The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-02

Bancroft and Ridpath from the
Americans, and what an irrepar
able loss we sustain. IL
The speaker then took up
architecture, mentioning it as a
force which inspires US with the
grauduer and majesty OF human
power. farming first to Egypt,
the land Of sculptured monu-
ments; he said that one hundred
miles up the Nile stands Cairo,
and near by are the great pyra
mids of Ch,zeh. Aboseer aud Sa.
kara, the first covering thirteen
acres-being three times as large
as ST. Peters, the largest build
ing in the world. That 400 miles
farther up are the ruins of the
great Thebes and still farther are
the pyramids of Meroe; aud that
in all'100 pyramids greet the eye
of the traveller as he passes along
the cliffs of the Nile.
He referred to the great Sphinx
which is 100 #. high, 146 it. long
and 81 it. across the shoulders,
and the head is 40, 900 times the
size of the human skull. He
spoke of the sitting figure of
Memnon. ,5S it. high, as one of
the wonders of art, and of the
Intel of the doorway of the tomb
of Agamemnon, which weighs
100 tons, and said that the mon
ument of 1ysocrates was never
|elraled. He called to mind the
Coliseum. acqueducts, mausole-
ums, hippodromes, amphithea
tiers, fountains and grottos of the
eternal city.
In taking up the subject OF
painting he said it dated back
1000 years B. c., and that cities
under it's influences had become
vast galleries of pictures, as
Florence under the Medicci was
the most wonderful city of art in
the world. He spoke of the eff,
feet upon mankind of the Last
Supper" Of DeVincci, the ma
donas' of Raphael and the Last
Judgment" of Angelo. Nature,
he said, was a great artist. as
was verified by her landscapes,
her flowers, her fleecy clouds,
her rainbows, her golden su~sets
and ner stars of different shades
of hight blending in unparalleled
beauty. Under the influence OF
such a power, he said, the world
had been greatly helped.
In speaking of music as fac
tor in the worlds development,
he said Nature itself was a mas
ter musician; that the fingers OF
the wind converted every empty
reed into a flute of exquisite mel,
ody, and swept the harp strings
of the trees and grasses, while
the bird, in his home of nature,
made the woods vocal with song
and the lark flooded a thousand
acres of the upper air with his
soul inspiring lays.
He spoke of music as an influ
ence in the home, of David as Is
raers sweet singer. and of Mary,
who was much employed in song
as she went about her spinning
He said We need the inspiration
of music everywhere, in every
gathering and upon every battle
field, and that the nation could
not spare America, "'Columbia,
Gem of the Ocean," or the ''Sta1
Spangled Banner" Here he
quoted Drummond:
Read good poem
Hear a fine piece of music.
View a fine painting, and if
possible do lgood deed every
day."
In taking up the subject of
war reference was made TO the
awful conflicts of early times and
yet the speaker said that both
Alexander and Caesar were pre-
pairing path for Providence.
Then calling to mind the fif
teen decisive battles of history,
he showed how Anglo Saxon
civilization would have been end
ed had not the English defeated
the Spanish Armada. and how
much was gained by the triumph
of American arms at the battle
of Saratoga.
DR.. Kathan closed his lecture
by setting forth the achieve
ments and triumphs of Christian
ity, which he showed to be the
most potent factor in the worlds
progress. He said that under its
influence India was receiving civ
ilization, and China-the great