The weekly intelligencer., 1900-03-24
THE DRAMATIC ART.
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At tine wAea the whole coantry
Is in controversy - never before con.
oeTning the thrater, and s0ne PLAYS
are b~ing arrested BY the Pslies, a1d
o;hs-s Ars being patrouired ey Chris-
ti2n people this sermon ot II. Tai.
Eage Is Of moch interest The text
Is Coviuthisus VII u: They that
Use this world as no; AbaSing III
Ny reason tor preaching this dis
course Is ta4tIhsve been kindly inviisl
BY two Q: the leading newspapers OF
this eountry 20 Inspect and report on
two q the PoPalGr P,Ays Sf the dAy-
- 90 sozs weeks sgo 10 Chicago ani
see TIE drazA 7OOo VSiis- ard criti-
I eise IL with respect to its moral e..
feet End - 80 70 New York and see
the drama ~Bsn-Hur~ and write ny
opinioa o. il for PubGe use. Instead
/ Of dong that | propose IN = sermon
Z 20 diSc1Ss What we shan Do with the
oramEtsc element which God has in
Z planted IN many o. our natursS nOs
in 70 or 10 Or 1000, bat in the vast
/ majority q the human race. some
peoq.s speak Of the dana as thouzh
il were so-sthiEg hailt Up outside
+ ot ourselves By tie coagrsves and the
6o,dsziths and The SAAksspearss and
TIE Shsri6alS et htsraturs and that
tss1 ne attune our tastes 70 corre-
spoa5 with human invsnciazs Not
al all The drama l. an seho from the
feeling which God has implanted in
oUr immortal souls il Is seen Elst
n tie do=eStic circle Enoag the eh5l-
trsa thre~ Or four years Of age play
ing vita their dolls and their cradle.
and sheir carts, seen ten yezrS after
in TIE playho1zs< Of wood. tsa yezrs
after in the parker ehEr16es. after
that in the elaborate impe-soaAtiOns
II the academies Of music. Thespis
and Assehylus and Sophcelss and Ea-
rip,des merely dramAii1sd what was
In the Greek heart Terence and
Plausus ssd seneca merely drama
tiEed What was in the Roman heart
CouErsve and FArquhAr merely dram
Htitsd What was il the English heart.
Racine, Cogneiile and Alssri only
drSnAiiEed what WAS in the French
snd Italian heart Shakespeare only
eramAtized what WAS in the great
worlds heart The ditAyrzmbie aud
classic drama. the sentimental drama.
the rSmaEiie drama. were merely
echoes Of the human soul
DO not speak Of the drama on
the poetic shelf. nor Of The drama
In the playhouse. bat speak Of the
dramatic elrment in your soul and
nine We make nsn responsible for
IL They Arv not responsible They
are responsible for the perysrsion OF
H. but nos for the original iruplantA-
sson. God did that work, and | sup
Pos- Re knew what lie was about
when He made rs We are nearly
all moved ay the spectacular. When
. on Thanksgiving day We decorate our
churches With the cotton aaa the rice
and the apnles and the wheat and
the rye and the oats. our gratitude
10 God Is stirred When on Easter
morning We sise written in letters Of
( flowers the inscription; He Us
Risen. our emotions are stirred. Ev-
cry parent likes 20 60 TO the school
exhibition With IT'S recita,ions and its
dialogues and its droll eoStunss- The
torchhght procession Of the political
campaign is merely the dranstlEa-
ton OF principles involved. No intel
Egent man can look in any secular
Or religious direction without finding
this dramatic element revealing. IN
rolling, demonstrating itself What
shall We do with it2
shall We suppress IL? You can as
easily suppress its Creator You nav
direct il, yon may educate 1t. you NAV
purify il, yol may harness ii to multi
potent usefulness. and that il is your
duty to do. Just as We cultivate the
taste for the beautiful and the sublime
BY hird-haunied glen and roistering
stream and cStsrscts let down in up
roar over the mozssd rocks. and the day
lifting its banner Of victory in the east,
and then setting everything on ere as
il retreats through the gates Of the
west. and the AuSterlitI and Waterloo
Of an August thunderstorm blazing
their batteries into a saltry afternoon.
and the round. glittering tear Of .
world wet on the cheek Of the night
ss in this way We eultivste our taste for
the beautiful and sublime, SO in every
lawful way we are 10 cultivate the dra-
nAiic element in our nature, by every
siacoato passage in literature. BY an
tithexis and synthesiI, BY every tragic
passage in human life.
Now, have 10 tell you no, oaly ths,
God has implanted this dramatic ale
meat In our natures. but have 10 tell
you in the Scriptures He eultiva;ss IL,
Es GpPsals TO it, BE develops it. Ide
Aot ears whers you open ths Bale.
your eye viii fan upon a drama Hsrt
it IA IN ;hs book Of Judges, the ar tree.
the vine, tie olive tree. the branbl.-
they all make speeches Thea a. the
7 close ot the scene there is q ccronltiozL
snd The srSnbis IA prOclaiaea King
That "a . political drama. Here ii 10 il
the book q; job; Eater EHpAar. BIZ
Cad, ZophEr. Elihs and Job. The opea-
7 ins act Of the drama, all darkness; Tie
slosias 40, Of the drama al sunshine
Nagll5esat drama Is thu book ei JOB,
Esre it is IN Solonoa's SoaS: The
rsgion- ~ oTisntAl rsEioa-Eineysrdi
/ ponsgrszsiss- EoGntsin Of uyrrh.
foek % sheep, garden q spiess, . WOO
Ing, bride, . bridegroom, dialogus-
Intense gorgecuS, all suggestive drama
10 the book q SsloEou's Song. Here is
"a IN The book q Luke: Costly zaaSou
Il the night, Al the Winco1rs bright
Wtih ins2inaton- The Hoor ! quake
with the dance. Returned scn II costly
garments which % nct vsry vel st
kiz perhAps, Tor tkey were Rot made
fer him but be must swiftly leave c z
his cd CArb ard Fr-pars for this sx-
tezspo-iEe-t lsres- Pogii1E son a. the
blrk door, too E1d 10 20 in. beczuse
tsay are making sch q fuss' Tears Of
syslpafhy ruz-llE dcuu th, Ga zlzn's
ehesk - The story o. Ais sca's Ezlter-
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