New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-05


u,I Fsctotum. from the Barber OF Seville.
Both ofthese songs elected immense applause from
fss portion of the audience wao within hearing.
ard tho lsst was rapturcu.'y apPlauled that Mr.
MEYIR oouscuted TO rerea, Il.
TIE REV. r. H. CBAF1N's SPEECH
The Rev T. II. CRAriE was now introduced and
received with a storm Of applause He spoke IN the
following words
ns bsrd for inc to speak aeg the savos Of el,quaaca
which here to-day hsye sautei the resurrection 81 this
magnificent enterprise You have heard whs,e'or tlc
strong mind conceive, The earnest ongre MGR uno1
fhe suhjcct. You have been presented with Exhibition
of the Industry Of all notions. fear, Therefore that
must necessarily repeat ideas and phrases; aud
perfcrm the thankcss task OF proerng you the cold ig
rents Of feast with which you alre adj full Bat when
cay that you have head about az that be said relative
70 il ion, would imply that there's great deal nre
gard 10 il that cannot be spoken. presume that the most
Eloquent orCtion of the day has been silent sentiment
sweeping Inc diapasm of every hsart something nexpresi
be by logic, rhetoric song. l. Il sentiment that
bknds TIC feelings Of grandeur ard beluty onl 1ban
tope. so Cor as tits possible define bv single t'rn it
Usy be considered profound ense of the sym ai sig
rifcanoc Of this CRYSTAL Palace Js has been popular
Inauguration aud it is fitting that the pc pile represented
ty al classes should here for looking about them
sSSce viii all il contains. i historical heroTiyph AMI
,rophecy And trust shall not he considered -
g upon ancifu and speculative dis uistion. devo.e
ny remarks 20 the illustration Of this point know that
cererazaons apt prove very crude nexact when
10 transfer them from the objects OF natural science 20 the
field Of human agency But Is sufficiently correct Tor my
Yresent purpose to say, that the history Of man
Kind appears TO be characterized by the unfolding of
fbree great opochs, and the realization OF three
sra icdals. In the first place, teere is epoch of
Comparative quieiude. The early, Oriental ageihc
fque age in general lying the verge of history vast
nmlous tract preparing the seeds of COmpar
alive quictude, say-fOr there has been no period with
out movement. Movement is The nmosi principle Of the
universe There is motion in ill things. In the monad
sDd the s;arn the mountain that stands like etertyn
ibis fresh springife budding on the robe OF nature,
o. she goes forth to fill r crystal palace with the contrbu
tons of Providence and the productions OF the year but
surely there unity Of costume monoony OF action,
that sufficiently distinguishes "he period to which refer
J Emphatic cty is in vivid sangune and
electric tempcrament-our locomotive life. For this it's
that charaCtezes the second great epoch OF history
The period in which We are placed II Ia an epoch fa
OF epochs. Ii is remarkable for It's RAPID vibrations for
It's succession Of vast changes 10 60 back no further than
ibe Fifteenth Century what throng of great e;as
abetter than cycle of Ca;hayl Tina; was great era
Shen truth found in the prniingpres the gift OF tongues
and reused the stagnant souls Of men with volos OF
thought. That great era when Columbus 70 the ga
World cc virgin bride, the mother of plen lid and
ncaculablc des,nics That o great when Bacon
shattered Aristoes web and AgIppa minor and taught
and the talisman Of fact That was grea: era, in
snguraied by the Declaration OF Independence. when,
IN the cradle Of battle and the baptism of blood, "a
"naion born in a day Erasl Why every
snan, every woman without limiting that she has
reached any mysterious and unprOnOuncabe every
child almost, has passed through them. You also have
san our own rew-Nork grow from provincial town 10
vast metropolis heaving in its heart with the pulls
Of world and wearing Its Crystal Palace like diadem.
Yoa also have seen space cancelled by steam, and time
beaten by the telegraph and tissues of identity and nerves
Of electric svm at6y stretched and woven round the globe
ITS an epoch full cpochs marked by the greatness and
rapdity Of its changes is therefore evidently transition
epoch leading to third the phases OF wchwe can hardly
conceive which may not ngcr TO descnbe-bni winch
may Relieve will be period Of unity ogain-a period OF
quetude sagnan qIotule but the serenity OF full
deep life sunset epoch it may Se OF "nn Unable Dr
poses be Tlucked by the hand of God Aud correspond.
ing with these three epochs, though not strictly, |
admit there three ideals for man to reaZe-
the Beautiful the True and the Good The realization
Of rst leads TO the attainment of the second and
both absorbed in and glorfy the third Now, is it
Ne fact that the special Inheritance which get
from the antique age is the heritage of he Beautiful
an speaking now of what comes by human Development
from Divine inspirations of the natural constituents in
history, the great relg ous element l. not the Beau
ful the most unsHrpassab of all that the old time has
bequeathed us That beauty which is joy forever =
the beauty that was IN its shrncs ana temples us marble
deites AMI Its fresh immortal poetry IL the 9d Past
challenge u the successfully by this But not
epoCh specially characterized by the knowledge and the
application of Truth Are not it. great IN the
field of science and by science welded to invention
Go any factory and sec what fine wormen we have
made of the great elements around us See how Nature
fols in shr-sleeveshow diligently the IRON fingers PICK
and sort and themscles steel retain Their faithful grippe,
and enormous energies run 10 ana rO Win an ooc'let
sTk while forces that heave volcanoes and tear the ar
ferries of the earth spin the fabrics OF an infant rope ana
weave the flowers in ladys brOcade. The seeking ana
attainment of the is the special characteristic oil our
period. lis ACTIVITY Is the uCuNliI oi
eras burst forth from facts. But around US, mere
are indications of something better than mere IN
feectual acquisition material power. Indications
of time when these shall serve human ana DIVINE
goodness We see these instincts i'll movements OF love
and help. The exatation of the aborer That war now
prevailing in Europe believe VIII ne me las, sreI,
matte war. There may be other conflicts with nobiet Is
sues involved In the geology of history there may De
Few earhQuake-bursts of ecdom scattering thei ioui
detritus laying down stratum of thrones ana Pis ~
crowns for fossils shifting levels and making GODS word
really the peoples heritage But am not ashamed 10 say
that believe in ga good time coming | know that
some may have silly notion about this good time and re.
gard it sort of phanropic joificaton-a miilenal
in it. 1t is the nineteenth century yernacular
for the old prophetic idiOm--" they SHAH beat
their swords into plow-shares and their spears into prun
ing hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation
neither shall they learn war any more II the secu-
lar version of that Apocoypc vision of which the Apos
lie tells U.S. IL John the Now-Jerusalem coming down
from God out of heaven And for the svmb0llcal
significance of this Crystal Palace, TO which referred IN
the commencement II appears TO me that these epochs
and ideals are epomzed and illustrated here Permit me-
In these works have the representation of the
Beautifuold vet ever In this splendid artillery of
invention discover the OF the present. mar
messing science to utility and throbbng with the energies of
fact. While combining tie gories of Art and invention
King them off in submer conception think the ahIeSt
production of all is this edce itse-thc temple that
sancties the gold; fit emblem is il not of the wider nober
good that belongs the coming time and that encir
sles us in The vision of prophecy Have been nduging
in mysticism and fancy Or do YOU recognize the
symboca significance around you here Do You recog-
pize the realities behind the symbols Addressing the
symbols the realities, would say chen: On genus Oh
Art fill us with the inspiration of still higher and more
yprtua beauty. o instruments of Invention, enlarge
our dominion over reality Let iron and fire become as
blood and muscle and in this electric network let
heart and brain ncose the world with truth and sympa
a : l.aht .fran of