Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1879 — Personal Appearance of St. Paul and the Savior. [ARTICLE]

Personal Appearance of St. Paul and the Savior.

M. Mezieres’ donbt of the authenticity of M. Renan’s description of the personal appearance of St. Paul appears to have set the Paris bookworms at work delving among the works of the early church fathers. The result is not only the justification of Renan, but a good many curious discoveries, of which the following are perhaps the most notable. St. Clement, of Alexandria, thus sketches the Savior: “Jesus had no beauty of face; his person offered no physical attractions; he only possessed beauty of soul, which is the true beauty.” * St. Irenaeus, a disciple of St. Poly carp, who was a disciple of St. John, wrote that his master had often heard the beloved disciple say that the hair of Jesus had already turned white when he began his mission.”

A German physician has demonstrated that early rising is a very bad habit. He has taken the trouble to collect information as to the habits in thia respect of several persons who have lived to an advanced age; and he finds that in the majority of the cases the long livers have indulged in late hours.