1053. CHANGING THE APPEARANCE.

CHANGING THE APPEARANCE.

In South America some curious birds are seen with yellow feathers. The Indians have learned the art of making these birds change the colour of their feathers. They pluck them out, then inoculate the fresh wound with a secretion from the skin of a toad. The feathers which afterwards grow are of very different colour. But the changed appearance of the feathers does not in any way alter the character of the bird. A man may have the colour of his outward life completely changed and yet remain the same unregenerate soul before God. There may be reformation without regeneration. A better appearance does not always mean a better character. Temperance and other societies have inoculated many with better views of life, but they cannot transform the carnal mind, which is enmity against God.

Autor: James Smith