free thinker
16th February 2005, 07:58 PM
In the early nineteenth century Up State New York produced some much heralded art and literature.
It is the seedbed of a school of art we now call, THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL. This was fine art , world renown, and uniqely American. Artists like Asher B Durand, Thomas Cole, and Jasper F Crospy, created works like Kindred Spirits, Genesee Scenery, and Autumn-On The Hudson River. Some of the most beautiful, and imaginitive art created in America at the time. Beautiful art that today is priceless.
In the world of literature at the time, were masters like John Fennimore Cooper creating classics like, The Last of The Mohicans. Read today, this book will still take you to a place of unimaginable beauty, and adventure. That place is Up-State New York. I served my mission there in the late seventies, and many times as I walked the wooded back hill roads ,I was struck by the serenity and unparralled beauty of the place.
Out of this same placid scenery came a man who would start a church of world renown also. Joseph Smith. For many years his name has been spoken of "for good and evil" as he said it would be. And today I raise my voice in tandem with the latter.
For years I testified of his divine calling, in the mission field, in church classes, and to family and friends. But I did not know his true history, which in reply to his statement, that" know man knows" , I say I know, and to you posthumously, I say, you were not a prophet of God!
Out of Up State New York, a place whose history is rich in literature, and art, came a master charlatan. A self serving man, who lied to further his cause, created fraudulent canon, and seduced women for his personal gratification. What a contrast to the art and literature of the self same place. Joseph Smith. You fooled many, but finally, you do not fool me!!
Free Thinker
It is the seedbed of a school of art we now call, THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL. This was fine art , world renown, and uniqely American. Artists like Asher B Durand, Thomas Cole, and Jasper F Crospy, created works like Kindred Spirits, Genesee Scenery, and Autumn-On The Hudson River. Some of the most beautiful, and imaginitive art created in America at the time. Beautiful art that today is priceless.
In the world of literature at the time, were masters like John Fennimore Cooper creating classics like, The Last of The Mohicans. Read today, this book will still take you to a place of unimaginable beauty, and adventure. That place is Up-State New York. I served my mission there in the late seventies, and many times as I walked the wooded back hill roads ,I was struck by the serenity and unparralled beauty of the place.
Out of this same placid scenery came a man who would start a church of world renown also. Joseph Smith. For many years his name has been spoken of "for good and evil" as he said it would be. And today I raise my voice in tandem with the latter.
For years I testified of his divine calling, in the mission field, in church classes, and to family and friends. But I did not know his true history, which in reply to his statement, that" know man knows" , I say I know, and to you posthumously, I say, you were not a prophet of God!
Out of Up State New York, a place whose history is rich in literature, and art, came a master charlatan. A self serving man, who lied to further his cause, created fraudulent canon, and seduced women for his personal gratification. What a contrast to the art and literature of the self same place. Joseph Smith. You fooled many, but finally, you do not fool me!!
Free Thinker