The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-11-29
TALMAGE'S SERMON.

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= 1iieou DiSso1eSS VI '1o AAsA-e
MISSION OF Art.
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Rev. =. Dewitt Talmaoe Ak for the
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Ivn rabSrnntI% ssrbas Divine Mission Of
ricturH4s M trrt uae.
me ~ 4 81. f.,,y, 81 h;,sts sha,, be imam
ali pleasure nictures. isaiah, IT,, 1916.
Picturs& ~ bv sf,u,e releeated to the
realpt 81 the trivial. accidental. sent.-
mental 81 worldly. but nv text shows
that aod scrutinizes p1ctures. and
whether thev are GOOD or bad. whether
used for RIGHT 81 wrong PURPOSES. il a
mater 81 Divine Observation and ar
raio1,ment
M, Divine mission Of pictures il INV
suhiact
Thaf fha artistsr sanci1 and the an
cravsrss knffe have sometimes been made
suhs ervient - tina Finrdom Of the had IL
FRANKLY admitted. After the ashes and
scoria were removed from Herculaneum
and Pomueii the walls Of those cities dis
covered to the explorers a deerad alton in
art which can NOT he exaggerated. Satan
and ali his inns have always wanted the
lingering of the easel: thew would rather
hava possession of that than the art of
printing. for types are not SO potent and
Quick for evil as pictures. The powers Of
darkness think they have gathered a
triss nph, and they have. when. in some
resTectable parlor or public art gallery.
fhcy can hang acanvas embarrassing to
the good, but fasci nating to the evil,
II IL not in a sn,rit ~ prudarv but
bacxed mn by Gods eternal truth. when I
saw that Won have no rip,,. to hang In
vour ART rooms or vonr dwelling honses
that which would he offensive to good
people II the fipures rictured were alive
in your parlor and the ruests of vour
household. A picture that won have to
hang in a somewhat secluded place. or
fhas In a public hall vol, can NOT with a
0roup OF friends deliberately stand be-
foro and discuss oupht 10 have a knife
stabbed into II Al ina ton ana cnt Gle
through to the bottom. and : atont' f;noer
thrust in on the RIGHT side rinninp
clear through IL the Ieft Plinv. the
eldar. Inst his life Nv going near enoucb
TO see the inside az veguvins and the
fur cher Won can stand an from fha I'm, :.
fna crater az ain tha bettar Never iii,
che hooks a. the last dav are omen I'd sbaIi
va know what has been the d;ra harvast
81 evil nictor;aIs and nnhaconinc art
galleries. Desnoi, : man,s imacinat;on
ami he becomes ! moral carcass The
show window ~ English ana Arar;can
cites in which tha low =
dimes lnn0 LONG lines of hrazan actors an
actresses in style insulting to all nro-
priety. have made a broad path TO death
Tor multitudes of people. But so have all
the other arts been at times suborned Of
evil. how has music been bedragcledi Is
there any place so low down in dissolute.
ness that into It has not been carried
Dsvid,s harp. and Handel,s organ. and
Gottschalk,s piano and Ole Bull,s violin |.
and the flute, which though named aftar
so insignificant thing "a the Sic,iian
eel which has seven snots ON the side
lille flute holes. vet for thousands Of wears
has had an exalted mission. Architect :
ure, born in the heart of Him who made
the worlds. under its arches and across
its floors what bacchan allan revaIr;ae
have boon enactedP It is not against anv
Of these arts that they have been 40 lad
into captivity. What a moor world this
would be If it were not for what NV taYt
calls ..pleasant pictures p, rafar 70 vow
memory and mine when 7 ask IL vour
knowledge of the Holy Scrinturas has not
been nightly anpmented nv tha yvood
cuts or engraving in the old family Ri.bIa
which father and mother read ont of ond
laid on the table In the old homestead
when you were bows and pirls,
The p;h,a scanas uh;.h ~ .
our minds vara :, - s,o,,a, -. . sol "a, -
tynoloov but er,,,, a. p;tia ... .ao Diu "a
nrove the truth ~ - ~ ~, p.osa.os.
ether dav 7 tool mn tna ia 80, ss1 n.s suo
which inharitad SIRE ana,'.h s h paoi9 :
have carriad l., ~, ,,,snS - .nas
der Was axact,,, az p;L, "a oaoou iau-
Jacobs laddar. anS - La, oSsaslns u
wing ~ tba nasas - Go .r =, -, car :
storing tba sb,n.n;ta,a H.,sna TO-
ese-a ~ the innnnants CO.. sn n, mus
Iistla chi,drsa. .bo 1,,.,a,en;H s olessing
last irdon,st ny alou anu inc
that ~ AZ oId p;h,o 'aoa =. al .nese Is
scanned hsfara ! oa.,,s nsa S'.nss Mn. T,D !
Is true with r,ns.tsnths 80 20, ye I 1na.
swing oman tho doo- - 49, os = oouiu !,
would And that Won are ~ aIr;nn rao.,,ua