Milford chronicle., 1907-03-08

not Whitefeld's exact words, but they
substantially present his meaning.
Negleetful of Appearance.
And yet how many men there are
who are neglectful Of their personal
appearance. How many wives and
mothers there are who. though they
are very particular about the neatness
of their homes, seem to lose all desire
for neatness and attractiveness in their
personal apparel. They were very
careful how they dressed before they
We're marrid. When they were engag-
ed to be married they always had their
hair prettily arranged and dOnned their
most attractive garments when their
future husbands called in the evenings.
But now that they are married they
do not seem to care how they look in
the kitchen or at the breakfast table
or in the sitting room. And the sad
fact is their slovenly habits Of life, like
all other evil habits which we allow to
fasten themselves upon us, grow worse
as they grow older Oh my friends,
never allow yourselves to lose your
physical charms! If God commanded
King Solomon to adOrn the doors of
the inner sanctuary with cherubim and
palm trees and flower blossoms he
wants us to make our temples of the
Holy Spirit just as winsome and at
tractive as possible.
1 always look upon the human body
as a picture. I remember some time
ago, at a time of great domestic sor-
row, l was going down the street of
an eastern city where l was at that
time living. In a store window 1 saw
the face of Mary Magdalene. 1t was a
beautiful face. 1t seemed to come out
of dark background. The face SEEM
ed as though it was looking out of the
cloud of her past life, and with her
eyes of repentance and love and trust
she was looking up into the face Of her
Saviour. 1 bought the picture and
framed it. 1t is one of the most treas
ured pictures Of my home. Whenever
l grow discouraged or the world looks
dark l go and sit before that beautiful
face. "Oh," I say, "if 1 could only
learn to trust my Saviour as did that
lovely Magdalenew Thus when you
and 1 go up and down the world we
are watching innumerable faces. We
see them in the street, in the electric |
cars, in the homes, in the churches. |
When we see these faces-beautiful, |
pure, holy faces-we see faces that are
pointing us to Christ. Yes, our faces, |
our hands, our feet, our clothes, have
gospel mission. Let us engrave them I
with cherubim and palm trees and |
flower blossoms for his dear name.
Let us make them just as beautiful as
we can.
Give Them a Beautiful Setting.
1t is also important to adOrn for
Christ our mental equipment We
should sing our thoughts with the
most melodious sounds. We should
paint them in the most beautiful blend
ing of colOrs We should symbolic
them in the most poetic SMILES. We
should chisel them in the most exqui-
site statues. We should preach them
in the most tender pleadings. In other
words, as the lapidary takes his pre-
ciOus stones just quarried from the
mines and cuts them and polishes them
and harmoniously arranges them in
the most beautiful settings, we should
cut and polish and blend our thoughts
as precious jewels for the service of
Jesus Christ. We should develop our
thoughts aesthetically in order that they
may better spiritually serve our Di-
vine Master and King. We should en-
grave our mental doors with cherubim
and palm trees and flower blossoms.
Do you suppose that Robert Burns
would have his influence upon Scottish
life unless he had been able to sing his
songs Of love and patriotism with a
sweeter or a more clarion note than
ever bard had sung before or since his
time? Do you believe Cardinal New
mans ''Kindly Light would today be
leading the Christian world through en-
circling gloom unless the words Of that
hymn were as soft and limpid as any
ever written by a master Of English?
Do you believe the gospel messages Of
a AIunkacsy, a Millet, a Raphael or a
Da Vinci would be teaching the love
Of Jesus Christ as they are doing un-
less each one Of their messages had
been painted by the hand Of a master?
Do you believe that Bunyan's allegory
would be read by the hundreds Of thou
sands and the millions unless, like
Christ's parallels, it was the wonder
If all literary critics? Do you believe
hat a Philip Phillips and a P. P. Bliss
md a Thomas Hastings and an Ira D.
sankey would have charmed the thou
,ands for Christ unless their voices