The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-05


which had carved upon them "cheru
bins and palm trees and open flowers
or flowers in blossom. You should
| make your&hvsical forms just as beau
| tifui as possible.
| 1u church life. as in society. beauty
| has its value. The man and woman Of
| attractive face and manner win Mt.
| tention and exert an influence which
| is denied at the outset to ugliness and
| deformity. 1t is said that George Vii.
| Tiers, the most powerful personality In
| all james Is kingdom, got his start in
| life on account of the beauty of his
| physical personality. And there are
| 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 well washed and
their hair properly combed. When Il
| friend once congratulated George
| Whitetield on always being clean and
well dressed the great evangelist an
swered: II consider it as necessary for
| q minister to be clean and tidy when
he prepares for his pulpit as it is FOL
him to kneel down and pray. A minis
ter has no more right to enter pulpit
with dirty collar than he has to go
there without his Bible These are
not Whitefield's exact words, but they
substantially present his meaning.
NegIeetful 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 We're very
| careful how they dressed before they
| were marrid When they were engag-
ell 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 siovenly 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. IL 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
| traetive as possible.
/ always look upon the human body
as Il picture. | remember some time
| ago, at time Of great domestic sor-
row. l was going down the street Of
| an eastern city where | was at that
| time living. In Il store window 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 1t 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 It, 1t Is one of the most treas
| ured pictures of my home. Whenever
| | grow discouraged or the world looks
dark go and sit before that beautiful
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ledrn to trust my Saviour as did that
| lovely Magdalene" Thus when you
| and | go up and down the world We
| are watching innumerable faces. We
see them In the street, In the electric
cars, in the homes, III 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
| flower blossoms for his dear name.
Let us make them just as beautiful as
we can.
Give Them Beautiful Setting.
It 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 poishes them
and tremendously 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 Hover blossoms.
| Do you suppose that Robert Burns
| would have his influence upon Scottish
life unless he had been able to sing his