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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1907.
ISRAEL ENSLAVED IN EGYPT,
IS LESSON FOR TOMORROW
PAINTER OF WAR SCENES
HIDDEN IN TEMPLE COURT
Sons of Israel at Be
ginning of Great
Things.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
- Tho golden text la, “Then they pried unto
the Isird in their trouble, ana He saved'
them out of theft distresses.”—Pa. 107.
To most persons Ilfs only "happ
Event siireseda event, tnlsfortuue fo
fortune, sorrow stands behind Joy; . m
still tin* ordinary person sees no relation
between them nil, and no comprehensible
principle liack of them. The number of per-
sons to whom life Is more than n series
of unrelated Incidents Is rare. Vet life,
every life, has Its philosophy. Back of the
thing stands the law. Cause and purpose
nin through the whole vast schetuo of
things; disordered though It often appear.
I In* wise man la he who regards his life
ss an entity, and as having a relation lie-
tween Its parts and a significance In them
l.ook |»sck on any life which yon have
watched for a score of years or more, and
read Its end In the light of Its Itcglnulng.
Better yet, take these pages of illuminated
u . ,,, l ter prated biography and history In
the Old Testament, aud behold how they
constitute an ordered whole. To those who
underwent It the bonduge of Israel In Eg» n *
was only the Inexplicable gall of bil
and they must have cursed that
whan Jacob followed Ida exalted son iM
er. Seen through the perspective of 1
years, however, that Ixwdage is understood
to have been the salvation of Israel ns s
nation. The disappointment was. after all,
only discipline; and discipline Is God's way
of dlKciplIiig.
Soma of the Early “8ons Of.”
Rons of this nnd daughters of that begin
to multiply In the land. Then* are rival
claimants for the honor of being the only
genuiti* “Sons” nnd “Daughters'* of the
Revolution; which la not altogether a whole
some sign; for a nation is made great by
Its doers nnd not by Its celebrants of other
men's deeds.
Back In the heglnuing of this Exodus
story we And a list of “sons of Israel, the
founders of the new life In Egypt. They
nre forever In the hall of fame among his
tory's immortals, because they were In at
the !>eglnnitig of great things. Fortunate
Is the man who ran associate bis nmne
with great beginnings; It Is the best kind
■ of fame to be known as a pioneer, nu In-
outstanding __ „
stood for certain qualities which Jacob, who
knew them beat, poetically enumerated a
few chapters back, ere he gathered his feet
no Into the lied, ami yielded nplhe ghost.
"What Is In a naraef we flippantly ask;
everything, character, personality, luaf
promise. There la no name too meal
stand for something, nnd the greatest are
those whose names stand for the
things.
The Inevitable End.
“The l*oast of heraldry, the poinp of pow
And all that beauty, all that wealth c
gave.
brethren, and all that generation.” Every
old country gives largo room to Its grave
yards; many a village needs far more
r«M»m for-Its dead than for Its living. It
Is estimated that one-fourth of China’s
nruble land Is preempted by grave mounds.
All Josephs die; fortunate are they If they
can llrst write an Indelible mark on httiiuin
history. Joseph wrote his name on tablets
mnents. nnd archaeologists still dispute as
to who was who.
Joseph's greatness was perpetuated by his
people; Ills name and fame are Inextricably
Interwoven with that of his nation. As a
matter of fact, no man does n completed
work himself; he la dependent upon Ills as
sociates nnd successors to round it out.
Children nnd children's children are neces
sary to bring to completion a great life.
These old Scriptures, with their long views,
take It for granted that every man will, ns
n inn Her of course. Iwcomet he head of a
family. In his descendants he will see him
self and Ids work perpetuated. Over and
over again It needs to be said, ns many
bravo voices nre In these days not hesi
tating to declare, that the Arst obligation of
manhood and womanhood to their own
highest selves nnd to society Is to rear a
family. No other accomplishments can
ntone for voluntary failure In this supreme
one. l'nrentliood Is more than an exalted
I irivllege; It Is a sacred obligation. Imposed
»y Hod himself. The onerrd tocord Writes
down, meaningfully, that “The children of
Israel were fruitful, and Increased abun
dantly. nnd multiplied, and waxed exceed
ingly mighty.” To the present day this Is
one secret of the power of the ubiquitous
Jew.
That New King.
The scurrying which take* place In every
government department, shop, office, store
r.r Institution when n new head Is appointed
Is n present-day commentary on the old
lines, “Now there arose a new king over
Egypt, who knew not Joseph." Somehow,
It doe* not seem ns If things nre ns they
sliould Ik* when one man thus has In his
power the peace and welfare of the many.
If Hod's goal for man Is an Ideal dcmoc<
racy, then It surely Is not Intended that the
happiness of the tusny should depend upon
the caprice of the few. Consider, though,
LITTLE FAULTS.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Evil is wrought by want of thought flv
well ns want of heart.—Thomas Hood.
Ministry helps to mastery. When we are
l**at serving others we forget to obey
It Is the life that Is most engaged li
selfish service against which the arrows of
temptation fly with least force. Devotion
to others Is strong armor agaiust the temp-
tut ions of selfishness.
Not cujoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way.
But 16 act that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
-LONOFELLOW.
or the wheat Is cast out when discovered.
Let me both diligently work
* And duly pray;
Let me la* kind In deed and word
Just for* today.
c -CANON W1LBERF0RCE.
life's goals.
He who Is always hearing nnd nnswerlng
the call of life to be thoughtful nnd brave
Olid self-sncrlAcIng—he alone can safely
henr the other cry of life, tempting him to
be happy nnd enjoy.—Phillips Brooks.
The first contribution we can mnke to
the world. If we seek Its betterment. Is n
strong life. Unless we hare unbending In-
1 robustness and breadth of soul
Impossible for us to lift up our
fellows. We can not help another to get
higher np than we are ourselves. Each
A conscience void of offeose More God
nnd man Is an Inheritance for eternity.—
Daniel Webster.
which must In* done „
or not. Being forced to work nnd forced
to do your best will breed In you temper-
mice, self-control, diligence, strength of
Every day is a fresh tieglnnlng:
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain.
Ami spite of old sorrow and older sinning.
Ami pussies forecasted and possible pain.
Take heart with the day and begin agnlu.
—8C8AN COOLIDHB.
Search thine own* heart. What palneth
thee In othera. In tbyaetf may lie. All dust
Is frail, all flesh Is weak, be thou the true
man thou dost seek.
Habit Is ozlde. We weave a thread of It
every day until at last It Is so strong we
can not break It.
Home people are so fond of Ill-luck that
they run half-way to meet It.—Donglns Jer-
fold.
with Its tools. Instead of with its i
Very few of us will have the chance of
• in another’s day;
And If denied the victor's meed.
Thou shalt uot lack' the toller's pay.
We nre generally too low in our nlnis,
more anxious for safety than sanctity, for
place thau purity.—George Eliot,
Interest far ontwelghod his altruism, or his
reflection of snelent gratitude. If he had
* to the large company of
,. just Mention for any con
duct which will promote their own welfare.
Egypt then witnessed an early prototype of
present-dny Korean and Congo affairs.
This was. the furunce In which the Jews
found themselves. Of course they did not
►croelvc the f
uml fortune.
H - nnd embittered In spirit lie-
cause of the harshness. Impatience or In
justice of those In authority over them.
There Is another able to the shield. As
this new king lK*gsn to vex the children of
Israel, because of his power, so similar
power hail enabled Joseph to benefit them.
Authority may be used as a bane or as a
Messing. Ho there If h reminder that par
ents and teachers ami employees and over
seers have It In their power to add greatly
to the happiness of many lives.
In ths Furnace.
This new king, politic, shrewd, selfish, far-
Seeing, feared the ultimate power of the
fast-increasing Hebrews. Uls sense of self-
stand the advantage of mastering the mul
; the recruit can not see tin
of the hard, sweating drill; the]
tlplicatlon table
wisdom of the
prentice ran not fathom the reasonableness
of the Irksome tasks to which be Is seti
they spn
y bettered
uui «i me iniMiium, or mri'sninR noor,
comes forth grain without chaff; out of
tribulation conies strength nnd patience nmli
sweetness and syinitsUiy. The bondage In
Hgype was the making of Israel. "The
more they afflicted them the more they
multiplied and the more f'
abroad.” The harrowing only
harvest.
Many a person has read with a throb of
kindred feeling how the Egyptians “made
their lives bitter;" the fellowship of suffer
ing hinds most hearts together. That anmn
sort of bitterness In oppression aud Injus
tice Is not foreign to the great mass of us.
The Chinese hare a phrase, “To eat bltter-i
ness," which Is expressive. Everybody
must, lu his turn, “eat bitterness" sn did
the Hebrews under Egypt's rigorous rule.
Nor was this without advantage. It was
teaching Israel lessons which the people bad
to learn before they could achieve s M*
tlonal Identity. Iii Canaan they could never]
have been welded Into oneness as In the fur
nace of Egyptian oppression. The meaning
of all this hardship, tbough^toJew^umwi
It not, was that <
making of them
■■PL ig
a great nation, ami working out his own
long and patient design. They only thought
that they were In the bands of a cruel king;
really they were In the hands of God. Out
of hunlftiip comes hardiness; out of suffer
ing, strength. And no price Is too /treat to
_ * * spirit, which Is
Hrencs of blood and strife, with the
lieauty of nature shown as only u true ar
tist can show It—scenes that helped make
American history—nre Mug painted lu At
lanta by an artist with a reputation uu two
continents.
And 3‘et outside of a small circle of
frlendH there nre few Atlanta people who
hare seen these pictures, und others which
have been talked aud written about in other
cities.
This artist Is Charles Rousse, who has
been In Atlanta abont nine months, nnd the
studio which contains so ninny excellent
(mens, of Andy executed art Is In the
pie Court building. The paintings are
designed for the new Hotel Fatten, lu Chat
tanooga.
Not only historical scenes portraying
. rents of nearly a half century ago are tio-
Ing executed III Atlanta, but It Is an At
lanta man who designed and Is building the
Hotel, lie Is W. T. Downing, the well
kuowu architect.
When completed Hotel Fatten, ns It will
lie railed, will Ik*'one of the finest in the
South, nnd particularly unique will l*e the
lobby. It Is in this lobby that thq scenes
done In oil by Mr. Itousse will be placed.
There will Ih* twenty of these, and they
will represent bailies that took place
round CliAttnunoga durlngJUe civil war.
At tin* present time Mr. Itousse has com
pleted five of these, and they show vividly
what transpired there a generation ago.
The scenes begin with the first gun fired
in llial vicinity ami continue In paiiorumic
form until (lie lust chapter In those bloody
fights was written. Out* already finished,
ami which shows the lienutlful scenery
around t'hsttsnooga, Is a battle lieing fought
from a bluff ami In the distance may Is*
seen Mxikout Mountain, with the winding
river and an Island.
Before coming to Atlanta nnd beginning
the work Mr. Rousse visited .the scenes
and made sketches, and from these he gets
nature's part In tue pictures. Then with
gets the position
troops, so thnt
historically correct.
lu addition to these battle occurs, Mr.
Itonsse will paint two pictures of fhe. fa
mous locomotive, “General"—one at the
time tin* engine was captured by the federal
raiders and another when the engine was
recaptured by the Confederates. All of the
paintings are large affairs and take up all
one side of a room In the studio.
But aside from this particular commission
to execute pictures, Mr. Roussc's rooms
Iii the Temple Court arc more than Inter
esting to lovers of .art.
Mr. Rousse la a Sotchmnn. Iiorn In Edln-
borough, and he received bis art inluratlon
at the Kensington Museum in London. With
him fti Atlanta Is Mrs. Rousse, a charming
Englishwoman, whom Mr. Itonsse made two
trips across the Atlantic to woo and win.
But he gallantly declares lie would have
made a doxeu or two hud It boon necessary.
Mrs. Rousse. too. Is an artist, but site Is
more of an artist In the musical line. Hl«*
Is an expert player on the flute and other
muslcnl Instruments, and Is a enmjMiser.
Adorning the walls of the studio In At-
Inutn are hanging paintings In oil and wa
ter colors done by Mr. Rousse nnd many of
these have been awarded prizes In art exhi
bitions.
At first glance Mr. Itousse Impresses otic
as being a Frenchman. He has traveled
nil over the world nnd lie speaks French
with the fluency of a native, ns lie does
Italian and German. Rut he Is a Scot for
a' thnt.
Mr. Rousse has done work In various
parts of this country nnd Europe on a
large scale. He executed it large number of
scenes for the late II. B. Final for aorao of
his luxurious Florldn hotels, nnd ninny a
specimen of Ills skill adorns walls In the
mansions of the-weslthy both In this coun
try nnd abroad.
The scenes for the Clmttauoogn hotel will
require about a year to complete.
NEWS AND NOTES.L^^M
Gifts from Episcopal Sunday school* for
|*1li11
Is
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HttBraarTCatholic fait hV^M
r-lSwitzerland is beginning to feel the uni
rAst now prevalent in many parts of Eu
rope, and In many of the strong Protestant
cantons the separation of church aud state
Is being vigorously agitated. ■
A Catholic federation of societies, Include
ling the Knights of Columbns nnd the AnJ
dent Order of Hibernians, has been organ
ized to lufluence legislation for Catholic ins
tenets.
afclng
fund of 1150.-
J missionary and ednea-
tlonal character In different parte of tba
United States.
While Protestant Christians contribute
altogether nearly $20,000,000 annually for the
spread of Christianity and civilization
throughout the world, the appropriations
made by Great Britain, Germany, Francai
and Italy for their respective artnlez each
equal nearly the same sum.
Christian Scientists have received an ad-
vena decision from the Judge oft court
In Texas, who refused to render ft verdict
for the collecting of damagao In the case of
an accident, asserting that as mental and
supports nn American
leg** for foreign horn Mu-
ciglity-four in attendance
_!>und a mingling of races
comprising Italians, Creeks, Armenia nn
Bulgarians, Cubans. French. Aaayriana,
Macedonians, a Chinaman, Syrian, Swiss
and a Jewess from Hilicria.
The uoton of the two bodies of the Disci-
K ira of Christ nnd the Baptists Is mid to
e an assured fact at an early ilate. The
Disciples are stated to he the most rapidly
growing body among all the religions de
nominations In the United States, nnd at
present have a membership of 1,200.000.
They separated from the Baptists In 1827 for
reaaona which are no longer valid.
The purchase of 100,000 aeroa of land near
Greeley, Col., Is one of the latest tumefac
tions of Miss Helen Gould. The land Is to
be sub-divided for homes for the poor of
i.u in' invu)iuiua .it lu III, t c ran/ imn.
'or miking payment.
The eighty-second birthday of Arrhblihnp
Vllllnma of tha Unman Catholic church.
church of this perauaalon cast nf Now York
Man la not tho crcaturo of clrcumatancea;
circumstances are the creaturea of men.—
Dlaraell.
Say not, "Tho daya arc crll. Who's to
tilamof
And fuM tho hands, and acuuIesce-ol>,
shams I
Stand up, apeak out, and bravely. In God’s
name!
—Babcock.