Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-07

physical personality. And there are
many men and women who have had
| their first opening to Christian useful
| ness because they were attractive In
| personal presence. On the other hand,
there are many men who have been
fearfully handicapped in Christian
work because they did not use their
razors enough and kept their shoes I'M
blackened and did not have their linen
clean and because they were not care
full to keep their skin we'll washed and
their hair properly combed. When
friend once congratulated George
Whiteheld on always being clean and
well dressed the great evangelist an
swered. II consider II as necessary for
q minister to be clean and tidy when
he prepares for his pulpit as 1t is for
him to kneel down and pray. A minis
ter has no more right to enter pulpit
with n dirty collar than he has to go
there without his Bible These are
not Whitefeld's exact words, but they
substantially present his meaning
Nesleetful Of Appearance.
And yet how many men there are
who are neslectful 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
were 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, II 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
l always look upon the human body
MS picture. | remember some time
ago. ut a time of great domestic sor-
row, | was going down the street of
all eastern city where l was at that
time living. In Il store window l saw
the face OF Mary Magdalene. 1t was a
beautiful face. 1t seemed 10 come out
of a 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. | bought the picture and
framed 1t. 1t is one OF the most treas
ured pictures Of my home. Whenever
/ grow discouraged or the world looks
, dark I 80 and sit before that beautiful
face. oh" I say. "if l could only
, learn to trust my Saviour as did that
[ lovely Magdalene.' Thus when you
, and l go up and down the world we
, nrc 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
, a gospel mission. Let us engrave them
: with cherubim and palm trees and
l flower blossoms for his dear name
= Let us make them Just as beautiful as
Q we can.
Give Them Beautiful Setting.
- 1t Is also important TO adorn fol-
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 eIqui
site statues. We should preach them
E in the most tender peadings. In Other
l words, as the lapidary takes his pre-
: clous stones just quarried from the
D mines and cuts them and polishes then
i and tremendously arranges them IL
4 the most beautiful settings. we should
cut and polish and blend our thoughts
as precious jewels for the service oil
!. Jesus Christ. We should develop ouV
thoughts aesthetically In order that they
u may better spiritually serve our Di
D vine Master and King. We should en-
[ grave our mental doors with cherubin
: and palm trees and flower blossoms.
Do you suppose that Robert Burns
. would have his influence upon Scottish
u life unless he had been able to sing hi
u songs of love and patriotism with I
: sweeter or more clarion note thar
5 ever bard had sung before or since hi
/ time? DO you believe Cardinal New
u mans kindly Light" would today b.
II leading the Christian world through ell
d circling gloom unless the words Of tina
e hymn were as soft and limpid as an.
+ ever written by master Of English
l. Do you believe the gospel messages o
$ q Munkacsy, a Millet. a Raphael or
II Da Vinci would be teaching the low
Of Jesus Christ as they are doing I'm
lpss each one Of their messages ha,
y been painted by the hand Of master
Y Do you believe that Bunyans allegor,
2, would be read by the hundreds OF thou
" sands and the millions unless, Xix
e Christ's parallels, 1t was the wonde
s. Of all literary critics? Do you believ
e that Philip Phillips and p, p Bills
a and a Thomas Hastings and an Ira D