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alone that reveals the relations established by the 

 creative Intellect, so the whole history of the fine 

 arts shows that God has here established immuta- 

 ble relations between the love of the beautiful im- 

 planted by Him in man, and the world which he has 

 fitted up for man's abode. No genius can ignore 

 this relation and succeed in any one of the fine arts, 

 any more than the intellect of man can make a 

 science. Those works of art have alone stood the 

 tot of time that approach the patterns God has 

 given. The voice of the Most High speaks to the 

 art: :i the building of Jhe Tabernacle : 



"And look that tlwii mak< them after the pattern 

 which a --.-d tliee in 'he ;;/<>/////." 



All the creations of poetry, sculpture, and paint- 

 ing, are either reproductions of natural scenes and 

 natural objects, or embellished by them. Glance 

 for a moment at your favorite authors ; the poet, 

 whose sweet song charms and gives enjoyment by 

 its refining power; the orator, whose words enchained 

 every listener ; and see how much they were in- 

 debted for their influence over the mind to symbols 

 drawn from nature. Their words may be joined by the 

 rules of grammar and logic ; they may convince the 

 intellect by the force of reasoning; they may arouse 

 the will by the plea of interest ; but when they would 

 charm with beauty, they must reach forth for the 

 gems and flowers of nature. The stars glitter 

 in literature almost as they do in the heavens. The 

 bands of Orion and the sweet influence of the 

 Pleiades, and all the famous constellations, have beau- 



