New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-27

his mind to sublimity Of thought " God" he said,
DIPPED his mOrsel in vinegar aud gave to him 10
drink Is it wonderful that bitter words
sometimes escaped hml But bis loss
was our gain. As in the case -. OF
many other poets the gold vas pnrged through a'o
loneliness Dante never desired other than nj anGl
ouce though few He warned of all base aud feeble
readers What We learn from his great
poem is it, intense moral purpose, aud
those who DO not for moral purposes 90 nor cary
for Dante. lie wishes MS 10 feel the same halleI 'nu
fierce scoru Of sin whcrcwlth God had lusPtru h,u
whether IL takes the form OF az &rice fraud Or lusl nc
Gets sin before rs beth in its nature and punish
melting with pity. noW freezing MS WIN noiI"i
nov infamHe Us with indignation, bat always plaehS
before This lesson that II Is sin Which Is hfh lou
have all read the Book oi Wisdom and yon know inc
lesson Of the last chapters OF that temaFhaot ro
quent book i. this THAT whcTcwthai man 7;he'n d.
the same also shall he he punished. Il IA always one
lin and that iayorte one 10y which soH'N are ue-
stroycd
Sometimes in a single line Dante mfuscs - moral
lesson which is q moral gain for lite. one -s'oh ne
teaches Is that the forgiveness Of SIN Is one thhS anu
the remission of sin another he spirits IN IuIE1ol9
10 not feel worthy To see God until the angels nave
brushed from their orcheads the seven letters Whrh
sard for the sins hat punishment Is the ra'l
est 10 bear which follows soonest on the ,Ih Ao"Vl
truth which Dante points out l. the absolute necessary
repentance. He means to teach H., too" th'l 'eI
is danger in contact with evil lie feels the tant oil
the vices he looks on. He feels that hc becomes nae
"a he listens 10 the IeVngs tho base and false Whel
he listens 10 trcacheTy. Dante felt as We all most lceI
That there more certain PROOF uI inc "D"E VI ~
than the fact that He has created in every one oil -
keen and sensitive instinct OF beauty, ana lie has Sr!u-
fed by the beauty of the outward universe, the III
-tinct He las implanted within u.s. 50 thai ~ every
thing the beautiful and the sweet and the lovely VIC
see 1t were tie very autograph OF God.
The poem Paradise Is the least read OF all ny the
multitude II is prc-cmincntly poem Ot light If you
understand the Paradise OF Dante and feel lts magic
influence YOU must battle yourselves in hight l0u
must cluthc Yourself i'm light must gaze on the
light As with the eagles undazZlcd eye you must be
come in the language of Scripture. the children oil
light for here he leaves the earth utterly behind MN
and speaks with no meancr beings than virgins and
saints and pntriarchs and apostles. Through all the
scenes amid which he passes he l. permitted 1" gaze
tor one instant On the supreme glory of Cod IN" lTin-
ity in UNITY. Higher than that the wings of poetry
cannot actond and they are melted ana INK down III
intense Gloom The object il 10 hold up before men
a., pur,iy Of Gods moral government 10 arouse them
10 sense of the mystery oi their state to point them
10 the beauty OF the Christian temper. 10 teach them
the fnlurs- at the grace of Gud to bring the human
soul u conception of the possibility Of ri~ug step 10y
stcp into u oy not unimaguablr hF men, aud vet oi
chrr order than the ideal of earth His subject H. MOI
so much IA, state ot souls after death about winch
Dane hutw just "a much and u-t a7 hii'
as Xou or l. because Lee knew Just a
much and just as little q, has been r.
yralCd - %, by God. He does no mean To d'scIlhr
a Liud of hell iu which all mankind ha, ceased To- be-
leyc a' reality. but 4rmnd ms r moan, '' give 10"
flll verify Of "a moral he'll Il- subject Is not sd much
the state soul. after death a. That man Is rendering
himself Liable los thc exercise 90 tiCa Will % the re
wards ard puui~hucut- OF Justice. II is solely 'F real
ling such Truth, that aut "r" oi a. can attain t'
ideal which Dante wanted to picture forth before %,
/, gentle aud ob,diant and modest lu youth D. irn-
pcitc r..Hgtc aud loyal m uu" years j. prudent Just
and generous and who iu age hrs attained to cam
wisdom and ;o ,c!I cct peace IN Good. .Applt..c.