The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

The difference or Chflsts religion from
all others is that Its one way of dissent
nation Is by simple telling" not ar
gument, not skillful exegetists, polemics
or the science of theological fisticuffs,
but telling" Tell We the daughter of
Zion, Behold, thy King cometh." 500
quickly and tell his disciples that he has
risen from the dead" $50 home to thy
friends and tell them how great things
the Lord hath done for thee" "When
he is come, he win tell us all things" A
religion of telling"
And in what way could all nations so
well be told that Christ had come as by
such an International emphasizing of his
nativity? All India would cry out about
such an affair, for you know they have
their railroads and telegraphs. "What
is going ON in American All China
would cry out, "What is that great ex-
element In American" All the islands
of the sea would come down to the gang
planks of the arriving ships and ask,
"What is that they are celebrating in
American 1t would be the mightiest
missionary movement the world has ever
seen. 1t would be the turning point 10
the worlds destiny. 1t would waken
the slumbering nations with one touch.
Question the Second-How would you
have such an international jubilee con-
Quoted? Answer-All arts should be
marshaled, and art in its most attract
i've and impressive shape. First, archi-
lecture. While all academies of music,
and all churches, and all great halls
would be needed, there should be one
great auditorium erected to hold such
an audience as has never been seen on
any sacred occasion in America.
If Scribonius Curio, at the cost of a
kingdom, could build the first two vast
amphitheaters, placing them back TO
back, holding great audiences for dra-
matte representation, and then by Won
derful machinery could turn them
round with all their audiences in them,
making the two auditoriums one amp}.i-
theater, to witness a gladitorial contest,
and VespasiGn could construct the Col
iseum with its so columns, and its tri-
umphs in three orders of Greek archi-
lecture, and capacity to hold 81 900
people seated and $4,000 standing, and
all for purposes of cruelty and sin, can
not our glorious Christianity rear in
honor of our glorious Christ a structure
large enough to hold 10000 of its wor-
shippers?
If we go cropping now among [ 3
ruined amphitheaters of Verona ana
Pompeii AMI Capua and Puzzuoi and
Tarraco, and then stand transixed with
amazement at their immense sweep that
held from $4,000 to 100000 spectators
gathered for cGrousal and moral dcgra-
dalton, could not Christianity afford
one architectural achievement that
would hold and enthrall its $4,000
Christian disciples? Do you say no
human voice could be heard throughout
such building? All! then you were
not present when at the Boston peace
jubilee Parepa easily with her voice en-
chanted $4,000 auditors.
And the time is near at hand when in
theological seminaries, where our young
men are being trained for the ministry,
the voice will be developed, and instead
Of the mumbling ministers, who speak
with so low tone you cannot hear unless
you lean forward and hold your hand
behind your ear, and then are able to
guess the general drift of the subject and
decide quite well whether it is about
Moses or Paul or some one else-instead
of that you will have coming from the
theological Summaries all over the land
young ministers with voice enough to
command the attention of an audience
of sc, 900 pee de. That is the reason that
the Lord gives us two lungs instead of
one. 1t is the Divine way of saying
physiologically, "Be heardl'
That is the reason that the New Tes-
lament in beginning the account of
Christ's sermon ON the mount describes
our Lords plain articulation and re-
sound of utterance by saying, HE open
ed his mouth" In that mighty concert
hall and preaching place which | sug-
gest for this nineteen hundredth ami
versary let music crown our Lord.
Bring all the orchestras, all the orato-
rios, all the Philharmonic and Handel
and Haydn societies.
Then give us Haydn's oratorio of the
"Creation," for our Lord took part in
universe building and without him,
says John, was not anything made that
was made" and Handels Messiah" and
Beethoven's Symphonic" and Mendels,
sohn's elijah" the prophet that typi.
fed our Christ and the grandest compo
sitions of German and English and
American masters, living or dead. All
instruments that can hum or roll OF
whisper or harp or flute or clap OF
trumpet or thunder the praises Of the
Lord joined to all voices that can chant
or MARBLE or precentor multitudinous
worshipers What an arQusing when
&c, 900 join in antioch" or Coronation
or "Ariel," rising into halleluiah or sub
siding into an almost supernatural amen
Yea, let sculpture stand on pedestals
all around that building the forms o.
apostles and martyrs, men and women
WHO spoke or wrought or suffered by
headsman's ak or fire. Where is my IA
eorite Of all arts, this art of sculpture,
that it is not buster for Christ or that
It's work is not better appreciated? Let
1t come forth at that worlds jubilee OF
the nativity. We want a second Phidias
to do for that new temple what the first
Phidias did for the Parthenon. Let the
marble of CaiTara come to resurrection
to celebrate our Lords resurrection. lie,
sculptors set up in that auditorium o.
Christ's celebration bas-relief and intaglic
descriptive Of the battles won for oul
holy religion. Where are the Canovas
Of the nineteenth century? Where art
the American Thorwaldsens and Chan
, treys? Hidden somewhere, / warrant
you.
Let sculpture turn that place into an
pther Acropolis, but more glorious by al
|, Ilnuch as our Christ is stronger than then
, Hercules, and has more to do with thu
sea than their Neptune, and raises great
| Ier harvests than their Ceres, and rousel
more music in the heart of the worlt
than their Apollo. 1.-THE gods Of thu
, heather are nothing but dumb idols, bu
, Dur Lord made the heavens" In marbl,