Evening journal., 1922-06-19

all the wickedness there is in the
world 1t has come about that the
dominant personality in II is Jesus
Christ. Look out upon our complex
modern civilization and see how the
hand OF Christ is in everything. Hos
pitals for the sick, homes for the or
phan, the widow. the aged. the in
firm. Asylums for the deaf and
dumb and blind. These are the
crown and the glory OF our civiliza-
tion. In what land where Christ is
unknown do you find them. Wher-
ever Christ has gone his path has
been marked by mercy toward the
sick, and crippled and unfortunate
by the kindlier treatment of prison
ers, by the almshouses and hospitals
and orphanages which have been
erected
Christ also has come knocking
at the gates of the world OF art. and
in IL he has become the King of
glory. Go back and look at the
works of the great masters and you
will see that they are the pictures
Of Christ. And when in modern
times has the world Of art been so
stirred as in Tissot's Life of Christ
in art? Go through all the picture
galleries of the world and you will
find that the great subjects Of the
painters are taken from the life of
Christ. Blot the pictures on Christ
from the art galleries of the world
and you blot out the best part OF
the galleries at Naples. at Florence.
at Rome, at London. at Dresden. at
Paris at Cologne. at Milan.
Il shall never forget a picture /
saw in Antwerp picture by Reu-
bens called. The Descent from the
Cross. II is an overmastering picture.
one that haunts your dreams for days.
One day a man stood in the cathedral
looking at that picture. He was all
absorbed in its portrayal Of the
Lords sufferings. when the janitor
came in and said. 1t is time 10 close
up the cathedral for the night. III
IS time to depart The pilgrim look
ing at the Descent from the Cross.
turned around to the janitor and
said. No. no not yet. Wait till they
get Him down Christ is the King
of glory in the world OF painting
And what is true of painting is
true OF every other form Of art
There is music-the divinest music
has Christ for its theme. The mas
terpieces OF all the ages honor him.
Spohr's Last Judgment. Beethoven's
Mount of Olives. Meyerbeer's Coro-
nation March. Handels Messiah. 3
Mozart's Twelfth Mass all honor
him. In the sixteenth century the /
singers called the Fischer Brothers |
reached the lowest bass eyed |
recorded. The highest note ever
trilled was by LaBastardella. Cata- |
linrs voice had a compass OF three !
and one-half octaves. Thus the songs
Of Christ run up and down the !
highest heights and the deepest 1
depths Of the worlds necessity. Yes.
Christ is the King of glory in the /
realm of music.
Christ also is the King OF glory in
the literary world. Where there is
one book written against Christ
there are hundred thousand writ
Ten TO illustrate his teachings and to
impress the lessons OF his life. Some
man OF great learning or scholarship |
writes a book OF skeptical philosophy. /
and il it sells 10, 900 copies the pub
fishers think it has done well. a
few years ago a humble preacher in '
a modest little congregational church
in Kansas wrote a book in the sim
plest language and imagery, trying
10 show how men may live like
Jesus Christ. He called the book,
In His Steps. and 100000 copies
we're sold in less than five years.
Charles Dickens was the great