The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-26
WHAT WRINKLES MEAN.
DR.. Mendes' Eloquent Address at the
Temple Mickva Israel.

temple Mickva Israel.
What Do the Wrinkles Mean?" was
the subject of the lecture at the Temple
Mickva Israel last night by Rev. DR.. 1.
P Mendes. 1t was both interesting and
Instructive and from every standpoint one
of the best that has been given of the
present series.
DR.. Mendes began by quoting Bacon's
statement that faces are the gallery of
nature. ITO the consecrated minister of
Almighty God" he said, who week af-
ter week fills the pulpit and gazes into
the upturned faces of the members of
his congregation, this assertion Of Bacon
appeals strongly because of it's truth.
AS in the picture gallery. each picture
tells its own story, and breathes forth the
thought of the artist so each human face
has IN indelible characters its own his
tory. and voices in silent eloquence its
failures, hopes, successes or disappoint-
ments. The lines of the face most elo-
quent to the close student and strict OBJ
server are the wrinkles, for there may
be read the past history and experience
of the human soul-deep furrowed lines
which reveal many and many secret
1t is worth while to study these lines for
there are no two human beings whose
wrinkles are the hieroglyphics of the same
romance
Let us enter this gallery of pictures
In the far corner we have a man still in
the prime of life, but his face is fur
rowed and has lost all the softness of
outline and beauty that God intended it
to have. Look Glossy and we
may see that all these wrinkles
torn the four Insignificant letters self.
Here we have the history of that mans
life, a life of selfshness, everybody and
everything forgotten but himself alone.
Dihgent he has been in the service of
the calf of gold, sacrificing all of the
| God-given qualities of health, and truth
and love; he has fought the battle and
won it, and has come forth from the field
laurel-crowned victor, but at the price
Of his contentment, and all of the viz
,ues that make life worth the living, and
he bears the story of his loss to the deep
seated wrinkles and battle scars that only
the hand of death can smooth out.
The next picture is a vision of lowell
| ness; every thought and care of nature
appears to have been lavished on her;
fingers of art have used the pencil ano
brush to good effect, but pencil and brush
| cannot hide the wrinkles which are deep
| er than might be expected to be found in
one so young. They are scars of passions
imprinted on her face by that exacting
mistress, Fashion, to which are sacrificed
The highest, noblest duties of life Fash
ION. a giddy, and unreliable mistress that
IS changing every moment"
Another picture that DR.. Mendes paint
ed. was that Of Dissipation, of which he
said the marks were even more pro
nounced
But, he continued, all wrinkles do not
ell the same tale of shortcomings for
here are those that tell of love and hon
r truth and right living. Such wrinkles,
re said, are like the scars of an old sugar
maple tree that bears the marks where
ear after year il has been tapped, aud
has given out its sweetness TO the world
The speaker closed his address with the
arrest wish that his hearers at the end
f time would be able to point with pride
- their wrinkles and say as did a pious
nan, Almighty God thou hast filled ne
With wrinkles; they are my witnesses"