Christian herald and signs of our times . wo weeks, dissensionshave arisen between Mr. Gladstone and his col-leagues which nothing but withdrawal can heal. Lovers of Art in This Country will Learn withregret of the serious illness of the famouspainter, Jean Louis Meissonier, who is sufferingat his homein Paris Meisson-ier was bornat France in1815, to Italywhile stillvery young,devote dhims elf tothe study ofthe paintingof genre pict-ures, mostof them rep-resenting asingle i s extra-o r d i n a r yskill in de- /matail has plac-ed him fore- most amongpain te
Christian herald and signs of our times . wo weeks, dissensionshave arisen between Mr. Gladstone and his col-leagues which nothing but withdrawal can heal. Lovers of Art in This Country will Learn withregret of the serious illness of the famouspainter, Jean Louis Meissonier, who is sufferingat his homein Paris Meisson-ier was bornat France in1815, to Italywhile stillvery young,devote dhims elf tothe study ofthe paintingof genre pict-ures, mostof them rep-resenting asingle i s extra-o r d i n a r yskill in de- /matail has plac-ed him fore- most amongpain ters ofworks of this character. After a hard struggle,prosperity came at last, and, in 1836, he foundhimself famous on the merits of a single pict-ure, The Chess Player. The story is told thathe painted a portrait of of theCalifornia millionaire, which so displeased thatlady, on account of the absence of all flattery,that she paid $15,000 for it and immediately de-stroyed it. A portrait of Meissonier is given inthis 74 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Feb. 4, 1891. A GRACIOUS DISMISSAL. A NEW SERMON, PREACHED BY PASTOR C. II. 8PURGEON. A Word of Sorrowful Import to the Woman—The BalmWith the Bitterness—I. A Delightful Assurance—ThatSlic vas Saved Personally Given—To H«r Direct—TheRecord Suiierior to the Voice—A Deliberate StatementJllnghTl Doubts—11. A Considerate Precept—WhatShe was to go From—The Cavillers—The Public Eye—What slie was to go To—Her Home-Her L,ife Trial—Farther Service—A Vision left for Duty—The Blessingof Holy Quiet - Foolish Conduct ill a Hank. And he said to the woman. Thy faith hath saved thee ;go in —Luke 7 : 50. THE main part of my subject will be—thatgracious dismissal, Go in peace. To herwho had been so lately blest, the word Go, sounded mournfully ; for she would fainhave remained through life with her pardoningLord ; but the added words in peace turnedthe wormwood into honey
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