The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-06-24

ceen granite hlgh enousn lor Alnk
and eulogies enough TO emhsrrass a
seraph. Oh. mar OF large wealth, in
stead Of leaving to the within Of others
your monumental commemoration and
epitsphology. TO be looked a When PeO-
pie are going to and fro at the burial OF
others, build right down in the heartof
our great city, or the city where you
live. an immense free readinE-room, or
a free musical conservatory. OF a free
art gallery. the inches for sculpture and
the walls abloOm with the rise and fall
Of nations and lessons Of courage for
the ~disheartened, and rest for the
weary, and life for the dead; and 80
years from now you will be WELDING
influence In this world for good. How
much better than white marble. that
chills you II you put your hand on 1t
when YOU touch Il in the cemetery,
would be a monument In colorS In
beaming eyes. in living possession, in
splendors which under the chandelier
would be glowing and warm, and
looked at by strolling groups with catA-
logue in hand on the January night
when the metropolis where the body
sleeps is all showed underl
The tower Of David was hung with
1000 dented shields OF battle; but ysu,
oh man Of wealth. may have a grander
tower named after you. one that shall
be hung not with the symbols Of car
nage, but with the victories of that art
which was so long ago recognized in my
text as pheasant pictures" Oh. the
power of pictures! l cannot deride,
as some have done, Cardinal Mazarin,
who. when told that he must die, took
his last walk through the art gallery
Of his palace, saying: Must l quit all
this? Look at that Titiani Look at
that Corregiol Look at that deluge OF
Caracci. Farewell, dear picturesl"
As the day of the lord of hosts, ae-
cording to this text, will scrutinize the
pictures, l implore all parents to see
that in their households they have
neither in book nor newspaper o on
canvas anything that will deprave.
Pictures IN no longer the exclusive
possession of the afiuent. There is not
a respectable home in these cities that
has not specimens Of woodcut or steel
engraving. If not of painting, and your
whole family will feel the moral uplift-
ing or depression. Have nothing on
your wall or in books that will familiar
lie the young with scenes Of cruelty and
wassail; have only those sketches made
by artists in elevated moods and none
Of those scenes that seem the product
Of artistic delirium tremens. Pictures
are not only a strong but a universal
language. The human race is divided
into almost as many languages as there
are nations, but the pictures may speak
to people Of all tongues. Yolapuk many
have hoped. with little reason, would
become a worldwide language; but the
pictorial is always a worldwide Ian
guage, and printers types have no EN-
phasis compared with it. We say that
children are fond Of pictures; but no
tice any man when he takes up a book
and you will see that the first thing b,
looks at is the pictures. Have only
those in your house that appeal TO thu
better nature. One engraving has some
times decided an eternal destiny. I'm
der the title Of fine arts there have com,
here from France a class OF pictures
which elaborate argument has tried I,
prove irreproachable. They would dis
grace a barroom, and they need TO b,
confiscated. Your children viii carr,
the pictures Of their father'N house will
them clear on to the grave. aud. passing
that marble pillar, will take then
through eternity.
Furthermore, let all reformers ant
all Sabbath school teachers and al
Christian workers realize that, IL the,
would be effective for good. they mus
make pictures, II not by chalk or black
boards or kindergarten designs or b
pencil on canvas. then by words. Al
guments are soon forgotten, but pic
lures, whether in language or in col
ors, are what produce stronger effects
Christ was always telling what 4 thin
was like, and his sermon on the noun
was a great picture gallery, beginnin
with a sketch Of a city on a hill tina
cannot be hid" and ending with a ten
pest beating against two houses, one o
the rock and the other on the sane
The parable of the prodigal son, a pie
ture; parable of the sower, who wen
forth to SOW, a picture; parable Of tn
unmerciful servant, a picture; parabI
Of the ten virgins, a picture; parabl
Of the talents, a picture. The worl
wants pictures, and the appetite begin
with the child, who consents to go earl
to bed If the mother will sit beside hi
and rehearse a story, which il only
uicture.