Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-03-09


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 theif
razors enough and kept their shoes un'
| 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
friend once congratulated George
Whiteheld on always being clean and
well dressed the great evangelist an
swered: II consider it as necessary for
n 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 a dirty collar than he has to go
there without his Bible" These are
not Whitefeld's exact words, but they
substantially present his meaning.
NegIeetfuI Of Appearance.
And yet how many men there are
who are neglectful Of their personal
appearance. How many wives ana
mothers there are who, though they
are very particular about the neatnesa
Of their homes seem to lose all desir'
for neatness and attractiyeness in theii
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 theii
most attractive garments when theli
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, ike
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
pbvsical charms If God commanded
King Solomon to adorn the doors OF
the inner sanctuary with cherublm and
palm trees and flower blossoms ne
wants us TO make our temples or the
HOLY Spirit Just as winsome and at
tractive as possible.
I always look upon the human body
as n picture. l remember some time
ago at a time Of great domestic sor'
row. was going down the street OF
, an eastern city where l was at that
,, time living. In store window L saw
the face Of Mary Magdalene. 1t was
beautiful face. 1t seemed to come oui
of a dark background. The face seem
ed as though 1t was looking out OF the
cloud Of her past life, and with hei
eyes of repentance and love and trus'
she was looking up into the face OF bel
Saviour. / bought the picture ano
framed it, 1t is one of the most treas
! ured pictures of my home. Whenever
I I grow discouraged or the world looks
dark l 90 and sit before that beautifu
face. '"Oh," say, 'if l could only
! learn to trust my Saviour as did tina
! lovely Magdalenew Thus when yo'
and l go up and down the world W.
are watching innumerable faces. W.
see them in the street, In the eiectrl'
cars. in the homes, In the churches
When we see these faces-beautiful
pure. holy faceS-we see faces that ar
pointing us to Christ. Yes, our faces
our hands. our feet, our clothes, hav'
q GOSPEL mission. Let us engrave then
with cherublm and palm trees ant
flower blossoms for his dear name
&c LET us make them Just as beautiful
we can.
g Give Them a Beautiful Setting.
Il 1t is also important to adorn 10
o Christ our mental equipment. w
V should sing our thoughts with tn
!. most melodious sounds. We shoul
!. naint them in the most beautiful Dleno
10 ing of colOrs. We should symbolic
IS them in the most poetic smiles. w
10 should chisel them in the most exqu
# site statues. We should preach ther
J. I'm the most tender pleadings. In othe
20 words. as the lapidary takes his pre-
d cious stones just quarried from ID
h mines and cuts them and polishes theI
le and harmoniously arranges them l
le the most beautiful settings, we shoul
Il cut and polish and blend our though'
10 as precious jewels for the service
ii Jesus Christ. We should develop ou
m thoughts aesthetically in order that the
,t | may better spiritually serve our ID
p vine Master and King. We should el
ra crave our mental doors with cheruDn
80 and palm trees and flower blossoms.
ID Do you suppose that Robert Burr
th would have his influence upon ScottiS
r. life unless he had been able to sing u
is songs of love and patriotism with
H. sweeter or a more clarion note tha
nj ever bard had sung before or since u
ul time? Do you believe Cardinal Ney
a mans "IIindly Light would today
10 leading the Christian world through e
mr. circlinC gloom unless the words of tn
H. bvmn were as soft and limpid as ar
rs ever written by a master Of Englisl
On DO you believe the gospel messages
MunkacSy, Mlllet, haphaei VI
Da Vipci would be teaching the To-
.,v of Jesus Christ as they are doing Il
~ Nss each one of their messages hi
20 been painted by the hand of maste
~, Do you believe that Bunyan's allego
oo would be read by the hundreds OF tho
,a sands and the millions unless, IL
70 ~ Christ's parallels, it was the wond
. of all literary critics? Do you belle
la that a Philip Phillips and P. z. Bli
~ ~ and Thomas Hastings and an Ira
,I1 Sankey would have charmed the tho
u sands for Christ unless their vOic
gel same from sweet singing throats?
ne you suppose that the sermons Of Gu
as rle, Chalmers, Parker, Beecher or K
ca ertson would today be In every mil
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