New-York tribune., 1905-01-29


rlnes like the sketch of his own garden and the
port OF Arcachon. II is a small but fairly rep-
resentative collection OF Manets vivid. uncon-
Ventional art. and IL the eye be not attracted bv
the beauty or the canvases and pastels the
nllno Is instructed and entertained by the simple
directness OF the method and the mastery, of the
technique. Manet like other French painters of
his time. succeeded in making art something
supreme vital
Ii Manet took serious view of his art ana SET
Tor himself problem TO work out whenever he
painted. so also did his colleagues Renoir and
Monet; but II was ordinarily a problem in light
There are over a hundred landscapes and figure
pieces by this pair Of worshippers who
reveiled in vivid sunlight. and bright beautiful
work it is! Renoirs drawing is perhaps more
delicate and his color softer, but Monet's work
is fairly pulsating with creative energy These
painters constantly varied their subjects and
Went far aheld in their sketching tours but
whether they were painting the cliffs Of DIeppe
the porch OF Rouen Cathedral, the banks Of tho
Seine. the SHOWS OF Norway the haystacks in
the fields, the bathers by the seaside, the ballet
girls OF the Partisan theatres or guitar players
IN Italy, IL was always the subtle play of light
that interested them. Pissaro and Sisley were
strongly Influenced by them. and there are over
seventy-fve examples OF their landscape art In
TINS collection. There are also ten OF Cezanne's
still-life pieces. landscapes and portraits and
bakers dozen OF Nine. Morisot's delicate figure
pieces and marines. The collection is completed
with over thirty examples OF Degas-mainly pas
tells, deft in drawing and charming in color
Perhaps these are the most disappointing works
for long before the last number of the series has
been reached the visitor has grown weary of the
procession Of ballet girls in pink and spangles,
and has begun to suspect that Degas is not so
clever a draughtsman as he has been thought to
be. There may be lack Of serious purpose in
these Iastel "reminiscences Of the ballet and the
music hall. yet there is charm in the color and
subtlety withal in the lightness of touch with
which these trifes are dashed Off Not every
one Of these French painters has had something
TO say in paint that worth saying; but each
has known what he was trying to do. AND his
method deserves study.
The revival movement conducted by the Amer
ican successors Of Moody and Sankey is at
tracing much attention at Albert Hall. where
a large choir. recruited from scores of churches
and chapels in West London. is rehearsing
daily. Less is said about the impetus given TO
systematic Bible study in England by the
Northheld courses Of training. Westminster
Chapel, in Castle Lane not far from Buck
ingham Palace was built forty years ago as a
Nonconformist cathedral: and while II could
not rival in influence the Southsde Tabernacle
while spurgeon was alive. it was with that ex-
ception the largest Independent place of wor-
ship in the metropolis. For g long period II
was centre OF Congregational activity but
its fortunes declined owing TO various causes
and as the congregations dwindled it dropped
into the background a stronghold of Free
Church men. City Temple became the famous
church Of the Independents; Hugh Price
Hughes while he lived. was the popular preach
II o. Tall two
In Scottish Presbyterian churches were named
as the most intellectual ministers in Noncon-
formist pulpits; and DR.. Clifford was the most
active pulpit politician; and Westminster Chapel
was neglected and forgotten, while the high
campanile tower Of the Byzantine basiica in
Ashley Gardens was rising tier after tier and
proclatming the worldwide influence OF the
Roman Church Everything is now changed.
Westminster Chapel Is again crowded with wor-
shippers at every service; and there is new
preacher in the pulpit. the Rev. Dr. G. Campbell
Morgan, a Gloucestershirs Engshman, rein
vigorated. if not inspired. by four years work
IN Northheld.
d.. Morgan has introduced the Northheld sys-
tenn Of Bible exposition and method OF preach
ing. AS the pastor OF Westminster Chapel. he
undertakes 70 direct the Scripture reading OF
his flock and plans his sermons and services
long in advance, SO that printed outlines may
be in the hands Of the worshppers. With it's
large auditorium and two galleries. one above
the other. the chapel accommodates comfortably
a congregation of $500. and there is hardly
vacant seat when the services are held, and
when he rises for the sermon two-thirds of his
parish scholars have the Bible open in their
hands The passage which he is TO explain has
already been read as the lesson. and the hymns
and prayer have been set TO the same key and
Ettuned to It. and the sermon is delivered with
Of style and homely eloquence. The
accent is misleading. for it is markedly Aneri-
can but the manner is not unlike that Of the
great Wesleyan preacher. Hugh Price Hughes.
lucidity OF exposition and dignity OF utterance
being the main characteristics. AT rare mo-
ments there are theatrical effects in the
of voice and hands. but the method is mainly
that Of Moody in Northheld-a comprehensive
grasp OF the subject and sustained effort to
explain the text verse by verse and to interest
the audience in it. DR.. Morgan had several
pastorates In Staffordshire one in Birmingham
and another in suburban London. but he had
not made great reputation as a preacher when
he went to America TO take part in the
Bible conference extension work at Mortified.
The Moody system Of exposition in plain Ian
gusge has armed him with new resources, and
he must now be accounted one of the strongest
and most successful preachers among the inde-
nendents of the metropolis I.N.F.