New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-03
TERESTCHAGIN as A MISSIONARY.
pABBI GoTTHEIL LECTURES ON THE ENLIGHT-
ENING INFLUENCE OF ART

ENING INFLUENCE OF ART
large audience Of Christians and Hebrews listened
TO an interesting and instructive lecture by Rabbi
Gottboll. in the Temple Emanuel yesterday morning
on verestchagin-iils Art and HIS Mlsson' Among
other things he said:
vercstchagin a painter, soldier. a traveller, a
foreigner RUSSIAN what s h6 can ne Cod say With wan am
exhibition OF paintings, extraordinary a. II may be
ART and religion twin sisters, children OF tho same
ideal world which has created for himself since
The dawn OF intellectual life. The earliest conccp-
tons Of power behind the visible thing at once eT
pressed themselves in certain forms me hrst marks
OF the flint upon rock or log we're pictures OF goa
demon From the tme in which the nrst pillars pillars
were raised, from the beginnings Of the magnlllcent
temples which covered Egypt India and Palestine, 10
the days of mGdern saedfai 0 ~ me s q n 70, be
gods to resemble music, down TO the compositions
Of the masters, art and religion nave neen @ @ m
the house Of her spiritual sister,
GOOD REASON TO MENTION HIS NAME.
Were vercstchagln, therefore, artist
there would be reason enough TO mention
his name from the pulpit But he Is more.
He is among missionary and would to God
that all missionaries such as he Would 10
God that their gospel pure, their means the
same! His religion is the noblest ever written, the
message of peace against lie is called reast,
and only such could he fulfil his mission. leasing,
when attacked As reallst, answered: YES, SHAH
give you the pulplts, only leave the STAGE and
what grand sermons he preached from those boards
ycreschagln breaches through his brush. He
shows things they arc When we hear OF the
brilliant campaign, of splendid Victories of the death
Of a hero the battlefield, We forget the misery, the
carnage. the woe. We are blinded by the triumphs.
He pictures as IT IS lie BIDS us view The horror
of the hospital, where lie the manned and dying he
leads along the road which the army passed,
whore birds OF prey feed upon human hearts lie
AID dcdicatcs it ali conquerors.' And that column
skulls carries the messag, Of God peacefully
than all the churches and synagOgucs.
PoRTRAYING THE GLoRIEs OF PEACE.
But by a beautiful contrast in the artists exhibit
ton, leave the horrors OF for the glories of
peace in the sight of the temples of India felt, in
contemplating them, like falling upon my knees in
prayer | felt the tlcness Of differences I'm
crccds felt that the religion OF God was over all
But vercstchagln carries Us back old Palestine too,
and presents us with painting more forciblc than any
have seen. 1t IS the picture of the Mailing Place.
I'm the temple wall II IS there to-day. The Jews
stand about It. bcwalng their past greatness and
present dispersion. Seldom can anything more touch
Ing be seen. They literally wash with their tears
those sacred stones. =" The Jews seem to bring all
their and msfortuncs TO this place. says the
artist In his commoniMy woman approaches with
unsteady gait throws herself against the wall and
I'm agOnzed voice impOrcs God to give her back her
child. Further on, two Jews, weaned with prayers,
are asking: " Have you bought" Then, after the
nerlude. they recOmmencc praying and weeping An
Old Ratb IS sitting IN the corner with eyes full OF
are come into their Inheritance: Thy holy temple
have they deled they have laid Jerusalem In heaps.
We are become rcPro1oh unto our nGlshoors
How long, Lord wilt Thou be angry with for
cvcrl Shall Thy Jealousy burn like fire ?" | do
not envy the Christian jew who look upon
that scene with light heart 1t Is regret for the
past We American Jews of to-day have the deepest
sympathy with those who shall go there and weep.
/ take leave OF Neestchagin with deep sense Of
for the RoFhs and een 5 he has has
would praise the example which he sets all
artists I'm making his genius and experience subscr-
u
the gospel Of peace TO all men, and thus fulfilling the
prophetic vision when tho " sword VIII be- turned into
a ulnnghshaIc and the spear into prnnlng hooksn