The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12

"Otelo and Desdemona." from Act Ill,
scene 9. of Otelo
II is announced in this number that
the August issue will treat of Haydn.
REJECTED OF MEN. Written by
Howard Pyle. Published by Harper
Brothers. of New York and London.
For sale in Richmond By the Bell
Book and stationery Company.
If Is great proof of Howard Pyle YER
satility that he has written book which
will attract as much attention among
readers as do his illustrations among all
classes, artists included.
The title Of Mr. Pyle's book, Rejected
Of Men,, tells its history in brief. The
story of Christ's coming has been retoid
by him. Not Christ's coming as oil olo IN
Judea, but His coming in the tWenueth
century, into the midst of SNUG, sleek,
well-fed. richly clothed and prosperous
American life. The narrative is told from
the standpoint of the Pharisees and sad
ducees. tho classes upon whom for CEN
turtles has rested the odium of crucifying
the truth when it was made manifest IN
the flesh" The calculation of the tact
that the Pharisees and Sadducces were
born the inheritors of certain conditions
and beliefs that blinded their eyes and
dulled their perceptions. so that their re-
lection OF the truth seems less a matter OF
establishment than a foregone conclusion.
occupies all the art and strength which
Mr. Pyle has easily a command. The
characters which the evangelists have
made known to the world as figures
prominent in Judea during the ministry
of Christ Pontius PLATE, Herod, Hero
dias, Salome. John the Baptist ard
Caiphas are reproduced under the guse
Of men and women thinking, acting, ana
living at the present day. The story of the
execution of the forerunner of the Mes
siah is mentioned as appearing In the
pages of an afternoon New York jour
nal and Is commented on at leisure by
the members of an arstocratic club in
New York as they sip their champagne
Miracles in the life Of Christine re-
storing of sight to the blind and of raising
| up Lazarus from the dead-are described
| as they might have seemed had they re-
| Gently taken place at some place in the
neighborhood Of the American metropolis.
| The hero of the book impersonates the
young man. whom beholdng Christ loved,
| yet who went away from Him grieved
| and sorrowful because he was told: yet
| one thing thou lackest Sell III that thou
hast and give it to the poor, Then come
and follow me-
| .Thc style of Mr., Pyle's composition is
| so terse and devoid of ornament as to
seem almost rugged Nothing is set
| down to confuse the Judgment or to
| throw a glamor over the senses. The
{, whole is so straightforwardly sincere;
the words crowd so TO the penis point in
] their effort at expression that the pic
/ ture they form attracts While 1t repels.
The subject of the book will be a
matter of wide difference Of opinion,
4 Many there are who. having read the
4 gospels at their mothers knee, and heard
first the story OF the cross and Calvary
from lips so tender and reverent, could
4 scarcely bear such a latter day version
Of 1t as Mr.. Pyle has written. To such
The book could never fulilll the authors
purpose and convey the warning which
he intends for those who are constantly
4 bartcrIng their "birthfight for mess
Tor pottaRe' Contrasting spirit and flesh
Mr. Pyle himself says;
When men have slain the living trutl
and new age has arisen from its deatl
The world still rolls onward in It's course
and mankind does not know that any
thing has happened Children are bon
into the world men and women are mar
!. ried, others die and only q few poor
= lcwly ones know the significance Of tina
death and resurrection Thus il mus
: ever be In the outer world there is NJ
= slGni each man pursues his own business
ane pleasure WITH just the same nyidity
: as though Gods truth had not perisheC
In the flesh to rise again into The glor,
of resurrection.
+ Yea; Judgment day may come and III,
. angel may blow his trumpet until TN
, earth shall crack and heaven itselG shall
tremble, hut the ears Of man are dea
TO the blast and his eyes are blind Ia IN
$ terrors that overlans the soul In HI
e ears are shoppers of clay and over hi
+, eyes Is a film of flesh. and neither SCUM
/. nor sight can reach him.
h What wonder, then, that men not onl
/ deny their Creator ma Redeemer br
/. even refuse TO believe that the soul VIII
d In them is alive. 70 them the body seen
Id alive and not the soul; TO them II seer
e as though this world Is the end Of ever.
y tEine,
e THE poWAogR COUNTESS AND TT
la AMERICAN GIRL, Written ry+LilHj
le Bel. Published by Harper Brothers,
y New York. For sale in Richmond !
&c the Bell Book an6y Stationery Compan
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