The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-05-23

before the literary societies at Prirce-
ton commencement and pleaded for
the grandeur of our Bible. Daniel
Webster won not his chief garlands
while responding to Hayne nor when
he opened the batteries of his elo-
quence on Bunker Hill, that rocking
Sinai of the American revolution, but
on that day when in the famous Girard
will case he showed his affection for
the Christian religion and eulogized
the Bible. The eloquence and the
learning that have been on the other
side come over to our side. Captured
for God! There is none like that;
give it me-"
So also has it been with the picture
making of the world. We are very
anxious on this day TO have the print
ing press and the platform on the side
Of Christianity. but we overlook the
engraver's knife and the painters pen
Gil. The antiquarian goes and looks
at pictured ruins or examines the CHS
eled pillars of Thebes and Nineveh
and Pompeii and then comes back to
tell us of the beastliness of ancient
art, and it is n fact now that many
of the finest specimens-merelyn nrtis-
! tically considered-of sculpture and
painting that are to be found amid
those ruins are not fit to he looked al. .
and they are locked W. SOW Paul
must have felt when. standing amid
those impurities that stared on him
from the wall and pavements and
bazaars OF Corinth, he preached of the
pure and holy Jesus. The art of the
world on the side OF obsoenity and
crime and death.
Much of the art of the world has
been in the possession of the vicious.
| What to unclean Henry VIII. was a
beautiful picture of the Madonna?
| What to Lord Jeffreys, the unjust
judge, the picture of the Last Judg-
ment?" What to Nero, the unwashed,
picture of the baptism in the Jor-
dan? The art of the world on the
wrong side. But that is being changed
now. The Christian artist goes over
to Rome. looks at the picture and
brings back to his American studio
much OF the power of these old mas
ters. The Christian minister goes
over to Venice. looks at the Cruel
fkion Of Christ" and comes back to the
American pulpit to talk as never be-
fore Of the sufferings OF the Saviour.
The private tourist goes to Rome and
locks at Raphaefs picture of the Last
Judgment" Tho tears start. and he
goes back to his room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that
day when
| Shrtveling like . parehed scroll.
| The flaming heavens together roll.
Our Sunday school newspapers and
walks are adorned With pictures Of Jo-
sePh In the court Daniel In the den.
ShsdracA in ths FIRE. Paul in the ship
wreck, Christ on the cross. Oh, that
we might in our families think mere of
the power Of christiaA PicturssI One
little sketch Of Samuel kneeling In
prayer will mean more to your chill
dren than 20 sermons sA devotion. One
patient facs Of Christ BY the hasd Of
the artist win be more 10 your child
than so ssrmens On fsrbsarance. The
art Of the werld 10 to be taken for
Christ. What has become Of Thor
waldsen's chissl and 0hirlandajs'
crayoa7 Captured for tho truth.
There is none Ike that; give It me-"
So I remark Il 10 with business acu-
men and tact. When Christ was upon
earth tho people that followed MIN for
the most part had no social position.
There was but enc maA naturally bril-
liant In all the npestleship. Joseph of
Arimathsa, the rich man, risked moth
ing when he offered hole in the rock
for the dead Christ. How many Of the
merchants in Asia Minor befriended
Jesus? I think Of only one-Lydia.
How many Of tho castles on the beach
at Galilee entertained Christ? Not
enc. When Peter came TO Joppa he
stopped with one Simon, . tanner.
What power had christ's name on the
Roman exchange or in the baxars Of
Corinth? Meme. The prominent men OF
the day did not want to risk their repu-
ta+ien for sanity by pretending to Be
WIG VI AAAs kohVWoEe. NOW ShSt ~ MI
changed. Amsng the mightiest men
In our great cities to-day are the Chris
tian merchants and the Christian
bankers, and II tomorrow at the beard
Of trade any man shsvld get up and
malign tho name Of Jesus he would be
quickly snencsd OF put out. In the
front rank Of all our Christian work
ers to-day are the Christian merchants.
and the enterprises Of the world are
coming on The right side. There was
. farm wtllsd away some years ago.
oil the proceeds Of that farm to 70 for
spreading inRdel books. Somehow
matters have changed. and now all the
proceeds Of that farm 20 toward the
missionary cause.
Now, II what I have said be true,
away with al downheartednessi If
science 10 to be on the right side and