The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-13
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psiosss thfoniolsd he susud osfsnonis
siiendsut ~ Rome upus The tslfsfsiian .
ihs coronation oi Lea XIII. Iha tsft'
nauiss. sven - detailed m the Eafhlsd dls.
rstshss. we're slnklnay bsaaiiiul, and 10
the privileged on'looEsf ~ The iamsdisiu
soaue nnn have bees snrpAF~ntlY suh'Ims.
All tho RIGA stores oi are ami Cultufs
That have been aocunuls,iuk Ia ihs
s.yeu-hilled city sluos ihs lFsg g.immsr o.
civilizations star on me hsTisln u the
western world we're fully dTawn apou ths'
tl's red letter day Ia the annals 81 a mighty
arm ~ the church militant mi .ht be- osle
hrsssd In u solemn sud impressive manner
In tina hsll0sed s~ilight ~ The sistin6
ohspel gathered cardinals with their mag
nificent Insignia Of lisuisnauoy
monks and priests Of every order. clad in
the differing gaIhs that the meek ana loWlY
followers Of the NSzArsne deem liting
outward pTs'eutation II their inner life; the
gentle, loyahls daughters q the church, In
snowy white or sombrs black, as iheir pat.
ron saints had ordained; the i.iiy o. dirsT-
ent orders aud degrees IN the qnsint cos
tunes Of the medIrys days; diplomats OF
every nation In Christandom, In the mag
INDECENT uniforms Of their respective Nour,s
and iooked with glittFring decorations; all
to see feeble old nan, PERHAPS for the
last time ascend n poniiheN throne.
Aud when the touching and bsAutiirl csr-
emonies were concluded. while tho deep,
toned organ was wolllng No il, b l',luith,
after she benodlcte bad fallen from the lips
OF the msn OF abe tlara,ali a. the ruii"Dce
passed from the sacred stiffness ito he
d. sailing sunlight Of sunny I'sly every one
In hat raighIy throng. sain. or sinner irAdsl
or believer, must acknowledged TO
himself thai ii was "goOd to have been
tipre."
Isany veslment too rich In which 10 ap-
pear In the court Of the King Of Kingsf Is
the cunning % the artist To be circum.
scribsd In the decoration OF His earthly
temples, or the skill Of the methodist to be
limited In the setting 10 music Of His
psalms'l Is any device born Of culture aud
taste too dainty to hang on It's walls. In
short, should not the first fruit, Of our
labor. knowledge and skill be placed
at His disposal! We lave to deco
rate our homte, TO gather about ub
there all manner Of thingsthst will awaken
thrill OF pleasure. These are pure be-
cause the atmosphere IN whioh they have
been placed is pure. And why may we
not take the choicest Of these treasures and
with ,anctilsS hands place them in the
edifice typical oil our eternal homer To
scent the perfume OF the violet
and the rose within the sanctr-
AIRY; to feast the eye here upon graphic
portrayals OF scenes Of nartyrdom; to
be exalted in spirit by the wondrous music
of the masters of melody, ere we listen,
in spirit and quickened in con-
to the oxhortauons OF the man OF
GoD-surdy are lot these things done de-
Gently and in ordsr?" Bu; you say
oil this emscks OF high church
ian. For those who worship GoD |
by the simplest OF service we
have naught but respect and regard. But
none the less do We contend that the re-
ligiou of to-day, tomorrow and forever
more will attract the goddess by its beauty |
and tenderness as much as by M awful
majesty.