'The sweetener and beautifier

The sweetener and beautifier

A Missionary in Tokyo tells of a Japanese woman who came to speak about having her daughter received into the school for girls which the teacher was conducting. She asked if only beautiful girls were admitted.

"No," was the reply; "we take any girl who desires to come."

"But," continued the woman, "all your girls that I have seen are very beautiful."

The teacher replied, "We tell them of Christ, and He transforms their hearts, and this makes their lives and faces lovely."

Christ is the sweetener and beautifier of the lives and the very faces of those who become His faithful followers. He gives them peace — and peace brightens and transforms their features. He teaches them love , and love makes them beautiful.

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