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"Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. " (1 Samuel 16.7)
OUTSIDE and inside. How different they are! I remember a very ugly looking house, which I used to love as a little girl. It faced the street, with straight rows of windows, bare and square, and not a creeper or flower to be seen. But inside, what a delicious comfortable house it was! And a lovely old garden behind, hidden and surrounded by high walls. All the flowers, all the beautiful china and pictures, and pretty old-fashioned furniture were to be seen after you entered it, and not before. I have seen many pretty looking houses since, some quite charming with their gabled windows and creeper clad walls, yet some of them inside, are damp and ugly and uncomfortable.