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

father, that Esau, his brother, came !" iio'n ''''
hunting. Gen. XVII. ~.
The story il the ever-recurripg oneof pa'er,
nal favoritism and fraternal envy. Isaac nao
fvo eons. of which Esau was bis favoriie'
while Jacob was the favorite OF bis mother
Rabekah. These four we're all represented 10
this tableeu. Blind cid Isaac has just De-
slowed the fraudulently obtained blessing
mon Jacob, believing him to be his favorlte
Esau. and Jacob and his mother appear
abashed with their guilt as the real Esau,
himself, appears in the doorway with his venl-
son. "a he returned from his hunt
The grouping and attitudes OF the figures
II this tableau were dramatically effective,
M also were those of the one succeeding-a
picture which must have carried many OF the
older hearts who saw it. back to the sunny
days of their youth, when its hero shared
with the conqaeror of Goliath their favoriusm
above all other Biblical heroes, and one which
must have filed the youth present Win a
new and stronger admiration o. MIN. II
represented
VI-JOSEPH INTERPRETING PHAkAoAS
DREAM-A. M. 22S9.
"Then Pharoah sent and called joseph, ana
they brought him hastily out OF the dungeon
and he shaved himself and changed his raiment,
and came in unto Pharaoh."-Gen. XII. IA.
Seated upon q canopied throne, the steps
ascending to which being guarded upon either
side by Sphinx, were Pharaoh and his Queen
Potiphar, while surrounding him were the
great men of his court and their slaves and
attendants, together with tho wise men and
maeicians of the East, who had already tried
and failed in interpreting the dream. In the
midst of all, standing at the foot OF the
dais, as in the act of expoundiDg. was Joseph.
The moment seemed to be that when the
truth Of Joseph's Interpretation first broke
upon Pharaoh, whose satisfied amazement, To-
Rether with the expression OF mute interest
and attention upon the faces OF Gil present,
contrasted we'll with the composed dignity OF
'Jacob's beloved"
On pass the cars, and centuries, and next
We see
yI-THE FINDING OF MOsEs-A. M. 243a.
Sand the daughter of Pharaoh came down to
wash herself at the river; and her msldens
walked along by the rivers side and when she
saw the ark among the flags. she sent her maid
10 fotch it, And when she had opened 1t, che saw
the child."-Ex. ii. 8.
Beside the brook is Pharaoh's daughter, her
landmarks around her. just in the act OF
taking the infant Moses from the ark, while
in the background, screened by tree, stands
his Watchful and anxious sister as If just
about to step forward to show herself that
abe NAV secure for her brother his own
mother as q nurse. Naturally there was less
display OF fine dressing in this scene, but its
plainness suited it to the position it occupied
between that preceding and that following,
which represented
ylu-THE WORSHIP OF THE GOLDEN
GALA. M. $3.50.
.sAnd IL came to pass, as soon as he came nigh
unto the camp, that he saw the calf, ana the
dancing; and NJ loses anger waxed hot, and ne cast
the TALES out Of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount. Ex. xxxvii. 49,
In the background rose the mount on which
WAS seen Moses with the tablets in his hands,
while in the center OF the car was reared the
altar of the Golden Calf, with its priests on
either side standing as if exhorting, the peo-
ple bowed down in worship before it. The
moment was that at which Moses deserving
his peoples idolatry, in anger casts the tablets
which contained the Decalogue, which he is
represented in the act of doing. This was a
well chosen and q well arranged scene.
As it passed there came in view very ap-
propriate sequence, illustrating the return to
the true faith, as the "Golden Calf" had
shown the departure from it. This was
Ix-THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR
A. NJ. 2514.
Sand the Lord said unto Moses, they shall
offer their Offering, each prince on his day, for
the dedicatipg Of the altar And he that offered
his offer the first day Was Nahshon, the son OF
Amm,nadsb, Of the tribe Of Judah."-Nu. vii.
II, II.
This was represented by group, the GEN.
tral figures OF which were Noses, Aaron the
high priest, and Nahshon the Prince of Ju-
dab, the latter attended by his slaves bearing
his offerings. The whole form an attractive
and dramatic picture.
Next in order came the Miracle Of Joshua,
which was entitled
x-"sUN, STAND THOU STILL"
uThen snake Joshua unto the Lord, in the day
when the Lord delivered p the Amorites before
the Children Of Israel, and he said in the sight
Of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gideon. =
Josh. x. IL.
In his war chariot, clothed in his srmor,
stood Joshua, his hand appraised in command,
and his gaze thrown upward % towards the
sun. while about him, and behind, stood his
soldiers, as watching with wondering interest
the marvellous feat Of their general.
The next car represented
xI-JERUSALEM ATTACKED BY THE
JEWS-A. N. 1861.
sand Adoni-bezek said, Three score and ten
kings. having their thumbs and their great toes
cut of, gathered their meat under my table az
/ have done, 20 God hath requited me. And they
brought him to jerusalem. and there he died. =
Judges i, 2.
Il was tale of retributiop, aud Of the judg.
ment Of God. Loaded with irons, his head
barred, and bowed as in shame, in the midst
Of fellow-captives, stood the dethroned King
Adoni.bexek while the soldiers Of Judah clad
in their armor and armed after their fashion
watched over him, insolent in their manner.
- II ptilessly mocking the fallen monarch,
and rejoicing that his own wickedpess was
being meeted back to him. whom they were
leading towards Jerusalem to his death.
Then came in sight
HEWING AGAG IN PIECES
A. n. 1926.
"And Samuel said, - thy sword hath made
women childless, 90 shall thy mother be childless
among women, and Samuel hewed Agag in pieces
before the Lord in Gilgal." I Samuel, xv. IS.
When Saul was made King over Israel, the
prophet Samuel reminded him, from the Lord,
or the evil done to his people by the Amale-
kites, and Commanded him, from the Lord,
70 Ego and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy
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