New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12
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HE discourse- Are rot DRY fossils but fresh flowers
nature gift enriched and besu'6ed by art. His iar-
traitors are stlikingiy sp'. and his figures, never
redundant are slway- rac~fu'ly introduced. uooe,
lying and eDconp assing a. With an atnio' phere al
other truths, l. that primsvs one-the Gear Father
love, urchaeirg sd universal. -
He Is not an etouOIpist in sermorzlrg-one OF MS
dircourses cottsiIpg thoughts erough Tor dozen
ordinary with the ususl lnteruson o. cant and
unmearing phrases.
He seems 70 cir TO an old fashioned New Englsnd
notion, which our city clergymen NAV never have
heard Of, that pastor duties do not begin and end
IN the pulpit al nausges, baptisms, and ourlas; bat
that visiting the homes of those who take pleasure IN
listening to him or Surdsy is not only benefit to
them, by enabling him more fully 10 understand their
moral and spiritual necessities, bu; that he gain
something personally from the experience Of those
who have Dot been preserved, IA he has, from the
folies and wckedness Of the world
His friends think tina. he possesses scholarship,
without assuu p'iop; unboupded hberahty, with strong
personal convictions, courtesy TO all withou. syco
pbaIcy tow lard class and neglect Of another; that
If his humility were not founded that searching
qnestiop-" Who made thee TO differ he has, by
psture, ballast enough to keep him from the tempta-
tons tbst beee every elevated by advantageous
orcuu above his fellows. His earne.tness and
devotion to the in which be engaged are proved
by his intention 10 remain in the city, and preach
throug the sacrifice he has never felt called
upon 20 AXE during the twelve years OF his ministry
The Hall is well sttended-remarbably well for the
season. Such eSosmstops as, That is preaching
" That goes directly TO the heart e Though | do
" rot always agree with him. he always elevstes aud
strengthens me'-falng frequently on the air after
service, seem omens OF success. Christian Enl.
CHuRcH's "HEARr or The ANDES. In the
hbition of the Royal Academy this year are some
North American landscapes by American psirters, to
which Justice has not been done by the Hanging Com
mttee To all persons in this country who are watch
ing with interest the progress Of the arts in the world
of the West this is matter for regret IL s fortunate
that in the and great work of Mr. Church, the
first living American landscape painter now exhibit
ing at the German Gallery No. los New Bond street.,
We have an opportunity of judging North American
at under more satisfactory conditions thau can be
urited the crowded walls of the Roya Academy ex-
hbition rooms.
Mr.. Church is already known in this country by his
remarkable picture of Niagara, to which We directed
attention come years ago. In 1t he manifested extra
ordinary power In the vigorous and houest present.
mert Of scene which has been generally considered
10 defy the hand of the painter.
Equal power is shown in this picture, which, as an
example Of the literal and minute style of landscape
psiDting which some critics have called representa-
i've others historical, and Others Topographic
cal. has never been approached for scale and eab-
oraeness by any work of art yet shown IN this
country.
The study and labor that must have been expended
On Mr. Church picture deserve 10 be called colossal
Few men, Indeed. would have yenured To grspple
with subject which announces itself AS the repre-.
senaion Of of those vast table lands OF southern
America out of which rise the msJestic masses OF the
Andes The picture is, in a certain sense, generah-
cation. The painter has ventured to bring into tue
con pass of his large canvas objects which IN strlc'
topogr sphca truth il could not have embraced In
to present at 10 the eye one OF the enormous
mountain spurs Which shoot out the valley that
lies between the ranges OF Chimborazo the west aud
Cotopaxi the east together with the snow-crowned
SUBMITS OF If their giant peaks, the breadth OF
the space that separates the central pile trJm either
of these mighty mountains has been diminished We
are thus enabled 10 embrace mt glance, IN the middle
distance the table land nterseced with its river, fall
ing from level to level by succession of cataract in
the further distance the central mountain made OF up
piled hill HILL the receding uplands are lost in bars
of heecy cloud and far away, on the extreme right OF
the composition, the eye reaches the topmost hight
crowned with u h8omed rainbow; and on the LETT
the stow.cappeo dome and pnnacles Of Chmborazo
himself, gterrg in sunlight under canopy OF cloud
less blue. The spectator s supposed to be standing Mt
n considerable elevation, looking down on the river,
which, after cutting its way between banks of rock,
thickly clothed with such tropical vegetation aSls
found at the hight OF the table-and between Quito
and Guayaqul pluUges into abyss Immediately
under Biz hight of observation. Before ts
plunge it forms a broad and CLASSY pool.
Along its left bank runs the high road from
GuaTanda TO Hembato, which brings the produce Of
Quito to the port of Guayaqui ana conveys theioregn
goods from the latter place of shipment TO the interior
OF northern Ecuador The scale OF objects il given by
bank of the river. The whole foreground is marvel
Of elaborate study. The banks Of the river are clothed
with forest trees bright with parasitic orchids, their
limbs matted with the green cordsge OF the hanas and
wild vines ald rising from dense underground of
ferns and hchens Among this uxurlant greenery
glow the gorgeous blossoms OF the equatorial FloTs,
and the irdescent splendors OF tropical birds aud in
sects Wandering sunbeams strike here AMI there
tiee-trunk and lchen pierce the fernclid hologs Of
the cliff or kin6e into foam bows in the spray OF the
waterfalls. Perhaps it siD the representation of these
.unreaks, and Of all the incidents OF the river course,
that the great pictorial ski OF the painter is most
sirikipgy manifested. But he mss not sacrificed for
any such detail, however brilliant tempting, the
grandeur of his great WHOLE In far az this is sus-
cepble OF representation by the minute or opo-
graphical method which Mr.. Church follows, he
to TO Lave wel.-ngh all that can be done by
the combination OF close study, keen eye aud most
patient hand.
But many will be of opinion that no possible combs
nation Of these Reproduce the Impression o. q
scene combining 60 many incidents into colossal
whole, and tha, the suggestive" or imaginative
method alone create for the spectator what the
painter saw anu felt uuder the shadow Of Chmborazo.
Be this as it may, Mr.. Churchs picture is not less
grand and unique work. No landscape painter OF Our
old world hn. yentured 10 grapple with such range
of nature as NJ. Church has boldly addressed himself
to. London Times, JulyI
How , PRIzE-fIGHrER I. TR,ISED.-We paid
visit TO Australian Kelly, al his training quarters on
the sth inst IL Is not our intention ~ enter into
minute account OF his previous dOings at present.
that will be given az the proper time, but merely 10
note his system of training. Mr.. James Kelly has the
honor OF having fought the longest battle record
viz: the one with Jonathan Smith, in Australia,
which occupied SIR hours and ftteea minutes-ths,
too. under oroilpg sun. Although it was not
sla.hng battle, yet what was done came from kellys
corner. Smith, notwithstanding his superior size and
length, never cared to make the onslaught, leaving
Jem 20 Lead in order 70 counter with him. In forcing
the htipg when be knew Smith connering powers