t faces of that
Universal Order which is their common life. Everything in creation is
gifted with its own degree of life, and yet depends upon that Universal
Life; is in some way attached to it, presenting a diminished image of
the Universal Order.

Malebranche asks: 'Why do men love beauty? because it is a visible
representation of Order.' Order is at the same time an object of
science, of art, and of popular faith. It is intuitively recognized, and
although the people may not be able to syllable its abstract formula,
yet as soon as they perceive the sensible sign of it, harmony, they at
once pronounce beautiful the object which embodies it. In a last
analysis it might be asserted that the True, the Beautiful, and the
Good, considered with regard to their realization in this world, are but
the representation of the pure Idea of Absolute Order. It must preside
over the creation of every great work of art, whether measuring the
columns and spanning the arches of architecture; modeling the forms of
Apollos; picturing the graces of virgins and cherubs; charging the air
with the electric and sublime grandeur of symphonies and requiems; or
creating Juliets, Imogens, Ophelias, and Desdemonas. Absolute Order may
be considered as the manifestation of the Divine wisdom--it must be
typified and symbolized in art.

Need we apologize for presenting to the reader, in consequence of its
relation with the subject under consideration, the following beautiful
extract from the pages of Holy Writ?

'For in Wisdom is the spirit of understanding; holy, one, manifold,
subtle, eloquent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that which
is good, quick, which nothing hindereth, beneficent.

'Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, secure, having all power,
overseeing all things and containing all Spirits, intelligible,
pure, subtle:

'For Wisdom is more active than all active things, and reacheth
everywhere by reason of her _purity_.

'For she is the breath of the power of God, a pure influence
flowing from the glory of the Almighty, therefore no defiled thing
cometh into her.

'For she is the brightness of the Eternal Light, the unspotted
mirror of God's majesty.

'And being but _One_, she can do all things; and remaining in
herself, she maketh all things new; and in all ages entering into
holy souls, she maketh them friends of God and prophets.

'For Go