Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-15
GALLIPOLIs. OHIO. NOVEMBER Ia, 1855

own, by which the ideal is cultivated ant
strengthened. his spiritual; the eman
alton Of true genius, vivid conception
powerful Imagination and high appre
citation of the beautiful.
Who can look on a well conceived
elaborately finished painting, glowins
with life and truthfulness to nature
without feeling the ideal expand int,
newness of life; without feeling the con
scious superiority of the artists mis-
sion?
Who can step in amongst the paint
ings of our lamented Cole, among thos,
noble conceptions of art-lamented geni
US. and not say with me: "The canvas
speaks to my soul in tongue, eloquent
beyond description" His tomb is al
most in sight, reminding us of a geni
us worthy prominent place in the ad'
miring memory of an American peo.
! pie.
"Art weeps, taste mourlls, and Genius drops .
tear
Ger him so long they loved, who slumbers
here;
While colors last and time allows 10 give,
To all remembering grace, his name shall live
We feel the power of the eloquence Of
the canvas, and of the sculptor's white
ideal. and are led to exclaim:
Thought, serene and heavenly; tho t
quick, piercing, thrilling; thought
mighty, majestic, terrible; thought
soul-inspiring, spirit-eleyating breathes
through the works of art, the painted
canvas. the sculptured marble. the high
massive Parthenons of earth that carry
the soul, enraptured. thrilled. or burn
ing with lofty conceptions of natures
magnifcence, from its mortal frame;-
and for a time it is lost in the immeas.
urable labyrinths of Gods eternal great
ness"
Enter the galleries of art. pass thro'
the Louvre, behold the marble great
ness of antiquity, stop before the Venus
de Medici, approach the Apollo, and
your "higher natures will drink in con-
genial elements" .,
There is eloquence in the barren rock.
Time, that only unprejudiced chronicler,
has written eloquent teachings upon the
rocks in the deep, dark caverns of the
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 Jehovah.
The time fast approaches when all
shall learn the divinely eloquent rock.
for the book of nature lies open TO all.
and in perfect harmony with revealed
religion, this tongue shall teach great
truths, of eternity past, the mighty
throes of Chaos at creations birth, of
floods and rains, of devastation and
destruction, of the surprising age of the
world, beyond, far beyond the utmost
human calculation of times great
changes, of man and his God.
o, there IS gushing of gladdening
eloquence around u.s. in each gentle
zephyr, as it sports among the forest
leaves, in each spire of grass, each flow
ret of the field, those only remains of
primeval, pristine beauty. Though
sin has cursed the earth, made desola-
tion of its original beauty, flowers still
bud and bloom, pleading in most per-
suasive tones the remembrance of Ad-
annie Paradise. There is eloquence in
the stirring breeze as it lifts its voice, in
the strong wind as it dashes in fury
over the plains, or wreslles with the
giant oak; in the wild tornado, as it
leaps from its bed and spouts its cataract
of wrath; in the mighty earthquake as
it sends the core of earth and makes
the ribs of nature crack with praise to
God; in the huge volcano, as in its deep
toned 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 70 its
Maker.
True oratorical eloquence, the works
of noble art, the teachings of nature,
all that is eloquent, is conjoined with
religion; co-workers in raising man to
the dignity of angels-to heaven.
Eternity's evening shall find them
together, untrammelled, unscathed,
eternal, triumphant, immortal.