The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-03-03
REV. DIR. TAI.MAGE
fiiE BROOKLYN D!VINF'S SUN
DAY SERMON.

mus little change in our English trans.
la'loh brings out tho better meaning Of tho
text, which sets forth that tho character Of
| the lace IL decided by tho character of the
s0ul. The main features of our countenep
w"ro decided by the Almighty. and we can
not chang" them, but under God we decide
! whether we shall have rOuntenapces ba
| niSnant or haleful, sour or sweet wrathfuI
| or genial, benevolent or mean. honest or
| scoundrellv, impudpnt or modest courage
Gus or cowardly. frank or sneakiuy In all
| the works of Got there is nothing more
wonderful than the human countenance
! ihongh the longest face is less than twelve
inches from ple hair line Of the forehead 70
| the bottom oithe chin and the broadcast face
| - less than eight inches from cheek bone 10
| cheek bone. N".t i'm that small COMPASS God
ms wrought such differences that the I 500
1000 OF the human race may be dis
uh&uishcd from each other by their facial
appearance
The fac" is ordinarily the index Of charac-
| ter. II is the throne Of tho emotions II ia
| the battlefield Of the passions. II IL the
| cAtal"gu" "t character. II is the map Of the
mind. II l. the geography Of the soul And
whl" th" Lord decides before our birth
whether we shall be handsome or homely
| we Hr" hv the character we form deciding
whether our cOunt"nnnre shall be pleasant
or dlSagrecahl". This is 40 much so that
| som"of tn" most beautiful faces arc unattrac-
tiv" hecaus" "t their arrogance or their de-
! celtiulneSs. and somC Of the most rugged
| and irregular features are attractive because
OF TN" Kindness that shines through them.
| Accident or sickness or scarihcation NAV
vol TN" face SO that il shall not express the
| soul, hut in the majority Of cases give me
| deliberate look at mans cOuntenance
ana ! will tell you whether he In n
ryni" or an optimist. whether he
! Is nis"r or philHnthrOpist whether he IA
nohl" or iCnOminiOus whether he il good or
| bad. Our first impression Of a man or
woman Is generally the accurate impression.
\ ou at III" first glance make up YOUR mind
| that som" man l. unworthy of YOUR friend
| ShlH. but nttrrwrrd. 10y circumstances being
! put into injimat" association with him. Won
| com" I" liz" him and trust him. Yet stay
WIN MN long enough. and you will he com
| PEELED 7" return 10 your original estimate Of
| his "hara"t"r. hut it will be after he has
! cheated you out Of everything he could Law
his hands on. II is or Gods mercy that we
hay" thcs" outside indexes Of character.
!fhrcnOIoGy Is OF" index. and while il NAV
he carried TO an absurd extent there il no
doubt that yOu can Judge somewhat OF n
| mans character by the shape oS his head
| PHlmstrv is another index and while II mny
| oc carried into thu fauriful aud necromantic
| .h"r" is no DOUBT that certain lines in the
palm Of tho hand nre indicative of mental
AMI moral traits
PhyStogn0my * another index and while
n" contour OF the human face NAV some
lines mls'"hi uS We can generally after
looking into tn" cy" ami noticing the curve
ot the lip and the spread of the nostril. and
.hc correlation Of all the features come to a
right "Stimat" Of mans character IL II
w"r" not So. bow would We know whom TO
rust and whom To- avoid? Whether we will
1r not, physiOgnomy decides n thousand
.hlnEs in commercial and financial and So
| ,ial and religious domains From one lid
VI the Bible To IN" other there Is no science
go recognized as that of physiognony. and
nothing moro thoroughly taken for granted
han tn" power of tn" soul to transit lgure the
lace. Ih" Bible speaks of the "face
II God, tho "face OF Jesus Christ"
he "iacc Of Esau." the 'face OF
Israel, IN" fac" of Job" the face
Of til" old man, the shining face OF Moses" "
he wrathful "fa"o Of Pharaoh, - the ashes
IN Tn" fac" Of humiliation. tho resurrection
ary staf on the face of the dead child tho
hypoctitcs distiguring their face. and in NV
text tn" Bible Grt-;lai es.~ "a mans wisdom
makSfh>-nis lace 20 shine. and the sourness
OF rs face shall be swcrtened." II the Bible
na q much t0 say about physiognomv, we
ot wonder that the world has made il a
fy,ndy from the carly ages. In vain the Eng
Hfh Parliament in tho time OF George H.
oA'ercd publicly whipped and imprisoned
hose who studied physiognomy. Intelligent
peopl" always have studied il and always
will study il. The pens OF Moses and Joshua
nnd Job AMI John and Paul as we'll rs OF
Homer and Hippocrates and Galen and
Aristotle AMI Socrates and Plato and Lavater
have been dipped into it, and whole libraries
Of wheat and chan have been garnered on
this theme
Now. what practical religious and aternal
usc would | max" Of this subject? lam 90
ing t0 show that while we are not rcsponsi-
hlr Tor our features. the Lord Almighty hav-
ing decided what they shall he prOnataly ms
tn" psHlmist declares when he writes 'In
thy book all my members were written
which in continuance were fashioned when
aS Vet th"r" was none Of them vet the
character which under God we form will
"hia"l IN" fac" most m ghriy Every man
would like to have been made in appearance
M NI"ihiad"s. md every woman would like
TO nav" h""n made a Josephine. We all want
10 l." agreeable. our usefulness depends 80
much upon it that | consider 1t important
and Christian for every man an woman 10
hc ~ agreeable a~ possible" Til, slOuch. the
sIoy"a. III" man VINO does not care how he
looks, nll such p"Opl" lack equipment for
usefulness. \ minister vino has to throw a
quid Oi tobacco ont of his mouth h"for" he
heCins 10 preach "r Christians with beard un-
trimmed. making them to look lik" wild
beasts come out Of the luir-yca. unkempt.
uncombcd. unwashod. disagrecahlc men or
women are a hinIrIuc" to religion more
than n recommendation.
Now. my text suggests how we may ind"-
pendent Of features, max" ourselves agree
able, a mans wis .om makrth his face TO
shine, ana :hC sOurn"sS Of his face shall toe
sweetened. What say may come too late
for many. Their cOuntenun"" may by long
iditY. or 10y long years Of cruel behavior they
may have HcrodIZed all the mach chinery Of eX-
prcssion, or by long years Of avarice they
may have been ShylOcked until theft face Ia
as hard as IN" precious m"talthey are hoard
ing, but am in time 10 help multitudes II
the Lord will. That il IS possible TO over
come disadvantages of physiOgnomy was in
this country nightly illustrated by one
whose life recently closed after having
served in the Presidential cabinet
at Washington. By accident of fire In
childhood his face had been more piteouslS
scarr"d than any human visagc that ] cveI
saw ny hard study hc arose from being .
poor boy TO the very height Of the legal pro
fcsson, and when an Attorney General for
the United States was nee !e he entered the
Presidential clbinct. What n triumph oveI
destroyed human "Ountenun"ai
Il" not vv0nd.r that Xtnn an OnDOSinR at
tornoy in n Philadelphia courtroom cruelty
referred to this personal disngurem"nt Ben
jamin f. Brewster replied I'm these wor Is
"Whcn | was babe, I was u beautiful blu"-
eyed child. ] know this because ms dear
dead mother told m" so, Int was on" day
playing with my sister wh"n her cio'h"s too;
fire. and ran to her relief an SHvrI her.
Int ir doing So my clothes took Gre. an the
fire was not put ont until my face was as
black aG the bpurf n + g.nnnIra1 ~, hYa