Beauty of Character

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 25, 1915

Beauty of Character

THERE is always a certain amount of enchantment about a beautiful character. We all know what it is to meet those whose quality and beauty of character we admire and esteem. How it thrills us with the dignity of its gracious mystery, its rare, delicate sympathy, its natural charm! Every one in this transitory life of ours has in his mind the ideal of what he would like to be; and the loftier and nobler the ideal, the more godlike will the character become. Each character, with its beautiful thoughts and beautiful actions, is an exquisite proof, a living, practical witness on earth, of the power and glory of God.

What are the effects of a strong and beautiful character upon those with whom it comes in contact? In the first place, it is the divine inspiration which it continually inspires in the hearts of others toward the love of moral beauty. In the second place, it is the example of such a character, with its tremendous influences for good, which cannot be overestimated. It shines forth with radiant beauty like some bright, serene star, guiding with the glory of its light the footsteps of wanderers, lest peradventure they stumble through the darkness of the world.—“Great Thoughts.”