Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-10-16

canvass and the sculpturcd Marble
AIT has q language, an eloquence, pscu.
liarIy It's own, by which tho ideui is cnl.
tivatcd and strengthened. II is spiritu.
sl; the emanction OF true genius, vivid
conception, powerful imsg sgination and o
high appreciation OF the beautiful.
Who can look on we'll conceived.
deliberately. finished painting. glowing
with lie aud truthlulncss 10 nature.
without feeling the ideal expand into
newness Of life; without feeling the con.
scious superiority Of the artists missioni 7
Who can step in among the paintings
Of our lamented Cole, among those no.
bic conceptions OF nu lamentad genius,
and not say with me, "The canvas speaks
TO my soul in tongue, eloquent beyond
dcscription?" His tomb 10 almost with.
in the sight, reminding Us Of a genius
worthy q prominent place in the admir-.
ing memory Of an American people.
"Ah wceps, Taste n,ourns, and Genius drops
O'er him so long they iovoj. who slun,bers
While colors last and time allows to give,
The oil resembling grace, his name shall live
We feel the power Of the cIoquence o.
the canvas, and Of tho sculptor's white
ideal and are led TO exclaim:
"Thougnt serene and heavenly (;
thought quick, piercing, thrilling; thought
mighty, majestic, terrible; thought soul.
inspiring, spirit. eleva,ing breathes from
the works Of art, the painted canvas. the
scul ptured marble, the high massive Par.
thenons OF earth that carry the soul On.
raptursd, thrilled, or burning with lofty
conceptions Of natures magnilicence.
from its mortal frame; and for time it
is lost in the immeasurod labyrinths Of
Gods eternal greatness"
Enter the gallaries ofart. pass through
the Louvre, behold tho marble greatness
Of antiquity, stop before the Venus de
Medici, approach the Apollo, and your
"higher natures will drink in congenial
elements"
There is eloquence in the barren rock.
Time. that only unprojudiced chroni.
cler, he's written eloquent teachings up.
on the rocks in the deep, dark caverns
Of earth, and in the bosoms Of the hills.
How do these teachings awake the soul
to extatic delight, as it is discovered that
they are firm supporter and faithful
interpreter Of the great truths Of Jeho.
yah.
The time fast approaches when oil
shall learn Of the divinely eloquent rock,
for the book Of nature lies open TO all.
and in perfect harm ony with revealed re-.
ligon, this tongue shall teach great
truths, Of eternity past, the mighty throes
Of Chaos at crcation's birth, Of foods
and rains, Of devastation aad destruction.
Of the surprising age Of the world, be.
yond, far beyond the utmost human cal.
culation Of times great changes, OF man
and his God.
o. there is gushing Of gladdenins
eloqueace around US in each gentle
zephyr. as i, sports among the forest
leaves, in each spire of grass, each
Aoweret Of the field, those only remains
Of primeval, pristine beauty. Though
sin has cursed the earth, made desola.
ton Of its original beauty, flowers still
bud and bloonI, pleading in most per.
mic Paradise. There is eioquence in
the stirring breeze as it lifts its voice. in
The strong wind as it dashes in fury over
tho plains, or wrestles with the giant
oak; in the wild tornado. us it leaps
from its bed and spouts its cataracts OF
wroth; in the mighty earthquake as i,
rends the core Of earth and makes the
ribs Of nature creak with praise to God;
in the huge volcano, as. ia its deep.ton.
ed thunder accents, it speaks from its
very centre, warning nature animate to
beware, as it draws one deep breath,
and spouts its very burning bowels to
the sky in an out.burst Of praise to its
maker.
True oratoricsl eloquence, the works
Of nobler art, the teachings Of nature,
all that is eloquent, is conjoined with
religion; coworkers in raising man to the
dignity Of angels--,o heaven.
Eternity's evening shall find them to.
gelher, untrammelled, unscathed, eter.
nal, triumphant, immortal.