Chapter 15

163I do not like to hear Protestants speaking with gross and uncharitable contempt even of the worship of relics. Elisha once trusted his own staff too far; nor can I see any reasonable ground for the scorn, or the unkind rebuke, of those who have been taught from their youth upwards that to hope even in the hem of the garment may sometimes be better than to spend the living on physicians.164Casa Tiepolo (?) in Lazari’s Guide.165I do not think that there is anything more necessary to the progress of European art in the present day than the complete understanding of this sanctity of Color. I had much pleasure in finding it, the other day, fully understood and thus sweetly expressed in a little volume of poems by a Miss Maynard:“For still in every land, though to Thy nameArose no temple,—still in every age,Though heedless man had quite forgot Thy praise,Wepraised Thee; and at rise and set of sunDid we assemble duly, and intoneA choral hymn that all the lands might hear.In heaven, on earth, and in the deep we praised Thee,Singly, or mingled in sweet sisterhood.But now, acknowledged ministrants, we come,Co-worshippers with man in this Thy house,We, the Seven Daughters of the Light, to praiseThee, Light of Light! Thee, God of very God!”A Dream of Fair Colors.These poems seem to be otherwise remarkable for a very unobtrusive and pure religious feeling in subjects connected with art.

163I do not like to hear Protestants speaking with gross and uncharitable contempt even of the worship of relics. Elisha once trusted his own staff too far; nor can I see any reasonable ground for the scorn, or the unkind rebuke, of those who have been taught from their youth upwards that to hope even in the hem of the garment may sometimes be better than to spend the living on physicians.

164Casa Tiepolo (?) in Lazari’s Guide.

165I do not think that there is anything more necessary to the progress of European art in the present day than the complete understanding of this sanctity of Color. I had much pleasure in finding it, the other day, fully understood and thus sweetly expressed in a little volume of poems by a Miss Maynard:

“For still in every land, though to Thy nameArose no temple,—still in every age,Though heedless man had quite forgot Thy praise,Wepraised Thee; and at rise and set of sunDid we assemble duly, and intoneA choral hymn that all the lands might hear.In heaven, on earth, and in the deep we praised Thee,Singly, or mingled in sweet sisterhood.But now, acknowledged ministrants, we come,Co-worshippers with man in this Thy house,We, the Seven Daughters of the Light, to praiseThee, Light of Light! Thee, God of very God!”A Dream of Fair Colors.

“For still in every land, though to Thy name

Arose no temple,—still in every age,

Though heedless man had quite forgot Thy praise,

Wepraised Thee; and at rise and set of sun

Did we assemble duly, and intone

A choral hymn that all the lands might hear.

In heaven, on earth, and in the deep we praised Thee,

Singly, or mingled in sweet sisterhood.

But now, acknowledged ministrants, we come,

Co-worshippers with man in this Thy house,

We, the Seven Daughters of the Light, to praise

Thee, Light of Light! Thee, God of very God!”

A Dream of Fair Colors.

These poems seem to be otherwise remarkable for a very unobtrusive and pure religious feeling in subjects connected with art.

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This is the second volume of three.

The index is in Volume III, with links to all three volumes; and some footnotes are linked between volumes.

These links are designed to work when the book is read on line. However, if you want to download all three volumes and have the links work on your own computer, then follow these directions carefully.

1. Create a directory (folder) named whatever you like (e.g., StonesVenice). (The name of this directory (folder) is not critical, but the inner foldersmustbe named as listed below, or the links between volumes willnotwork).

2. In that directory (folder) create 3 directories (folders) named

3. Create the following directories (folders):

4. Download thezippedhtml version of each volume.

5. Unzip the downloaded files.

There areTWOhtml files in each zipped html folder. The…-h.htmfile should be used if you wish to use a downloaded file off-line which will link to all the other files which are still on-line. The…-h2.htmfile will be used only if you wish to install all three volumes on your own computer.

There areTWOhtml files in each zipped html folder. The…-h.htmfile should be used if you wish to use a downloaded file off-line which will link to all the other files which are still on-line. The…-h2.htmfile will be used only if you wish to install all three volumes on your own computer.

6. Move the files into the appropriate directories:

7. Re-name the htm files you just moved.

8. The files are now ready to use. Open any one with your browser and you will be able to move to either of the other volumes with a click of the mouse.

Use the BACK button to return from a link.


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