22 WHAT KIND OF HEART

CHAPTER V.
WHAT KIND OF HEART HAVE YOU GOT?

Many people seem to think only of their
external appearance, of their personal beauty,
or their dress. If they have a handsome
face, a good figure, and a fine attire, they
appear satisfied; nay, more, we often see
persons showing vanity and pride merely
because they have beautiful garments on, or
because they are called pretty or handsome.

Now I am not such a sour old fellow as
to despise these things, it is certainly desir-
able to appear well, indeed it is our bounden
duty to make ourselves agreeable ; but I have
remarked that those persons who are vain of
outside show, forget that the real character
of a person is within the breast, and that it
is of vastly greater importance to have a
good heart than a handsome person.

The heart within the body is of flesh, but