Telegram-herald., 1888-10-29
THE MISSION Of ARTS
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paru, u tAe ts=lfn and s.xl1sa verses. Tue
day u tie Lsra oi Hosts saall as Upoa AL
ei..a.zat pictures As ssids
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q tie trivial, zcettsntzl ssELineutl Or
wsrllly. h1s nly tsxs s10~s tA-l Cd zr-asl-
utsas pictures an aael1er t1ey are good or
b.-d zaeth@5 usd for rghl or wroag pur-
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That ia artists pencil and tae sngravsr's
klifs hass son4stiunes besa mae suIsergi lent
o. The klngl0n Of ras had : frankly ad-
mitted After tie ashes and scorIa we're re-
uiovzi frou HercllaueIrn and Pompeli the
walls 81 these cities discovered % the explo9-
els a dezrasiatiou Ia art ~hlch c-lunO1 lie ex-
aggerasea naLAn aud a. als imps have al
ways wanted ibs 3ngering ol t-s easel, they
N0uid rather cave poesesSion u that than ths
art q printing. for type are no- - potect
ana qglcz for evil a. pictures The powers
OF darkness think they have gained a triumph,
and Trey have, wben IL soEn0 respectable
parior or pubic art gallery they eau hang "a
canvas embarrassing 10 the good, but taS-
cinatlng to tie evil
It is not in 0 spirit OF prudery, but backed
up by Gods eternal truth. when say that
you have 10 right 20 hang in your art rooms
or yosF dwelling houses that which woald
DO offensive = good people II the figures PIC
t1red wero alive Ia ycur porior and the
guests OF your household a picture that
you have % hang IN a somewhat secluded
place. or that IN public hall yOu cannot
with q group Of friends deliberately stand
before and discuss. ought 70 have u knife
stabbed into it at the top and cut clear
thron<h 20 the bottom and stout finger
tnrust ia on the rIgat side, ripping clear
through 70 tie left. Pliny, the elder, lcSt
his life b. gcing near etfough % sec
the inside Of Vcsuyius, and the further
you can stand OF from the burning crater
OF SIN, the better. Never TIL the Books OF
the Last Day are opened shall we know what
has been the dire harvest Of evil pictorialS
mans Imagination aud ne becomes moral
carcass. The shop windows OF English and
American cities IN which the low theatres
have sometimes hung long lines OF brazen
actors anG acsresSxs IL style insulting 10 all
| propriety have made a broad path 10 death
| for multitudes OF people But 50 have an
the other arts been az times suborned OF evil
| How IN musfc been bedraggled Is there
r,la lr,xx SNx-T, in dfzenTf,rauaSS that
into it b not been carried Dsvid's harp and
| Hands;s organ and Gottschalk's piano and
| Ole Bulls violin; and ths flute, which though
named after so Insignificant thing as the
S;cihan eel which has seven spots on the
side ike flute holes, vet for thousands Of
years has had an exalted mission. Archi-
lecture, born Ia the heart OF Him who made
| the worlds, under its arches and across ia
| floors what bacchanslian revclries have been
| enacted lt Is not against any OF these arts
1 that they have been so led into captivity
| What poor world this would be if it were
! not for what my text calls pleasant pict-
| uresT | refer to your memory and mine
| when ask IL your knowledge of the Holy
| Scriptures has not been nightly augmented
| by the woodcuts or engravings in the
/ old family Bible, which father and
| mother read out Of, and laid on the
| table in the old homestead when you were
boys and girls. The Bible scenes which we
all carry in oDr minds were not gotten from
the Bible typOlogy, but from the Bible
| pictures. To prove the truth of IL in my
own case, the other day | took up the old
| family Bible which inherited. Sure enough,
/ what have carried in my mind OF Jacobs
ladder was exactly the Bible engraving of
Jacobs ladder: and SO with Samson carry
| ing OF the gates Of Cara; Elisha restoring
the Summarizes son; the massacre of the
| innoceuts; Christ blessing little children ths
crucifxion and the last judgment Ny idea
| OF al these is that OF the old Bible engrav-
| iugs which scanned before could read
word That IS true with nine-tenths of You
| II | could swing open the door of your fore
beads | would tind that you are walking pict-
ure galleries. The great intelligence abroad
about the Bible did not come from the gen.
eral reading cf the book, for the majority Of
the people read Il but little, If they read it
| at al. hu. all the sacred scenes have been
| put before the great masses and not printers
| ink, but toe pictorial art. must have the
| credit OF the achievement. First, painters
pencil for tho favored few. ard then en-
/ grsver's plate OF wood CIT for millions on
miiliousi What overwhelming commentary
archs. prophets. APOSTLES and Christ. what
| distribution Ok scriptursl knowledge OF all
nations, IN the paintings and enErnvines
thersfrom Of Holman Hunts "Christ 10 the
| Temple" Paul Veroa4ses ''Ma-dalen Wash
ing the Feet Of Christ . RaphaeiS Michael,
the Archangel.- Albert DsIrer's Dragon OF
the Apocalypse. aifchael AuCeIo's s.T1agus
| of the Fiery Serpents. Tintore.s Plight
into Egypt RGbens' Descent from tho
Gross Leonardo Da vincis Last SUPPER
| Clsgde's Queen Of Shebs.r Beliinis Ma
donna at Milan Orcagna's Last Judz-
ment. and hundreds of miles CT pictures II
theT we're put IN lire. Illustrating. disulav-
! INC. drsmatiziBg. irrradiating Bible truths
/ until the Scriptures are not today 50 r,urh
o. raper as on canvas. noe 50 much n ink ss
/ in al the cuiorS u tie spectrum Ia 1888
| forth from Strssburg. Germany. there came
q child thsf Vas 70 eclipse in speei and bold
Eess and grandeur anything sud everything
/ that tbe world bad seen ssncs the frst color
appeared On the SKY a. TIE creation. Paul
I Gustav Dors At II years x az be puo-
/ lishei marvellous hthographs II es own.
Saying nothing q ~hat be did for Nilson's
'Fsraiiss Lost erTbia-oning ie On The at
Il tsrtiou. of The world. be taxes az tho Bock q
books. the monarch of literature, the Bib,a.
an in his pictures, The Creshos of Lizh..r
I "Tbe Trial ot Abraham's Faifh.- TIE Burial
I e Sarah. joseph Soid ~ Els Brethren
'eThe Pra-eu serpertr "Boaz spd Ru-h.
I David snd Goliath. = TIE Trsnsf --1ratlon,-
{ Tie Marriage IN Cara. "Babvicn FsHer.-
and sl5 scriptural scenes in al. TitA a bold
ne~s snt grasp a1l airnosr sure-ra-nrsl
sfsasns tsss MAKE s1e heart r1rob. aod shs
brain rel and TIE tea-s yart. ard