Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-22

J gallery. Ltit ulcuSS LOT sculpture. Tue Wdlle
abloom with the rise and fall of nations, and
lessons of courage for the disheartened,
and rest for the weary, and life for
the dead; and one hundred and fifty
years from now you will be welding
influences in this world for good
among those whose great-grandfather was
your great-grandchild. How much better
chan white marble that chills you il you put
your hand on it when you touch it in the
cemetery. would be monument in colors,
I In beaming eyes in living possession, in
| splendors which under the chandelier would
be glowing and warm, and looked at by stroll
! ling groups with catalogue in hand on the
January night, when the metropolis where
the body sleeps is all showed under. The
tower of David was hung with one thousand
/ denied shields of battle; but you, oh man Of
wealth, may have grander tower named
after yon, one that shall be hung not with the
/ symbols Of carnage, but with tue victories of
that art which was SC long ago recognized in
my text as pheasant pictures" o, the
! power Of picturesl ! can not deride, as
some have done, Cardinal Mazarin, who,
when told that he must die. took his last
walk through the art gallery of his palace,
saying; "Must | quit all thisl Look at that
Titan Look at that Corregio. Look at that
hhAhAt VI Ndid FAREWELL hbdI plCAuIb0l
As the day of the Lord of Hosts, according
TO this text will scrutinize the pictures,
/ implore all parents TO see that In
their households they have neither in book
in newspaper or on canvas anything
that will deprave Pic.-res are no
longer the exclusive possession of the
afliuent There is not a respectable
home in these cities that has not
specimens of woodclt or steel engraving
if not of painting, and your whole family
will feel the moral uplifting or depression.
Have nothing on your wall or in books that
will famiiiarize the young with scenes of
cruelty. or wassail; have only those sketches
made by artists in elevated moods and
none of those scenes that seem the product
of artistic delirium tremens. Pictures are
not only strong but a universal language.
The human race is divided into almost as
many languages as there are nations, but the
pictures may speak TO people Of all tongues.
Volapuk, many have hoped with little rea-
son, would become a " I'D wide language,
but the pictorial is always a worldwide Ian
guage and printers types have no emphasis
compared with il. We say that children are
fond Of pictures, but notice any man when
he takes up book, and you will see that the
first thing that he looks at is the pictures
nave thAN AARHI III p Jul hNAHt AAdA appear
to the better nature. One engraving has
sometimes decided an cite nal destiny. Tn
der the title Of fine arts there have come
here from France a class of pictures which
elaborate argument has tried to prove ire
proachable. They would disgrace a bar
room, and they need TO be confscated. Your
children will carry the pictures of their
fathers house with them clear on the grave, !
and, passing that marble pillar, will take
them through eternity.
Furthermore, let all reformers. Sabbath I
school teachers and all Christian workers
realize that If they would be effective for !
good, they must make pictures. If not by /
chalk on blackboards or Kindergarten de- /
signs, or by pencil on canvas, then by words. /
Arguments are soon forgotten; but pictures,
whether in language or in colors, are what .
produce strongest effects. Christ, was al ,
ways telling what a thing was like, and his .
sermon on the mount was great picture .
gallery, beginning with sketch Of 'city I
on hill tina can not be hid, - and ending |
with tempest beating against two houses,
one on the rock and the other on the sand. .
The parable Of the prodigal son picture;
parable Of the soweg, who went forth TO
SOW, a picture; parable Of the uumerciful .
servant, picture; parable Of the ten vir.
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picture.
The world wants pictures, and the appe.
title begins with the child, who consents TO
go early TO bed if the mother will sit beside
him and rehearse a story, which IS only a
picture When we see how much has been
accomplished in secular directions by pic
Shakespeares tragedies a picture
Victor Hugo's writings all pictures, John
Ruskin's and Tennyson's and LOngfellOwis
WORKS all pictures-why not enlist, as far as
possible. for our churches and schools and
work aud evangelistic endeavor,
the power of thought that can be put into
word pictures, il not pictures in coorl Yes,
why not all young men draw for themselves
on paper, with pen or pencil their
coming career, Of virtue, If they prefer
that, Of vice if they prefer that. After
making the picture, put it on the wall,
or paste it on the fly leaf of some favorite
book, that you may have it before YOU. l
read the other day of man who had been
executed for murder, and the jailor found
a picture made on the wall
Of the cell by the assassin's own hand,
picture of flight Of stairs On the lowest
step he had written "Disobedience of pa
rents;n on the second: sabbath breal1ing:"
on the third drunkenness and gamblng;n
on the fourth: Murder" on the fifth and
top step: "a gallows." If that man had
made that picture before he took the first
step he never would have taken any of them.
D, man, make another picture, a bright
picture an evangelical picture, and
will help you make it | suggest six
steps for this fight of stairs. On the
first step write the words: "a nature
changed by the Holy Ghost and washed in
he blood of the Lamb;n on the second step:
Industry and good companionship;" on
he third step: "a Christian home with
amily altar;" on the fourth step: Ever
usefulness;' on the fifth step: ,
"A glorious departure from this world;m ON !
he sixth step: Heaven Heaven Heavenp'
Write it three times and let the letters of
he one word be made up of banners. the
econd of coronets, and of the third thronesl :
Promise me that YOU will do that and will /,
,romise to meet you on the sixth step, if
he Lord will through his pardoning grace !
ring me there too.
And here am going to say word of cheer
n naonla who have never had a word of eon