Calvinism - pagina 193

FIFTH LECTURE.

CALVINISM AND ART. In

this

which

lecture,

fifth

is

the

but one,

last

I

speak of Calvinism and Art. It

not

is

induces

me

fanatical little

the

do

to

tendency of the day that

prevailing

Genuflection before an almost

this.

worship of

art,

harmonize with

such as our time

high seriousness of

the

which Calvinism has pleaded, and which not with the pencil or chisel best

blood

Moreover the love of increase

in

fact,

which

art

the is

for

but with

field

its

of battle.

so broadly on the

our times, should not blind our eyes, but

ought to be soberly and the

in

Hfe,

has sealed,

it

in the studio^

and

stake

the

at

should

fosters,

which

is

in

critically

every

way

examined.

It

presents

explainable, that artistic

refinement, thus far restricted to a few favored circles,

now

tends to gain ground

occasionally to

even

among broader middle

betraying

its

inclination to descend

the widest strata of lower society.

cratizing,

if

you

recommended

like,

itself

by

classes,

It is

the

demo-

of a life-utterance which hitherta\ its

aristocratic allurements.

And

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