Character Revealed in Appearance
“ALL corporeal things are spirit born; love and kindness are embryotic beauty, and the most lovely appearances from most lovely feelings spring, while hideous appearances have their origin in hateful tempers, affections, and dispositions. Inspiration has it right, “God beautifies the meek with salvation,” and as all truth and its consequences is reversible, Satan makes the proud ugly through sin. Therefore our permanent, eternal appearances in beauty or blight will be fully expressive of our true character and earthly habits. The saints shall actually look like the Christ whose love controlled them and whom they felt and acted like here, and sinners shall look like Satan whose spirit they obey and whom they feel and acted like in time.”