Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-11

were entertained by an old man named Gentien. Gentien was subsequently murder ed for this act of hospitality. The saints themselves were overtaken and beheaded. The tradition states that with their heads in their hands they rejoined Gentien and that all three were buried together. With this ex- planation the sculpture will tell it's own story. The elevation of St. Honore to the bishopric was due to the miraculous movement of Q cross at the mention of his name, while pray CTS were being offered for wisdom to guide in the selection. This miracle is represented in the center of the lowest row. You notice that the cross has moved to one side of the chal- ce.
 By the side of the altar stands priest and arguing with him, perhaps of the impolicy of the choice, person evidently from secular life. The priests only answer is to point to discussing the matter still further. Can any thing be more admirable than the group of the two One can almost hear the words they utter. There is nothing superior to it in the grouping of Titians or Raphael Then follow monks bearing the news of the election to St :. Honore. The tradition states that for long while he refused, pleading his unworthiness, until oil came miraculously down from heaven and annointed him. The seated saint and the descending oil are at the end of the row, the whole Of which the view is unfortunately not large enough to embrace. The great event of St. Honore's episcopate was the discovery of the remains of the martyrs Fuscien, Vic toire and Gentien. This is represented on the right of this row. A priest named Lupicin was instructed by an angel in dream to go by himself to 8 certain wood and there dig. He did so and discovered the bodies of the three saints in three stone cofing. He shouted SO loud for joy that St. Honore heard him. St. Ronore turns his head to hear, his hand resting on the book from which his attention had been distracted. The arcade within which he sits is surmounted by miniature towers and embellishments to show that he is really in the city. Lupicin is opening one of the cofins for further as- surance of the value of the discovery. In the row above are presented two miracles that occurred-one while St. Honore was per forming mass, when divine hand appeared and administered to him the sacrament, the other after St. Honore's death, when two blind men were restored to sight by w1plng their eyes with the cloth which covered the altar beneath which he was buried. In the row above is represented St. Honore's funeral when cr1pples tried to touch the coffin and those who touched were restored. In the top row is a representation of the miraculous crucifix of the Church of St. Firmin, where St. Honore was originally buried. This crucifix bowed it's head when the remains were brought into it's presence.
 But the hour is past. have had the pleas- ure this evening of presenting to you another page of art history, not a well ordered or fn- ished page, rather sheet torn from a stu dents note book. Take it as plea for the Fine Arts. History, Literature and the Fine Arts form together a complete Philosophy. History tells of heroes and of deeds bravely done. Literature brings the past nearer, re- vealing thought and passion, showing too the fancies and speculations with which leisure was beguiled and improved. The Fine Arts complete the union of the present with the past by exposing those sentiments and emo tions which were too fine for expression in word or deed, but which, sp- pertaining to the very essence of times and of races, reveal the universal source of both thought and action. The history of the Fine Arts, merely for the eesthetics it contains, and only as administering the stimulus of exam pie to practical art, may, if you please, be shut up in Art-Schools, but as part, and as an es- sential part in the teaching of the knowledge of man, it should be brought out, invited to academic position, it's study fostered by aca- demic care and guarded by academic disci- pline."