When Hiram Munger was once giving a somewhat unfaithful Christian a pretty thorough scoring, among other things he said:— “You are ugly, and cross, and homely!” “But I’m not to blame for being homely,” pleaded the victim. “Yes, you are,” said he; “you look well enough when you’ve got the grace of God in your heart.” Solomon said, “A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine.” And we know that that beautifying and illuminating wisdom has “the fear of the Lord” as its “beginning.” On the contrary, sin, anger, vice, and ignorance rob the face of its beauty, and cover the fairest countenance with ugliness and shame. Many a man wears the record of his sins upon his forehead. Speaking of the gospel among Indian tribes, Miss Carpenter declares that the effects of Christianity were visible not only in the habits of some of the Indian tribes, but in their very faces. A writer in the Times remarks on some photographs of the races of India, published by the government:— “A few plates at the end of the volume are devoted to Malays, Burmese, and Karens. Of the last there is one group, a family of Karens, who have become converts of Christianity, who in their intelligent faces, neat dress, and orderly appearance, present a marked contrast to those of their kinsfolk who are still either Buddhists or pagans. Were it not that photographs are necessarily faithful, the change would seem almost too great to be entirely credited.” There is nothing incredible in this to those who believe that man was made in the image of his Maker, and defaced by sin and transgression, and who know what it is to be created anew, in Christ Jesus.833 The countenance of the converted man or woman is a faithful index of the divine power that works within. And while fops and flirts are busied with their paints, and jewels, and tricks of adornment, true Christians, whose hearts are filled with the peace of God, have no need of these outward attractions; they look well enough without them; and their best adorning is “the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”