this
offend some, but by not doing il. /
might damage many" Be kind TO
your friends. Be kind TO your enemies.
Be kind TO the young. De kind TO
the old. Be kind TO. your rulers. Be
kind 10 your servants. Be kind to
your s~uperiors. Be kind to your in
feriors. Be kind &c your horse. Be
kind TO your dog. Be kind TO your
car. Morning, noon and night be kind,
and the effects of il will be written
In the language of your face. That is
the gospel of ~physiognomy.
But here ZONES another chisel. and
Its name is hypocrisy. Christ with one
terrific stroke in his sermon on the
mount described this character: When
We fast be not as the lay pocrites, Of a
sad countenance: for they disfigure
their faces that they may appear unto
men 10 fast" Hypocrisy having taken
possession Of the soul it Immediately
appears in the c~ountenance. 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 dolefulness that
they disgust young people with relig-
ion. We had one of them in one of
my churches. When he exhorted he
always deplored the low state of re
ligion in other people, and wher he
prayed Ii was an attack of hysteria,
and he went into a paroxysm Of obs
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citation. He went on In this way until
We had TO expel him from the church
for stealing the property entrusted to
him as administrator. and for other
vices that i will not mention. and he
wrote me several letters not ut all
complimentary from the West saying
that he was daily praying for my ever
lasting destruction. A man cannot
have hypocrisy in his heart without
somehow showing il in his face. All
intelligent people vino witness il know
it is nothing but a dramatization.
Here ONE another chisel, and that
belongs TO the old-fashioned religion.
1t first takes possession of the Whole
soul, washing out 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
Inc 90 up to the windows and front
gate Of the face that set ND some sig
that / have taken possession of
this castle. / will celebrate the vic
tory by an illumination that no one
can mistake. / have made this man
happy and now / will make him look
happy. / will draw the corners of his
mouth as far up as they Were drawn
down. / viii take the contemptuous
curl away from the lip and nostril.
/ will make his eyes fash and his
cheeks glow at every mention of Christ
and heaven. / will make even the
wrinkles of his face look like burrows
plowel for the haryests of Joy. / 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 sanctified.
There may be scars of battle or that
face. but they viii be sears Of cam
paigns won.
But / can tell you Of a more sympa-
thetic and more tender and more low
ing face than any of the faces | have
mentioned. mo, you can not" says
some one. / can and / will. 1t is the
face of Jesus Christ as he WAS on earth
aud is now in heaven. When prepar-
Ing ,ny"Life Of Christ" entitled FROM
aianger to Throne" l raDsdcked the arr
galleries and portfolios OF the world to
find a picture OF our S1viors face that
might be most expressive. and / saw
il AS Francesca FranCia painted ii in
the sixteenth century, and as the EN-
araId iutarIin nf the sixth century pre-