The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-09
noSoRlSo rnE KING az KINGS,

Some time during the past week the dis
patches chFonielei he august ceremonies
suendsn, at Rome upon the celebration OF
the coronation ~ Lao XIII, The eor''
uonlu,, oyon ~ detailed In the gsTbled dis
ptt shes, we're tlTiklusly boagululi anu io
tho privileged onlooker Al tho immediate
scene must have been eurpAlsinslJ sabine
All the rica stores OF agt and culture
Ah have been aocunulatng In che
seven.hled city since the Arsl glimmef OF
Ioiyl,za,'ous star ON tho horizon 81 The
western world wer, "a. ' drawn upon 'ha'
tais rcI letter day 10 tho annals ul Almighty
arm 81 the church militant might be oele'
brsttd In SOLEMN ard Impressive manner
In One hslloEcl twilight 81 the sstirc
Chapel gathered cardinals With their mag
indecent Insignia OF li,ulsnancy;
monks and priests Of every order, clad In
the differing CARDS tina. the meek and l0wly
followers OF the N,Iarsne deem fitting
outward presentation Of their inner lie; the
gentle, loyable daughters Of the church, In
fncay white or sombre black, ~ their pat.
ron salnts hal ordained; the lsity OF differ.
ent orders and degrees In the quaint cos
tames Of tns medinvh days; diplomats OF
eyerg nation In Chri,tsndom, In the mag
nihoent uniforms OF their respective courts
and deoEed with gittsring decorations; oil
90 sec feeble old man. perhaps for tbs
last time ascend ponilhcal throne
Aud whom the touching and baau,llrl GER
emonies were concluded, while the deep
'olcd organ was wellipg mp tia hsllelni 'h
AFT the benedict had fallen from Tho lip
o, the man Of the tisrA,an ~ the audieno'
pa.sad iroJa the stnred Stiffness Into th'
dazzling sunlight ofsunuy Italy, every one
in that mighty .hrone saint or sinner inide
or believer, must Acknowledged "a
himself that 1t was good to have beer
there"
IsAny vestment too rich in which ~ on
pear IN the court Of the ling Of HinssY Il
the cunning Of the ert,t to be circum
scrbed in tho decoration OF His earthly
temples or the skill Of the mel dist 10 b'
lin It'd in the setting 10 music OF Hi
palms. Gssny devices born OF culture and
taste too dsinty to hang Oh tie walls. II
short, should not the frat fruit, OF oul
labor. knowledge and tkill be plscet
at His disposal? We love to deco
rate our homes, to gather sbost III
there sill manner ofthings that will swsker
n thrill OF pleasure. These are pure he
cause the atm osphere IN which they hay'
been placed IL pure. And why NAV We
not take ths choicest OF these treasures arC
with sanctihet hands place them in th'
edlfce typical OF our eternal homer II
scent the perfume OF the viole
and the rose within the ssnotu
airy; 10 least the eye there upon graphic
portrayals OF scenes Of naryrdop; &c
be exalted in spirit by the wondrous music
of the masters Of melody, ere We listen
chsstened in spirit and quckened in con-
science to the sxno'tatIoDs OF the man Of
GoD--surely are not these things done de-
Gently and in order?' Bat you say
all this smncks OF high church
ism. For those who worship Con
by the umpeat OF Soryice we
have nsught but respect and regard. But
noae III less do we contend that Tho re-
ligion OF to-day, tomorrow and forever
more will attract tho godless by its beauty
aud tenieTueg5 as much Gs by its awful
majesty.