SPLENDOR FROM WITHIN by William C. Gannet

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 29, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 48.

SPLENDOR FROM WITHIN.

By William C. Gannet

It is the only thing which makes the real and lasting splendor without. Be beautiful and you will, by and by, seem so. Carve the face from within, not dress it from without. Within lies the robing-room, the sculptor’s workshop. For whoever would be fairer, illumination must begin in the soul—the face catches the glow only from that side.

It is the Spirit’s beauty that makes the best face, even for the evening company; and the Spirit’s beauty is the only beauty that outlasts the work and wear and pain of life. —William C. Gannet.