Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-07-23

selves in low court, and were invited to
sit down upon some rude wooden benches,
ill the Padre or Greek Priest made his ap-
pearance. In the meantime we were sur
rounded by a company of Greek youths.
whose curiosity and surprise were ar much
excited by our foreign dress and language,
as were ours at finding ourselves in such a
scene. The priest finally appeared in a
flowing black beard, and dark dress, and
after short interview invited us to ascend
to his apartments. We found that the
you hs were his pupils, and that the rooms
to which he had introduced us were prin-
cipaiIy devoted to instruction. Among the
books of instruction | saw some from the
American Mission press at Smyrna, and
on the walls were suspended maps. not in-
deed of very modern daie, but sufficient
ly correct TO give SONS true iIsas of the
distant parts Of the earth, and even of
America. l noticed this particularly as
one Of the officers Of the Saranac. had in:
formed me that, in one of the islands of
the Archipelago. where an American vessel
Of war had been for the first time, a vener-
able Greek priest asked him where Ameri-
"a was: and sf,er some explanation, finally
said--''o;i, yes. remember there was a
new country discovered some time ago by
~
than the question asked me by quite an in
teiligent GIeek at Athens--a priest Of the
Roman Catholic order-"what language
was spoken in the United States?' Wien
| replied to him that the English language
was spoken there by over twenty millions
of people, he did not express any surprise
but looked at me as a sailor who "could
spin long m" out of thread of his own
invention. This priest of Patmos, howev-
er, understood the great world Of the West
a little better. and had felt the influence OF
some of the ideas which our missionaries
had set in motion through lie Smyrna
of bright boys. who read to US very beau
tifully out of their modern Greek books
Their inkstands were an exaci copy Of the
writer's inkhorn,' described by the
Prophet Ezekiel three thousand years ago,
fitted to hang in the girdle by the side. and
to carry he pen within them. | obtained
one as a curiosity, and treasured it up
among the memorials of Patmos. After
gratifying himself by exhibiting to us his
school, the Priest led the way to tie chap
el, which was the special object of our
! visit. This is situated in The very lowest
+, part of the strange pile of buildings clus
; tered here together.
1t Is poor attempt to put on canvass
the person Of Christ. in the midst Of the
candlesticks, with the seven stars and the
sharp two-edged swo:d. Itwas of course
only a most painful degrading Of The glo,
rious subject, and another illustration oi
the bad taste of the supersii;ious and H.
educated descendants Of Zenxis, Apeles,
and Parhasius. In the same part of the
cave also was an indentalion in tie solid
stone wall. almost on level with the floor,
where the Priest said the Revelaior laic
his head when he slept. The cavity was
about foot square, and had been. ol
course miraculouly formed by an Angel
for the convenience of the suffering cap
tive. With the Preist. these additional
miracles in the roof. and the cavity in the
wall, and the old painting. which super
S ition has inven ed and consecrated, seem.
ed 10 be the great matters connected with
The Apostle John; and as usual. in the un.
natural devotion Of the apostate churche;
of Greece and Rome to saints and martyrs
he people seemed 10 have forgotten the
great truths which he had made known
l and TO have lost sight Of the glorious Sa
vior who had manifested limself in Sc
a wonderful a manner. 1 will yield to ne
one in admiration Of the character Of the
Beloved Disciple;'' but must confes.
that Patmus was dear 10 me, not SO mucf
because of eye-y hill and cave aud rock re
? minded me of him who was chosen to b.
: the med;am of the last inspired messag,
. sent from Heaven 10 man. but because o
the glorious parsonage whose feet trot
those very paths over which was walk
Q ing. This was no dream of the right, O.
vision Of the imagination. The form which
the Son of God assumed was his glori6et
human body, differing somewhat from tn,
Il one in which He appeared when trans6g
9 ared on the mount, and yet substantial,
d the same-radiant with unearthly splendor
Il AS this was the last message. so here wa,
: the last spot on earth in which He conde
It scended to speak with any of our raoe.--
Il His "counteDance, as the sun shlneth il
. strength" was still pouring It's Divin