The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-08

some people to spend much of their time in
knocking pictures to pieces In the
reien Of Char es the First IL was
ordered by Parliament that all pictures
,f Christ he burnt Painters were 50
cadly trei'ed and hunilisted in the begin
ding Of the eighteenth century that thew
we're lowered clear down out OF the sublimty
f their art, and Obliged to give minute
accounts OF what they did with their colors,
as painters bill which came TO publcat on
IN Scotland, in 1907, indicated The painter
oad been touching. up some old pictures
In the church. and he sends in this itemze1
bill to the vestrv: ITO fill ng I'M
shink in the Red Sea and repairing the dam.
ages to Pharoahs host" ito new pair of
hands for Dan'el In the lions den and ne
set Of teeth for the Ioness:" ito repairing
Nebuchadnezzar's beard" "to giving n blu h
20 the cheek of Eve on presenting the apple
10 Adam" ITO making bride for the Good
Samartan's horse, and mending ono OF his
legs" ITO putting. on new. handle on
Moses basket and fitting bulrushes. and
adding more fuel to the fire in Nebuchnd'
qezzar's furnace So painters were hnmil.
hted clear down below the majesty Of their
art. The oldest picture In England por-
trait OF Chaucer, though now of great value,
was picked out of lumber garret. Great
we're the trials Of Quentin Matsvs. who toiled
on from backsmth's anvil. till ms n painter
he won wide recognition The first mission
aries TO Mexico made the fatal mistake
81 destroying pictures, for tho loss OF which
art and religion must ever lament. But WHY
20 so far back when in this year OF our Lord.
lSSS. and within twelve years OF the twentieth
century, TO be piirt'r except IL rare ev.
scptions. means poverty and neglect Poorly
led. poorly Clald. poorly houset, because
poorly appreciated When hear n man IL
a painter, ! have two feelings, one of admira.
ZION for the greatness OF his soul. and tho
other of commiseraton for the needs of his
0ody.
But so it has been in all derartments OF
noble work. Some OF the mighticst have
been hardly hested. Oliver Goldsmith had
such big patch on the coat Of his left breast
that when he went anywhere he kent his hat
n his hand closely pressed over the patch.
The world renowned Bishop Asburv had n
salary OF SCI n year. Painters are not
the only ones who have endured the lnck
of appreciation. Let men Of wealth take
under their patronage the suffering mon of
art They lift no complaint; they make no
strike for higher wages But with keenness
Df nervous organization which almost ALWAYS
characterizes genius. these artists suffer
more than anyone but God can realize
There needs TO bo n concerted effort for
tho suffering artists of America, not
sentimental discourse about what we owe TO
artists but contracts that will give them n
livelihood; for / am in full sympathy with
the Christian farmer, who was very busy
gathering his fall apples, and some one
asked him to pray for poor family.
the father of which had broken his
leo: and the busv farmer said. al cnnrn. ztor
now L, pray. hut Won can go down into the
cellar and get some cornei bcef and buttar
and eggs and potatoes. that is all ! can
do now.h Artists may wish for our prayers
hut they also want practical helm from mon
who can Give them work You have heor
scores OF Sermons for ali other kinds of suffer.
ing men and women, but | think this is the
frst sermon ever preached that mahe
plea Tor tine suffering men ana women OF
American art. Their work is more true "a
nature ana life than any OF the master
pieces that have become Immortal ON the
other side OF the sea, but 1t l. the fashion
of Americans 10 mention foreign artists
and TO know httle or nothing about our
own Copley, and Allston and lnman, and
Greenough AMI kensett. Let the aiiluent
Hing out OF their windows and into the back
yard yalueess dauhs on canvas, and call IN
them TO adorn your walls, not only with
that which shall please the taste, but enlarge
the mind, and improve the morals, and save
the souls OF those who gaze upon them.
Brooklyn ana all other American cities
need great galleries of art. not only open
| annually for few days on exhibition, hut
which shall stand open all the year round
and from early morning until ten o'clock at
| night, and free to all who would come and
go. what preparation for the wear
| hhi tchi VI Nhe NdN, HNe MN
utes' look in the morning at some
| picture that will open door into some larger
| realm than that in which our population
| daily drudge! Of what IA good thing the halt
| hour of artistic opportunity on the way
home in the evening from exhaustion that
! demands re operation for mind and soul "A
| well ms body! who Will do Tor Brook
| lyn or the city where you live what W.
| w Corcorap did for w,shi,c,,or ,rJ ,,.ho,
| I am told Jobn Wnn,amai,ac L,, H. do,a'
| tion of De Nunlacsvis a,ra,t n;c,,,ra "rLris,
| before Plate ia ooinsS, 20 ! - sor philodnI
| phiny Men of ,yaalth 70 yo,, ora Zoo r,"las,
10 Iuil1 and onIoyy s,,ot ,a 80,
| iiretime yhv NOT ,o to ,,o,,r ;ror' 80 'om'
| take ont vnIr ins, yyiII onJ tastar,'nt aml
MAKO a coIiciI ,ha+ sLoll I,,;ii e. I
ynur r.sidanco thrana e.. ,',ana, ~ -, :,
Iral.e some os tho nona,, th,t ,iI 81. 49,
snoi vonr chiIIran npd hil6 a 49, ,nIInr,
! fhnt shall aSsocinta yonr ,or,a " fo.a,aS,
| nns only with ,ho ,,r,ot ,,os,,., a
| nainting who ora rpno I'm, LII ,b,
! ,,rent mostars who ore ,r,,in,, 70 ,;ya, anr n'
! Also win the admiration and 1ove af to,, ~,
/ thousands of neonla who rnobIo to ~
| fine pictures of tbni. own would ha al
y1ntaoe5 nv vour honafoc,ion Uuil5 80,
! own nonunents md nor ienyo ~ =, V,' ~.
vhi,n of nthers tha - ,,o,, io'' Wv
! inc i'm Greenwood have NO nonnn,o0ts az a Il
or some crnmhlin,, stones that r., N sa,, vaar
will nt the rajn val n',3 ,,,a -, a 10" yvJ,
,yh,Ia eon,o mo-, u,Ln D'j sPlIap'i