St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-05-26
THE TRUE SHEklNAH.
Nan he On0 0eond laeal In Poems and
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Han The Ono 0eand Ideal In Poems and
As with pictures. SO with poems
The poets Office is to be voice. not
Of one crying in the wilderness to a
knot Of already magnctized acolytes.
but singing amid the throng OF men
and lifting their common aspirations
and sympathies $50 frs. clearly re-
vcaled to themselves) on the wings Of
his song to a purer ether and a wider
reach Of view In the great poets
there Is an exquisite scnsib;lity both
of soul and sense that sympathics like
gossamer sea moss with every move.
mcnt u the element in which i, floats.
but which is rooted on the solid rock
of our common sympathic& Paint us
an angel. il you can. with a floating
violet robe. and face palcd by the
celestial light; paint rs vet oftencr
a Madonna. turning her mid face up
warl and opening her arms TO wei.
come the Divine glory; but do not i'm.
pose on us any aesthetic rules which
shall Danish from the region of art
those old women scraring carrots with
their work.worl hands. those heavy
clowns taking H. liday in a
dinsy pot-housc. thos, rounded
backs and stupid weather beaten
faces that have bent over the spade
and done tho rough work of tho
world, those homes with their tin
pans. their brown pitchers. their
rough ours and their clusters OF
onions. In this world there arc so
many Of these common. course peo.
pie. who have no picturesque sent
mental wretchcdncss! II is SO ncetlful
we should remember their existence.
else we may happen to leave them
quito out of our religion and
philosophy. and franc lofty theo ries
which only fit world of extremes
Therefore let art always remind US
Of them; therefore let us always havo
men ready to give the loving pans Of
life to the faithful representing Of
common ihings-men who sec beauty
in these commonplace things and de-
light in showing how kindly the light
Of Heaven falls on them. And such
men will always represent the higher
art Of their day. 1t is il vain that
we look for genius to reitcra,c its
miracles in the old arts; it il its
instinct to find beauty AMI holiness
in new and necessary facts. in the
field and roadside. in the shop and
mill. Proc ,cding from religious heart
1t will raise to divine us, the rail-
road. the insurance Office. tho joint
stock company. our law. our primary
assemblies. our commerce. the galvanic
battery. the electric jar. the prism
and the chemists rciOrt. in which we
seek now only Al economical use.
What more than regal mystery en-
circles the poorest of souls for use!
Well said S.. John Chrysostonn. with
his lips Of gold: THE true Shekinah
is Man." There is but one temple in
the world. and that is the body Of
man. Bending before man is rcvcr-
once done to this revelation in the
flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay
our hands IN q human being. The
greatest Of the works Of man is les,
thing than the meanest man, for the
meanest man has within HIM passions
and emotions and high longings and
which no art can fully inter-
prct. The real value of the lliad or
the TRANSPORTATION is as signs Of
power; pillows or ripples they are Of
the stream # tendency; tokens Of the
everlasting effort to produce. which
even in its worst estate The soul bc.
lrays-Lippineotrs Magazinc