Telegram-herald., 1890-01-02


tas Urescher of TIE brookiyn Iabernscls
sa5 taat ou us Return "a gas United
Sfsre. IL should recommend 10 wealthy
l,s-,,.'s sho are cesirolls ~ aiding aosery-
ius theological stadelDs q secure an ed
uc4t.,n u send them car lu groups q
t.a ~ twenty on tour such as be l.
ra.v tahinr "This Is enc 4 the grand
est cures for dry sermoniziug Young
mem t.ir~ting for Alo~ ledge would
WILLINGLY dispense with luxury and lv-
ine together could. by pr4cucing ordl-
uare e. nomv. 20 over tie same tern
tory FOR about so each. What
an inspiration il would be 10 them!
The same amount of money could lie
spent nowhere else q equal advantage.
Have you found Dr. Iaimage." asked
Or Mauau on another occasion. any
thins ia voar travels that vii prove ~
useful interest % youe" "Oh, yes, re
plied Dr Ialmage, AT every step.
have for months been looking among the
faces II Christ by great artists for one
thai / might reproduce IN my book. l
have seen Raphaels Christ and kubens'
Christ and Hembrandt's Christ and An
ralos Christ and Giotto's Christ and CHR
hndz ios Christ - well as the Christs OF
our modern artists. / have looked for
Chrisslv faces in al the French and
Italian and GreCiau art galleries Have
YOU found any that YOU thiak looks Ike
CHRISTI Il have, / have" responded
the doctor, but It Is by comparatively
unknown painter We are almost al
WAYS disappointed with a picture Of
Christ Its The universal criticism of
such pictures: While Iadmiro the artis-
tic merit of the production, that picture
is not my Idea Of the Saviour" The
picture is apt u represent Christ either
as effeminate or arrogant, weak or awful
To commiugle IN ono picture strength
and humility, suffering and triumph,
the lionlIke and the lamblike, the face
that frowned the hcstormCd lake into
"A calm and yet was such an invitation 10
babyhood that children tumbled from
their mothers arms into his bosom that
was what | was looking for, and that |
have fouud. \ young artist whose face
was unusual for manliness and tender
ness met me on the street and said: DR..
Talmage, l have face OF Christ that |
would like YOU 10 look at" Where Is itY
! asked. and found that | must take the
rail train before | could reach the studio.
Glad am | that | went. With a friend
whose life has been among pictures / sat
and studied the canvas. That which |
was impressed with at the first glance
grew upon me until ! said 10 my friend:
That is the way | believe the Saviour
looked. That is the face | mean TO have,
if can get it, for my Life of Christ. To
make long story short, the picture is
mine. 1t will, by agreement, be yelled
and unseen until it is seen in the book"
When in Athens Dr. Talmage attend
ed highly interesting lecture delivered
by Professor Stanhope Orris, late pro-
fessor of Greek at Princeton college, and
now director Of the American school OF
classical studies at Athens. The Amer
lean consul presided. Among the nota-
bilities present were Sir Edmund BIon-
son, the British minister, and Lady Mon
son; Nlr. Haggard, brother Of the author
of She" Count Butzow, the Russian
minister; the Greek poet, B:kelas; the
librarian of the Greek senate and others
AT the close Of the lecture the chairman
called on several Of the guests 10 make
addresses. In response TO the invitation
given him. DR.. Talmage spoke as fol-
lows: Il am glad to find in the chair one
who has long stood in the front rank of
American educators. Indeed. America
cannot afford to send TO Greece any ex-
cept her best men, for the United States
government and your country have long
been in intimate sympathy. Among the
most eloquent utterances that rang
through America in my childhood days
were the words Of Henry Clay in behalf
of Grecian independence. The afternoon
has been TO me an enchantment This
lecture by our eminent friend. Professor
Orris. on 'Plato's Discourse Concerning
the Immortality Of the Soul, Is match
less. As, in America, the Connecticut
river, wide and deep in other places. at
Bellows Falls rolls between banks
50 close that you can almost
leap across 1t, so the great river
Of Platos writings has rolled today be
tween the narrow banks Of this brief
bat brilliant lecture. There is no sub
lect that could so much interest me as
this one of Immortality. In our time
there is much SAID about evolution. |
must confess that l am not so much in
terested IN my origin ne in my destiny
! am not 50 anxious about who my an
cestors were a million years ago as to
where ! shall be a million years from
now. DO not care 80 much about where
] came from as about where I am going
10. am not 80 much interested IN tho
preface 20 my cradle "a / an IN the ap-
pendiK 20 my grave. / am not 80 much
interested in protoplasm as ! am in
eternasm. The was is swa owed up in
the 70 be am glad that Plato meas
ured something Of the height and
breadth, the length and depth q this
subject. the immortality a the soul
His writings are tremendous gospel.
he wrote without the advantage Of b
bic revelation. but ve ara not 10 desplse
tho taricht and moouhFht because u0u
49, e''0 If f'ielteouHne-s has ARISEN For
this cordial GREETING, thi7 afternoon, e
a stranger. J thank vru
There Is much that is attractive iu
modem Athens It has good buildings
and weIl zopt streets. and its stores sp-
pear 20 he well stocked NJ ob~ervaton
is t1st the majority n rs population