Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
HUMAN FACES ARE
LIKE SHOW WINDOWS.
UnSalilIs Indications o. What
Can Be Found On the inside Of
the individual;

Making Faces" was the subject OF
q sermon delivered at the First Meth
odist Church, Cleveland. Ohio. by
Rev. DR.. Charles Bayard Mitchell,
who took his text from Ecclesiestes
81, "A mans wisdom maketh his
face to shine. and the boldness of his
face shall be changed" and from
jeremiah v. 3, "They have made their
faces harder than a rock"
"These statements plainly teach
that the human face is the handlwork
Of the SOUL" said DR.. Mitchell.
"There are two widely recognized
iacts-first, the soul is the temporary
tenant of the body, and second. the
soul and body react powerfully on
each other.
"The first fact Is, the teaching Of
Scripture is taught by the new psy-
chology and is recognized in all mod
ern philosophy.
"As to the second fact, 1t is univer-
sally known that the body is power
fully affected by the mind. Fear, an
ger, shame, hope. love, all nightly
affect the human body. The face is
that part of the body where the
heshy covering is the thinnest. There
the veil is almost transparent.
-. "You can study the soul by looking
at the face. Physiognomy is more
character reading than phrenology.
The face is the most interesting part
of the body. The greatest paintings,
Ruskin insists, are those Of the hu-
man face The human face is the
most beautiful thing God has made,
and this is because man co-operates
with God in It's making.
"There Is a universal longing to
have pleasing and beautiful coun-
tenance. Hence, men and women
grow rich selling paints, powders.
washes and such like, to the multi
tudes who want to improve the looks
of their faces. This Is nothing new.
Writers tell US that from the days
Of ancient Egypt down to the modern
face artist, women and some men will
60 to any length to be pretty.
Another interesting fact connected
with the making Of the face Is the
way in which the ancient gladiator, or
modern soldier, will dull his face by
stole methods to give no sign of pain
when enduring fiercest agonies. All
these things are but surface views Of
this subject. 1t Is strange that the
many who are so much interested in
the subject do not 60 deeper. A
closer study will show that the true
artists at work on the face are not
working from without, but from
within. Charles Kingsley said, "The
soul secretes the body like the oyster
its she'll" This is not true, of course.
but the truth lies in that direction.
The face of Stephen, Of Moses, and
of the TRANSPORTED Christ tells how
the inner light breaks through the
face and makes 1t shine. The inner
life is the true master-architect of the
face. Solomon says, "A wicked man
hardeneth his face and Jeremiah
says. They have their faces harder
than a rock
"Nearly every virtue and every vice
is pictured in the face.
"The face of the old is better in
dex of character than that of the
young. Hence a sanity old woman
is more beautiful than youthful beau
ty. Youth may have the advantage in
form and color, but age In the beauty
of character. The face registers the
kind of life we are living. A hundred
inner artists are at work on the face,
taking their orders from us.
"All of this would be of mere rela-
tive value IL only the face of flesh
was involved. But If the face reflects
the soul, then how important that the
soul shall be pure and holy! The
end of holiness is not holy face, but
a holy life. 1t is the soul which out
lasts the face. The artist lives when
the statue is forgotten.
THE highest ambition of the true
Christian Is attained when he shall
awake in Christ's likeness. We are
glad to say, We know that when He
shall appear we shall be like Him.