The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-01

cfowd-1f indeed necessary waiting may be
SO called-began to be bitterness not q
sweetness ong drawn out" when suddenly
a faint glare of light shot pward to the skies
from somewhere, and the distant sound of
music, followed by movement of thu crowd,
| accompanied by perfect medley of s.ohs, -
and abs Reminding one of Babel itself
proclaimed that the hour had arrived.
Nearer the glare came, and louder grew the
sounds of melody. Yes Comus was ap-
proacaing-and all eyes were strained to catch
the first glimpse, and to announce thu sub
Jsct The transparency at the head of the
procession told it to be
SACRED HISTORY.
No better subject could have been selected,
for 1t addressed itself to the understanding
OF all At least, 30 We thought, as our mind
suddenly filled with the hundreds OF gorgeous
pictures. which are to be found in Scripture,
and our curiosity was overcrowded with anti
cipations. The scenes represented twenty
three IN number, were arranged IN chrono-
logical order, and each formed beautiful
ta0leau, mounted upon wheels and illumin-
ated BY brilliant torches borne upon either
side. To attempt to accurately describe the
pageant, than which We have witnessed none
more elegant or perfect in idea and construc-
ton, would be . fruitless undert .kine-like
the photographing Of . sunset landscape; and
the scene in black and white which we might
have could do NO more than recall the bril-
liant light and gorgeous colors OF the original.
But even reminder Of things beautiful.
when the beauty itself must pass, is of good
use, and hence we shall attempt to ssphoto-
graph" these scenes for the benefit OF our
memory ct some future day, presenting each
in the order in which it appeared, a. follows:
1.-THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
''She took Of the fruit thereof, and did eat. and
gave also unto her husband with her. Gen. Iii. 6.
There was but little need Of labelling this
scena We all know the story Of mans fall.
and "woman's winning wiles," too we'll, bat
there 1t was, reality almost before az.
Standing beneath the spreading branches Of
the Tree Of Knowledge, stood our first an
cestofs, modestly attired in the fashion of their
day, while the tempter Serpent coiled about
10 trunk gases in triumph upon them, as
Eve, the dear tempteY, ia in the act OF Offer
ing the forbidden fruit, which she has herself
Just tasted, TO her yielding, yet hesitating
better-half
Befor the conflict in our mind-as to
whether. had Eve offered us the apple, wa
should have eaten or not-is decided, the
next car appears, IA We behold
lI-NOAH LEAVING THE ARK.
"And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his
wife, and his sons wives with him. Every beas..
every creeping thing, and every fowl, and what
soeyer creepeth up0n the earth, sfter their kinds.
went iorth out OF the srk."-Gen. viii Is and 10.
There were the mountains of Ararat, with
the Ark resting upon them; and there was
Noah In his patriarchal robes surrounded by
his children, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and
their mother, and their wives and children.
together with the beasts of the field and fowl
OF the air; the whole making striking group
ana good representation. It 10 this event
OF Scripture which marks, as it were, the
second era in the history Of man, and the
allegorical conflict between good and evil. Il
is the first victory Of the righteous, in which
the evil wrought its own destruction, and
rom which the good Nan -typi6ed by Noah
and his family-together with all that was
good upon earth, emerged to be the chosen
possessors Of the earth. Hence, it was an apt
following to the scene which preceded il. e.
It was calculated to remind us that though We
fell by the Serpent, there is ever an Ark with
10 which We may shelter ourselves from the
Deluge Of sin which may ct any moment seek
tc engulf us.
But man, misjudging God, out of the guilt
mess OF his own heart, fearing another Dsluge,
thought to devise sure means of escape. and
began the building Of the Tower OF Babel.
.hen, for this want of faith, the judgment OF
to0 again visited them In
[II-THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES. NJ.
1857.
Let rs go down, and there confOnnd their
,thers speech. ii. Z.
This tsbleau was at the moment Of the dis
sersion. after the confusion of tongues, when
hose who had like speech separated them
Ielves from the rest; and the manner in which
he confusion Of speech brought about this
ilvlslon was we'll represented by the central
igures-a master builder in the act of scourQ-
ng slave. who evidently unable to compre-
,end his command, had yet to suffer for his
disobedience.
Nearly four centuries are passed over be-
ween this tableau and the next which repre-
ents
IV-ABRAHAM'5 SACRIFICE NJ. 2132
"And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked.
md behold behind him ram caught in thicket
" his horns."- Genesis xii. Is.
This was good picture. In the background
vas seen the bush OF thicket from whence
the rams head; while Abraham.
With knife in hand, is Standing over his SON
saac, who is bound to the sacrifcial altar.
The moment is that when Abraham's blow is
BY the Angel Of the Lord.
The familiar story Ct the uaflinching trust
nd terrible self-sacridce of the great Patri
rch il we'll told. The trust in God, which
stisied him in his obeying His COM
aand when He ordered that hs should offer
lp his only SON IS burnt offering-the sacri-
Ice OF self which he made in so doing. And
70 pass on to the next scene, to find it equally
familiar to as all. yet not productive Of such
greeable thoughts It is
V-JAC0BT BILE sSING-A. N, 2235.
And il came 70 pass, ~ soon as Isaac had
made An end Of blessing Jacob, and Jacob va
Ct scarce gone out Of the presence Of Isaac, bis