Milford chronicle., 1903-10-30
The ze..n.e OF ch-is,.

i, have a beautiful body - beautiful J.
reference 10 the glance Of lis az,
beautiful I'D the tone of its voic.
beautiful as far as possible in refr,
ence to lis apparel: beautiful ua saral
WAS beautiful whose husband gave I,
her one of tie sweetest aud vef court
liest of compliments wnen be turue,
and in the quaint ianguage Of the eas
aid, Thou art a fair woman to loos
upon If God Almighty demanded
that the children of Israel should give
Of their gold and silver and precious
stones 10 beautify his Jerusalem sane
tiary surely then we ought to try To
beautify his temple Of the Holy Ghost.
Christ has often been worshippd in
a mud hut or IN open barn. but he de
serves the noblest and best of human
architecture. We have all read how
millions upon millions of dollars were
spent to make artistic the sanctuaries
of the east. The greatest of sculptors
have chiseled for them their master
pieces and out Of the solid stone have
made flower gardens to bloom ut the
base and the top of the massive col
umns which support the roofs. In
them the greatest Of all artists have
been called upon to illustrate their
genius in religious pictures. as LeOnar-
do da Ninci's Last Supper" in Milan
convent is painted upon tile walls Of
a Santa Maria dele Grazie. within
which NapoIeon's troops once stabbed
their horses or as Michae Ange.o's
Last Judgment was painted upon the
wall of the Sistine chapel at Rome. OF
as the beautiful angels of Dominican
monk. Fra Angelica. are seen march
ins through the dark corridors of the
Florentine convent of San Marco. In
them fEp finest Of musicians piIy upon
their organs. Tie sweetest of voices
sing in their cLoirs The most elo-
qucnt of preachers plead from their /
pulptts. But the temple that Christ /
uOSt desires to occupy is tie temple, Of |
your heart. and that may be adorned .
by the gTuces that the Holy Spirit sup
plies.
"Eut." says some man. "how can
my physical body: | grant
that ] need not be- slOyenly or unkempt
in apparel. but do not grant that I
AN change my looks. | cannot. in the
anSuagp Of NicOdpmus. for the second
lime be born OF the flesh" Oh. yes.
my brother, you can. Ycu cpu start
oday TO obtain from God that grace
which will make You physically new
Jelng. 1t is a physiological law that
very seven years the body goes through
complete cnan%e. Seven years from
low there will not be any par: of a
zone. finger nail or atom OF heSh in
our physical existence which is part
4 you today. Like the old Constitu
ion. more commonly called Old Iron
ides' once the pride of the American
avy. whose hull was made over so
lany times that there have been many
constitutions instead of one. so YOU.
~ brother have had many different
hysical bodies You are always put-
ny of an Old body; you are always
utting on ii new. Galen was convert
/ from atheism by studying the -'.o.,
erful construction of human s.c.e
IN. But the movement Of u Joint in
ieleton is not nearly so wonderful IT,
ie as the fact that the skeleton of q
IAN who died when he was seventy c
ears OF age represents at least ten dis. a
net skeletons. which at different pc u
DDS of his existence walked around
lder the same mans personality. b
Wonderful structure. Il
The physical body is continually be- o
g changed. This fact being then Il
'anted. If you will only let the Holy e
host dwell within the temple which a
lght to be his then he will make you q
lysically over anew. Your voice will u
come softer in tone. because then It
III only speak the language Of love. II
)ur face will change in looks. for then h
ur gentler spirit will mold it. Your u
md will change its conformation. for II
EN-. instead Of being the knotted mus p
u of human brute or the close fist o.
miser, looking in its vindiciye-
So ike the grinning gargOylps OF u
tire Dame, ready to spring upon their
ey below. It will be the opened pnlm u
succOr and have the warm grasD Of
touch. Yes, my brother. u
Il can artistically and psthetically ~
well as spiritually beautify your
ysical body. You can surrender It, kI
the name Of Jesus Christ. TO be te
de over entirely anew to his serv- ch
lis
strong temple! A clean temple.
beautiful temple! We have been de-
ibing them ALL But. after all. what
a temple? A temple Is a building lai
iicnted TO the worship Of a deity. to
four walls inclose holy place in VIZ
ich thnt deity is supposed to dwell. on
rh temple is supposed to be the Der. up
al property Of an individual divini- we
In the same sense as Il mnn's house th,
Ongs to him when the title deed 10 ye
only put In the family safe, but old
recorded among the county rec ''Y
s. do
this be true what is the next step! sal