Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-29
the burial Of others, build right down IN
the heart Of our great city, or the cry
where you live,

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for the dead; and one hundred and nifty
years from now you will be welding IN
fuenees in this world for good among
those whose great-grandfather was your
grest-grandchl How much better
than white marble that chills
Won If You put your hand on it when you
touch il in the cemetery, would be mon
ument in colors, in beaming eye', In nv
ing procession, in splendors which under
the chandelier would be glowing and
warm, aud lock at by strolling groups
with cat1"gue in hand on the January
night, when the metropolis where the body
sleeps is all showed under. The tower OF
David was hang with one thousand dented
shields of battle; but you, oh man OF
wealth, may have grander tower named
after you, one that shall be hung not with
the symbols of carnage, but with the VIC
tories of that art which was 30 long ago
recognized in my text as pleasant pic
lures" Oh, the power of pictures! can,
not deride, as some have done, Cardinal
Mszsrin, who, when told that ne must die,
took his last walk through the art gallery
of his palace, saying: "Must I quit all th,s!"
Look at that Titiani Lcok at that Cor
regio! Look at that dsluge or
Carscci. Farewell, dear pictures" AS
the day of the Lord of Hosts, according
10 this taxi, will scrutinizs the pictures,
implore all parents to see that In their
households they have neither In book or
newspaper or on canvas any thing that
will deDrave. Pictures ara no longer the
exclusive possession of thu afluent- There
is not
A RESPECTABLE HOME
10 t.ess cities that has not specimens OF
wocdcut or steel engraving, ifnot Of paint
ing, and your whole family will feel the
moral uplifting or depression. Have
nothing on your wall or in books that will
famiIi riz, the young with scanes OF
cruelty or wassal have only tho e
sketches made by artists In elevated
moods, end none Of those scenes that seem
the product of artistic delirium tremsns.
Pictures are not only strong but .
universal language. The human race is
divided into almost as many Ian
gusges az there are nations, but the pic
lures may speak TO people Of ell tongues.
Volapuk many have hoped, with little
reason, would become WORLDWIDE Ian
guage; but the pictorial is always world
wide language, and the printers types
have no emphasis compared with it. We
sly that children ara fond of pictures; but
notice any man when be takes up book,
and You will see that the frat thirg that
he looks ct Is the pictures. Have only
those in your hous,s tina. appeal to the bst-
Ter nature. One engraving has sometimes
decided an etsroal destiny. Under the
title of fine arts there havs come here from
France class OF pictures which elaborate
argument has tried to prove irreproachabls.
| They would disgrace bar room, and they
need to be sconfscated. Yo1r children
will carry the pictures OF their fathers
house W tn them clear on to the grave, aod
passing that marble Pillar, will take them
through eternity.
Furthermore, let all reformers, and all
Sabbath School teach e 3, and all Christian
workers realize that if they would bs
effective for good, they must make pic
lures, if not by chalk on blackboards, or
in kindergarten des:grs, or by pencil on
canvas, then by words. Arguments are
soon forgotten; but pictures, whether
IN LANGUAGE Oh IN CoLoRs,
are what produce strorg ast effects. Christ
was always telling what q thing was like,
and His sermon on the Mount was great
picture gallery, leg ming with sketch Of
"city en- q hill that cannot he hid, =" and
ending with tempest beating against
two hou ses, one on the rock and the other
on the sand. The psrahls Of tie prodigal
son, a picture; parable of the sower, who
went forth to SOW, q pie
tura; parable of the unmerciful
servant, picture; parable of the
! Ten virgins, a picture; parable of the tai
ents, picture. The world wants pictures
and the appetite begins with the child,
who consents to 90 early to bed if the
mo,hsr will sit beside him and rehearse q
story, which is only picture. When we
see how much has been accomplished in
secular directions by pictures-Shakes-
pssre's tragedies q picture, Victor Hugo's
| writings all pictures, John Ruski1's and
Teppyson's and Longfellow's works all
piesures-why not enlist, as far as possible,
! for sur churches and schools and reforms-
tory work and evangslistic en1esvor, the
power of thought that can be put into
word pictures, If not pictures in color?
Yea, 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 pre-
fer that. After making the pic
tuIe, put it on the wall, or
paste it on the fy-leaf of some favorite
book, that you may have it before you. /
read toe other day Of man who had been
executed for murder, and the jsilor found
sfterwasd picture made on the wall OF
the cell by the assassin's own hand, pic
ture of flight Of stairs. On the lowest
step he had written: "Di:obediencs Of ps-
rsnts;n on the second: Sabbath break.
ing" on the third: drunkenness and
gsmbling;" on the fourth: Murder"
snd on the fifth and top step: "a gilloHs."
II that
MAN HAD MADE THAT PICTURE
before he took the first step, he never |
would have taken any of them. On,
man, make another picture, a bright pic
ture, an evangelical picture, and viii
help You make it, suggest Elk steps for
this fight of stairs. On the first step write
tie words: "A nature changed by the Holy |
Ghost und washsd in the blood of tie
Lamb" en- the se,ond step: Industry and
good companionship;" on the third step: "A
Christian home with a family altar on
the fourth stsp: Ever widening useful
ness;" on the fifth step: "a glorious de-
parture from this world" on thu sixth
step: 'tHesvsn! heaven! heavenw Write
1t three times, and let the letters Of the
one word be made up Of banners, the sec.
ond of coronets, and the third of throne!
Promise me that you will do that, and
will promise to meet you on the sixth
step, if the Lord will Though His pardon
ing grsce bring me there, too.