The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1890-10-10

land. Here Jacob, pllowed on stone,
SAY the ladder used by angels feet, and he
SET up n stone and Consecrated it. Tonight
the heavens we're full Of laddcrs-Grst q
ladder Of clouds, then a ladder of stars. and
allup and down tho heavens are the angels
Of beauty angels of consolation, angels of
God ascending and descending Surely
God is in this place. said Jacob, and
kncw it not But tonight God is in this
place, and / know it.'
The doctorh has this to say about tradition,
history and fact before beginning the real
work Of the book: .
Are the places that see il Palestine
and Syria and the Mediterranean isles the
genuine places of Christly, patriarchal
and apostolic association? Many Of them
are not, and many OF them are. We have
no sympathy with the bedwarfing Of
tradition. There are traditions contra
dictetl by their absurditv, but if for
several generations n sensible tradition
goes on in regard to events connected with
certain places, | am as certain Of the locali-
ties as though pen and document had fixed
them. Indeed, sometimes tradition is more
to lie Depended on than written communi-
cation. A writer may, for bad purposes,
mlsrepre>ent, mlsconstrue, misstate; but
reasonable traditions concerning places
true. have no more doubt concerning
the place on which Christ was cruciied
or in which Christ was buried than have
about the fact that our Lord was slain and
int0nbed. But suppose traditions contra
dict each other? Then try them test them,
compare them rs you do documents. 1t is
no more difficult to separate traditions,
true and false, than apocryphal books from
Inspired books. Do not use the word tra-
dition 3ls Il synonym for deiusion. There
is Il surplus OF Christian iniitlels travelling
the Holy Land who are from scalp to heel
sllrchnrged with unbcliets y tradition
may be rs much diviucly inspired as q
book. Tie scenery Of Palestine is inter
Joined, intertwistcd, intcrlockel with tho
Scripture! occurrences. The learned Rit-
ter, WHO has never been charged with any
weakness Of inclcduliiy, writes: No one
Gun trace without joy and wonder the veri-
iica5!on which geography pays TO the his
tory Of the Holy l.and'
'W Wi.n the brilliant Reuau went to Pat
estiIle he wls stuffed with enough itlcretC-
lity to ri;slsea dozen rhotnas paincs, aud
yet he gives the following experience: 'rhe
marrGlou, harmony OF the evangelical pict-
nre, with the country which serves as It's
frame, was TO lue Il revelation. / had be-
iuse my eyes Il lifth gospel, rnutilated but
still! leslble; and ever nfterwlrd in the re
citaIs Of Matthew aud Mark. instead Of an
abstract being that one would say has ncvet
existed saw It wonderful human figure
live and move So said ali uubelievc.. III
this my visit to Palestine, in the year of
our Lord iss9-90, also find the landscape /.
commentary. The rivers, the mountains,
the valleys, the lakes, the rocks, the trees,
the costumes Of the Holy Land, agree with
Matthew and Mark and Luke and john
The geography and topography are the
buck ground Of the Gospel pictures. They
carrya different part OF the same song.
Admit Palestine and You admit the New
Testament. \ distinguished man years
ago came here, and returned and wrote,
1 went 10 Palestine an init.el and came
home = Christian My testimony will be
that came to Palestine firm believer in
the Bible, and return athousand fold more
confirmed i'll the divinity Of the Holy
Scriptures z @
Quite as interesting tss anything else in
the book is this announcements;
"Wnndering up ana down the chief ART
galleries of Europe have looked for face
of the Saviour which would like to have
in my life Of Christ The one | have
chosen in preference to all is that executed
by il modern artist already widely honored.
81 have no idea that the Fourteenth cent.
ury, Or the Fifteenth century, or the Six
teenth century monopolized all the brain.
think the best music is set to be COM
posed, the bes5 sculp lpturc yet to be chiscled,
the best paintings are yet to be presented
to the world. We are almost always dis
appointed witl4a picture of Christ 1t is
the universal criticism of such pictures,
While admire the artistic merit Of the
production, the picture is not my idea Of
the Saviour The picture is apt to repre-
sent Christ either us ctieminate or severe,
weak Or awful. To commingie in one pict-
urc strength and humility, suffering and
triumph, the aionlke and the lamblke, the
face that frowncd the bestormcd lake into
calm and yet WAS such IN invitation to
bahyhood that children tumbled from
their mothers arms into his bosom-that
WAS what was looking for, and that
3 have found, and that we present to our
readers.
II think it will satisfy more peoplo than
any other face that has ever been put on
canvas. The crlnial development OF this
picture Of Christ is marvellous, and differ
ent from anything previously produced.
We must not forget that he was not only ii
Christ of great heart but also Of great
head. Most other paintings of our Lord
were made from models. This artist had
no model. He feels that it was an nspira-
ton, and believe it was. The German is
apt to paint German Christ, the Italian
an italian Christ, the Frcnchman 4 French
Christ, the Spaniard Spanish Christ,
But it was left for our artist. in whose
veins comminge the blood of many na-
tionalitics, to paint for us Tho WorltiS
Christi Blessed be his glorious name for
eycrP'
The public will be curious to see tho
work Of this artist.
Perhaps the good doctor has found new
Correggio.
There are great many other features too
numerous to even mention in newspaper
article. The readers will find these for
themselves, and will probably lay down the
book, as did the proof sheets, with new
knowledge of the Christ, and a higher mp
probation of DR.. Talmage's splendid abil
lily. FOSTER COATES,