Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-29
s9ecizl to ;he Gazette.

mr. Z = room OF Imagery IN
M =" Ezekiel alter whicn
n -,sJ II the hymn beginning :
TIaC5 "rhine earthly Sab
pasas L lTi we love, cat there's nooier
rest shaye;" YES su3g Protasso:
Browne p.esided at the gIsud organ snd
rendered Concerto ia d hSt D. Handei
The suhi5C. OF DR.. T2.m9ge'f dlSc9nra
u1s "Tae Divine MseioO Of Pictures l"
His tax wss Z.ei86, Ca. :, parts CT ta9
u Z sn1la y YeTses: ere "ay CO shc
LJrd oE Il lsIs tbsll be urcn ali pleasant
PICTURES " lie ssid:
Pictures GIt by a9me relegsted to tas
Teain & She trivial, accidental santinen-
al or wUgidiT, Gu my ext SHOWS tast
Goi EcTaIi1iz.s e!ctCrsf, and whether
tEey aie Eond or bac, whether used ior
right o. Wong purposes, It's matter q
D.v,1e Observation and srtansem7 nt.
Tae divine mission Of pictures Is my
sIbisct.
That the artists pencil snd the Gu
grEveI's knife have sometime Eeen maze
suosorvient 10 the Kingdoms q the oAo -
frankly sGmiGted. Ai,eE Inc s6hes and
SCOTIA were removed from Rercalaneum
ant Pompeii the walls OF those cities els
covered to the explorers degradation Ia
art wa!ch cannon be exaggerated. Satap
and al his imps hsve lRags wanted the
lingering Of the eGsel; they would rather
have possession OF tina. tnan rLe AIT oil
printing, for types aye net SO
potent and quick for evil as
pictures The powerp CT darkness
think tGey have gained triumph, aod
they have, wleG in come respectable
psrior or public art gallery they can hang
CANVASS embarrassing TO the good cur
fascinating 10 the evil.
(. is ror in
A SPIEIT OF TRUDERY,
but backed up Oy Goa'S eterHal truth
when | say tAa. ycu hsVe no Eiglt 10 hsns
IL your az rooms or you'd Te.lns houses
that which would be offensive TO GOOD
people il the figures pictured were alive
N your psIior, ana Lhe guests tf your
nousehCld. picture IhsI you lave 10
hang in G. sens THAT secluded pl.ce, or
ths. in pu5Ilc hsll y1u connos with Q
group Of fIie, ds deliberately slsni before
I'D discuss, ought to have & knife
stabbed intJ it at the top and GU ciear
through to the bottom, ard stou: finger
thrust in on he right side, ripping clear
through TO the le5..
Piiny, the elder, lost lis lie by going
Eear enough 10 sea the Inside Of Vesr-
viRs, and tGe i1rth9r you can stand Il
from the burning crater Of sin. the bet-
Ter. Never ill lie books CT the last day
ere opened shall We know what mss been
the dire harvest CT evil p!csoriR!s and un-
becoming art galleries. Desp0ii man g
imagination lnd he becomes moral car
csss. TIE SHOW windows Of English and
American cities, in which the l)W thea
tiers nave sometimes hung long lines OF
brszeG actors and actresses in style in
sultilg TO Ell propriety. hsve made broad
path 20 death fof mCl!itrdes of people.
But so have al tie other arts b3en 1t
times guborned Of evil. How hiss music
been bedrGggled? Is there any place 90
low down in dissoluteness that into 1t has
not been carried David's harp, and Han
del's orgsr, SID Gottscaalk'J piano, snd
Ole Bulls vto.in; and the f1te,
which though rsmed sfler GO
irsignifcanS 4 thiEg as tbe
S!GiIian eel, which has seven spots on the
side like fuGe hGles, yes for thousands OF
yes5s mas had al exsltsd mission. Arcai'
lecture, born Ia the heart Of Him who
made toe worlds, .uader Its arches and
Acrogs its f5Ors Whist bacchanRiiAn Ievei'
ries have osen enSC.ed! II Is nos agsins'
Eny cf these ar!sSssf they have been &C
led Into cspGvtY. WHAT
A POOR WORLD
this would be II it we're nc: iOf Whst my
text calls "plsasant pictures!" l reiel
to your memory and mine when I SIX II
your kao Wedge Of the holy Scriptures
mss net been nightly augmented by the
woodcuts or eDeravings in the old family
Bible, which father Gud mother read Gu
OF, aud laid On the table-in the old home,
stead when you wereb0Ts ard girls. The
Bible scenes which we all carry in our
minds were rot gotten from tbs Bible
typologY, but from tne Bio pictures
To prove the trusd Of II IL my owe case,
the other GEy took, up the cid family
Bible which inherited. Sure enough,
what l have ca risd in my mind Of JACOBS
ladder was exactly the Bible engraving OF
Jacobs Isdder; and 90 With Samson car
rying off the gates Of GsZi; E .isha ressor'
ing the Summarizes son; the massacre
CT the ipnCcents; Christ blessing little
childrec; the Ctucifxion snd the Last
Judgment. My idea Of oil these
is lnst OF the old Bible ergrav-
iugs which scanned refore
could read a word. That is true with
nine-tenths CT you. II could ewing open
the door OF your forehssds I would find
tnst you GRE walking picture galleries
The greaE intelligence sbrosd aDCus the
Bible did Cot come from the genera
reading Of the hoGk, ior the mai oti!y o.
The people read i; but little, If they Eead Il
Ct sl; cut all the sac =, d scenes nave beer
Put before the grsss masses, ana not
printers i, K, On; tae pictorial sr! must
have the credi. Of the achievement Firs'
psirter's pencil i9G tle favored few, anc
then eRg,sysr's plstss or wooden FOL
millions on millions What oVsrWhelm-
ing commentary on the Bible, whist rein
foICemeIt for patrizrchs, propas.f, apos
ties and Christ, Whist distribution o.
Scripsur.l knowledge OF all n'tions IN ths
PAINII> Gs AND RNGRAVINGs
there;rom Of Ro!msn Hunl's" Cbr,st In th'
Temple" Paul Verc1ese's "AGgdaiet
washing the Fset Of CaTisi;" Raphael.
michael the ATch.ugel;" Albert Duler':
"Drseon of the Apecalppse;" Mchse
Argelo's "Plsgue OF the Fiery SerDen,s:'
Tintoiet's Flight Iuto E2ypt;" Ruben
Descent hon the Cross" Leonardo D.
VAcl's Las. Supper:" Chances "QdseI