The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-10-08

Anau urtI8s MS pLaYef6 were e
pecially impressive. he evidently
knows what It Is to bold sweet com
muniOn with the skies." Now. 10
the sermon. The text was Psalm
2ll5-"Call upon me In the time 3
trouble and i viii deliver thee. an,
thou shalt glOrify me-" In weigh
and grasp Of thought, Il VA
not equal 70 the discourse yhIel
We heard in the morning, bot before
J popular audience Il was more effect
i've. IL was neither profound no
very Logical, but Il was sprightly. In
geniOus, embellished with anecdoses
and interpreted with quaint illustro
tiOns, to which may be added a most
magnetic delivery, aud q voice most
traDscendenti in eXcellency Of QUALITY
and compass. Permeating the whole
performance there was an intensity ol
earnestness and spiritual power which
we have seldom elsewhere felt or Syit.
messed. And what we saw on one
Sunday, Is going on every Sunday In
the year. This is but q part OF the
great work which Mr.. Spurgeon a ae.
complaining. He has his great col
lege TO manage and maintain. He a
also at the head Of organic forces that
ramify every department Of Chris.
tian work. He Is IN truth, today. q
larger factor In evaDgelizatiOn than
/ the Archbishop Of Canterbury. In
fact, be is q digger man" than an
the Bishops put together.
But we must change the scene. We
are ia Antwerp, a city Of Belgium,
with nearly 10000 people. IL hes
passed through many vicssitudes.
having suffered repeatedly from fire
and sword, Bnd survived with pro-
found equanimity. Three centuries
ago, Il bOasted more people then to-
day, but the trade Of the city IA reviy-
ing and it Is now the foremost part Of
northern Europe.
The Cathedral Is In the wide mark
ct place, the Place Verte, with its
central statue Of Rubens. We enter
the great edifice, crowned with q spire
Of embroidered stone, from which
every sixty minutes q chime Of bells
send forth enchanting music The
great pictures are yelled. DevOut
worshippers fOeEfOrce pray before in
feriOr works Of art and curious visi-
tors PeEJOrce pay q regulation fee be-
fore the green curtains are drawn
with a theatrical air, by q STACEY
sacristan Ones admiration Is d.
vided between Ruben's master
pieces and the fine sense Of reverence
shown by the very reverened traders
in this ecclesiastical peep-shOw! But
we must see the famous pictures Of
the great masters, 30 we pay to have
the green baize removed. The pFinei-
pal ones are '.the Descent from the
Cross, "the Elevation Of the Cross"
1.-THE Assumption" and the "Resur-
reciion," by Rubens, and 1.-THE st.
Francis" by Murille-each famed
and fine example of the Masters.
The great work Is 1.-THE Descent from
the Cross" AS we stand before IL, il
grows upon our imagination, and
brings tears to our eyes. The ascent
to the tower is worth an effort and
pays in the splendid view which is
presented to the behOlder, when he
has reached the summit. A flight Of
six hundred steps brings US TO the
gallery beneath the bells, 80 in num-
Der, one OF which weighs 1900 lbs.
This giant belt has IS brazen CON-
paniOns, Of all sizes, down to the lit
tie tiny thing not larger than q hand
bell. In an open space before the
Cathedral Tower Is an old well, with |
a delicately wrought iron canopy, the |
work Of Quentin Matsys. He was q |
blacksmith at LOuvain, who came to |
seek his fortune at Antwerp, and in |
the meantime fell In love with q
painters daughter. To win her, aud to |
eOneiliate the father. he left the an
vii for The palette, and with his brush |
won q wife and fame. His chef az |
detirre, 1.-The Dead Savior" is pre-
served In the museum, in which we |
spent half day-hRlf a week would |
have been too little. Its picture gal /
lery Is the finest i'm Flanders, indeed, |
one Of the finest In Europe. There |
are about 200 paintings with subjects /
and artists name affixed. nearly all OF /
the Flemish school. Rubens may be |
regarded as the head of this school. i
Some Of his most distinguished sue
eessOrs were Nandyke, Matsys
Teniers. Snyders, etc. We have our |
ideas about the Flemish school OF |
painting; but not being n eOnnOisseur
IN the fine arts, we refrain from criti-
cisni. There are other points Of inter
est which IL space permitted, we
might notice; but we must say a
word or two about the Universal /
Exhibition" as IL is called, now in /
operation at Antwerp. IL is hardly /
Universal, though IL may be very APP |
prOpriately named International; for /
Ii embraces every Nationality in |
Europe and two or three In the /
American continent. The Exhibi.
tiOn covers ground 10 the extent Of
about 20 acres. We made q prone
h.nfn
grounds. Beginning at the principle
we find the avenue Ia front /
Of US occupied by the Belgian exhibits
Of the most general interest. Among |
them, tapestries, porcelain, lace,
etc. There are also specimens Of
jeWelry, architecture and other in
dustries. Another very interesting /
feature, and most gratifying to a Kan
sas PrOhibitiOnist Ut would have
made Bro. Simkin's mouth water 10
have seen it) was an immense ma
chine, called q commercial trophy,
for the distildfiOH Of ardent spirits,
and all round about Il was abundant /
proof Of the large place that this
branch Ofindustry holds in Belgium.
From the Belgium section we pass
into Russia, in which the most inter-
esting objects are the brOnzes, illus
trating some Of the picturesque sides
Of life In that inelement region.
Then we enter Switzerland, where
the most striking article Is clock
work, particularly the alarums and
watches, also musical in
struments, ETC., Then we enter
Turkey, which contains as might be
beautiful carpets and good,
cOlOred draperies, aud nothing else Of
ANY particular value. On leaving
Turkey we arrive at Brazil, which Is
much more important and is ar
ranged according TO its provinces. IL
n cOpiOus collection Of speei-
mems Of its seeds and farinaceOus pro-
luce, aud also Of its timber; besides
he many varieties Of It's coffee, cOal,
cotton and le ather.
From Brazil we proceed to Spain,
which appears 20 be entirely occupied
~ the two great staples Of wine end
ObaecO- Portugal the same. We
hen come TO group of very small
'xhibits Servia, Japan, Paraguay,
australia, Liberia and Haity.
The United States has only sent
ewing machines, velOcipedes, per
and q few trifies sneh ns
,dtent Paint, and cannot be consid-
red as having an exhibit, IN any
erious sense. Indeed, with the ex-
eptiOn Of Canada, the English
peaking races are very poorly rep
We next enter the Aus
rian section, which contains some
erv fine specimens OF Industrial art
-One Of the prettiest being q manner