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Topic:
Keeping Christ Central
It is a principle of art that in the composition of a
picture, all the parts shall be so arranged as to lead the eye inevitably
to the central figure or feature. Whatever prevents this is a capital
defect. Accessories are only important as they help this end. When Varelst,
the Dutch painter, made his tulips so glorious they drew attention away
from the face of James II, in whose portrait he had placed them, he
violated this canon. So did Haydon when, in his picture of Christ's
triumphal entry into Jerusalem, he made the figure of the beast on which
the Master rode more attractive than the person of Christ. So does the
theologian, or the metaphysician, or the logician, who fascinates by his
argument and rhetoric, or the preacher and liturgist, who stresses his
forms of worship and symbols of religion.
It is not the swaddling-clothes of ceremonialism, but
the Christ of the simple gospel story consistently lived, that shall span
the continents with love and make Christmas perpetual in the heart of man.
Data Source: Fredericksburg Church of Christ, 507 N.
Llano St., Fredericksburg TX 78624
Typist Or Article Provider: Gerald Rodgers
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