The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-19


fond Of pictures; but notice any man
when no takes up Q book. and you will
sec that the 6rst thing that he looks at 10
the pictures. Have only those In your
house that appeal to the better nature.
One engraving hiss sometimes decided an
eternal destiny. Under the title Of fine
arts there have come here from France
a class Of pictures which iaborate arsu-
ment has tried to prove irreproachabls.
They would Disgrace barroon. and they
need to be- confscated. Your children
will carry the pictures Of their fathers
house with them clear on to the grave,
and, passing that marble pillar, will take
them through eternity.
Furthermore, let all reformers and all
Sabbath school teachers and all Chris
tian workers realize that, II they would
be effective for good, they must make pic
lures, II not by chalk on blackboards or
kindergarten designs or by pencil on can
vas, then by words. Arguments are soon
forgotten, but pictures, whether in Ian.
guage or In c0lors, are what produce
stronger effects Christ was always tell
Ing what q thing was like, and his SER
mon ON the mount was great picture
gallery. beginning with sketch Of 9
Getty on hill that cannot BE- hid" and
ending with tempest beating against
two houses one on the rock and the other
on the sand. The parable of the prodfgal
son, a picture; parable Of the sower. who
went forth to sow, picture; parable Of
the unmerciful servant, picture; para
bic Of the ten virgins, picture; parable
Of the talents, a picture. The world
e. S,yn I'D tho onnat1fo hQRIna
with the child, who consents to 80 early
to bed IL the mother will sit beside him
and rehearse story, which ID only a PIC
ture.
When we see how much has been &C.
complished In secular directions BY pic
tures-Shakespeare's tragedies, a picture;
Victor Hugo's writings, all pictures;
John Ruskin's and Tennyson's and Long
fellows works, all pictures-why not en-
list, as far as possible, for our churches
and schools and reformatory work and
evangelistic ondeavor the power Of
thought that can be put into word PIC
lures, II not pictures in color? Yea, why
not all young men draw for Themselves
on paper, with pen OF pencil, their com.
ine career, of virtue II they prefer that,
of vice II they prefer that9 After making
the picture, put It on the wall or paste It
on the fly leaf Of some favorite book, that
you may have 1t before you. read Of
man who had been executed for murder.
and the taller found afterward picture
made on the wall Of the cell by the assas-
sins own hand, picture of flight Of
stairs On the lowest step he had writ
ten, "Disobedlence to parents" on the
second, Sabbath breaking;" on the third,
Drunkenness and gambling" on the
fourth, Murder" and on the fifth and
top step, "a gailows." II that man had
made that picture before he took the
first step, he never would have taken any
Of them! Oh, man, make another pic
ture, bright picture, an evangelical pic
ture, and win help you make It! sug-
gest six steps for this flight Of stairs. On
the first step write the words. "A ma
ture changed by the Holy Ghost and
washed In the blood Of the lamb" on
the second step, Industry and good com
panionship;" on the third step. "a Chris
tian home with a family altar" on the
fourth step, Ever widening usefulness;"
on the ffth step, "A glorious departure
from this world" on the sixth step,
"Heaven, heaven, heavenP' Write it
three times, and let the letters Of the one
word be made up Of banners, the second
Of coronets and the third Of thrones!
Promise ME that you will do that and l
will promise to meet you on the sixth
step, II the Lord will, through bis par
aoning grace BRING me there too.
A Word of Cheer.
And here am going to say word Of
cheer to people who have never had
WORD Of consolation on that subject
There are men and women In this world
BY hundreds Of thousands who have a
fins natural taste. and yet all their lives
that taste has been suppressed, and, al
though they could Appreciate the CALLER
les If Dresden and Vienna aud Naples
far more than nine hundred and ninety
nine people out Of thousand who visit
them, they may nevef 60, for they must
support their households, and bread and
schooling fos their children are Of more
Importance than pictures. Though fond
of music, they are compelled to live amid
discord. and, though fond of architecture,
they dwell in clumsy abodes, and, though
paintings can do, they are In perpetual
deprivation. You are going, after you
get on the sixth step OF that stair, just
spoken Of, to find yourselves in the royal
gallery Of the universe, the concentered
splendors Of all, worlds before your trans
ported vision. In aome way all the thrill
Ing scenes through which we and the
church Of God have passed in our earthly
state will be pictured or brought to mind.
At 4 cyciorama of Gettysburg blind
man who lost bis sight 10 that battle
was With bis child heard talking while
standing before that picture.
The blind man said to the daughter,
Are there at the right Of the picture
some regiments marching UP a hillT'
"Ysp Che said. "Well" said the blind
% ssapx s sas.' :" s sse ssid
"Wsll. isthsre rushing down on these
men a sayAiry charger EYES," was the
reply. "Apd do there seem to be many
dying and dead7" Eyes" was the an
swsr. "Well, now, do you see shell
from the woods bursting near the wheel
Of q cafnopT' "Yes," she said. Stop
right thereP said the blind man. THAT
10 the last thing I ever saw on earth!
What time II was, Jenny, when lost
Ak eSSchhAIa Dus "AVn WV vho A"'S
found life hard battle. q very Gettys-
burg, shall Stand In the ROYAL salle,y Of
heaven apd with your new vision begin
to see and understand that which In your
earthly blindness, you could not see at
all. YOU will point out to your celestial
contradict, perhaps to your own dear
children who haye gone before. the
scenes Of the earthly conflicts In which
you participated, saying: "There from
that hill Of prosperity / was driven
back; In that valley Of humiliation I
was wounded. There lost my eye
sight. That was the way the world
looked when l last saw 1t. But what
grand thing to get celestial vision and
stand here before the cyclorama Of all
worlds while the Rider on the white
horse goes on 'conquerans and to con-
quer.' the moon under his feet and the
stars Of heaven for his tiaraW
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