The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-27
HANDS Of SERVICE
MOST BEAUTIFUL
The Rev. Robert Asa Smith
Delivers Eloquent Sermon
Upon Practical Topic.
LESSONS OF THE PALMS
Not in Lines That Foretell Fu-
ture, But Indications
of Work Done.
LESSONS OF THE PALMS

Speaking TO the subject, Hands G
Service" the Rev. Robert Asa Smit
yesterday interested a large audience {
service at Westminster PresbytAria
church In part the sermon was as fol
lows:
Pamistry may he an interesting
study. NOT 70 find out the future
of .. poreon's life by scrutiny OF the
palm OF the hand, for that cannot be
done; but 70 discern the present.
What ia he doingY What has he
done? a glance at the hands may
a street fskir. who claimed TO DE
the Messiah. was haranguins crowd
In London. Just as he finished his
prep%sterous assertions. detachment
of the Salvation army came march
Ing down the street. singing. we
shall lsnow Him, &c shall know Him.
by the. print Of the nails In His
nands na is ,.1, Instantly the sro"d !s:a was up
Your hands,
Hands Tell Story.
And so II Is. In tho hands may
he revealed the manner OF ones life.
A young girl with pretty dimpled.
white. smooth hands, bathed in but
terlnill and wrapped in chaiInos skin
never sweeps the floor for mother;
never makes the beds or lkneads the
bread. or washes the dishes. 4 young
man with large and rough hands re-
Feals the fact that they are hands of
service. blessing unto himself and
those around him.
Hands we're given us for service.
They were not made for idleness,
not be selfish. To reach the largest
number OF people with the service of
our hands should he our constant en-
deayor. Hands OF service are the
most beautiful hands in the world.
Hands of Mother.
Did you ever notice the hands Of
your mother? They are probably
hard and wrinkled-they were once
plump and fair. What made them so?
ioil and labor for you. | have seen
many pearly hand. fair and plump
and sweet to look upon many palm
Of pink have I seen, whose fingers
Of purity rivaled the gems they wore.
But the hands that live In recoIlec-
ton fairer than them all are tho lean.
thin; toll-worn, wrinsled hands Of my
mother.
father3 I will never forget nv father
handS as, in the last hours OF his life
ne held them up-old and drawn--as 1
wondering what made them So Tho
.hs ianuS tHdt uIeSSed me- tha
apored for me, and guided me. And
think Of those hands as hands of ser
vice.
Our text saws that Christ Gifted u,
his hands and blessed his disciples
Those nall l-pierced hands. What mad
them so? Ills service for you and for me
Ihey were hands OF service, They wer,
H hands. They were all the TIM
blessing the people. They relieved Tn
sick, raised the dead. defended the poo
and needy, end broke the hallowed breat
Tor his disciples. What an example 4,
is as to how we should employ ou
hands.
Real Palmistry.
The world is not so much interested
as il once was In the hand that is onl,
beautiful to look upon We may Iaupi
it the humbuggery of pretending to reaC
character in the lines found In the pa lin
u tho hand; but the world Is daily grow
ng moro interested In the hands tina
are made beautiful by their ministration,
o others, and We do read character il
ne marks that serving others leaves il
he hand.
The real palmlstry exalts the hand tha
brings things to pass, the hand that cool,
evered brows and carries comfort and
;heer 10 those that are disconsoate
he hand that devises all manner OF Ia.
saving devices for the millions whr
oil; the hand that points the dIscour.
'ged and oppressed TO Him who Is tn,
worlds salvation.
Do not spend time In frivolous things
Have your amusements, Of course bl-
ake more time for service. The occu-
pa toD that is all for self is worthless
: you want people 10 love you, serve
hem.