St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-30

grand old temple that was 400 years
old when Paul preached Oh Mars Hill.
his eve, and called forth the sublime
utterauce. God, that built the heav-
ems, dwelleth not in temples made with
hands" Near by. too, was the temple
of Theseus. i'll which the day before
we had seen hundreds of marble statues
of gods and heroes. sculptured i'll the
highest style of Greek art. No doubt
it was these very statues, and others
like them, that filled the ancient city,
which inspired the words, -''FOrasmuch
then as we are the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Cod
head is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone yrdren by art and mans derice.'
1t was Il conflict between two civiliza-
tions,-the Christian and the Pagan.
Like Elijah Oh Mt. Carmel, Paul stood
alone on Mars Hill to prove that 1.-THE
Lord. he is GOd,"-while arrayed
against him was all the wit and learn
ing of Pagan culture. Human proba-
bilities would soon have decided what
the result of the contest would be: but
the world has seen the most glorious Of
Atheniau temples become Il pile of ruins,
and the images of her divinities. objects
of curiosity to the traveller and the
antiquarian.
Mars Hill is mere rock or ledge,
perhaps 100 feet long and % feet high,
so that in the clear air il speaker could
easily he heard 10y Il large audience,
sitting on the rocks and grass around
him. | sat on the hill for more than an
hour. and around me were quite num-
Der of peasants lying on the rocks. and
baSking i'll the genial sunlight. 1t was
the 10Th of january.
In walking through the city. | noticed
that places of business were open as
on other days of the week. Some of
course were closed. while others showed
that their owners were trying to serve
God and Mammon" ut the same time.
10y having their shutters closed. and
doors aiar The result seemed to he
that Mamm"n got the principal part OF
the service. The day seemed t" III
entirely given upas Il holiday. Toward
evening the beauty and gayetN of the
r.,Il..r..I th. nt tho
Constitution. in front of the palace. 10
promenade for an hour or two. to the
music of the city band. All seemed
eager like the Athruiau> at the time OF
PauI> visit ITO tell. or to hear some
new thing" and added to it the desire
to see and Lee seen.
We spent the evening at Miss kylr's.
She i a Vermont lady.-a relative of
Dr Lord Of M"mtpelicr. think. and
for tree lc.I> has been teaching
Protestant school in Athens. We be
came very much Interested i'll her work.
and admired the earnest Christian spirit
and >trom" faith with " hich she engages
whom or ~. girls. are hoarders. She
has met With considerable opposition
both from private individuals and pub
lie officials. and i liable at any time To
have hcI school closed by the govern
mtut. still her work has been growing
in favor with the people. and she is
Il
ential citizens and mcmhcrs of Palia-
mcut among her patrons. On the sun
dlN evening We were there. the girls
came together in the pailor. and rc-
pcatcd passages of Scripture and hymns
that they had learned. and we sang
Greek songs together. The tunes were
the same we sing ut home, and many
of the words were translations of our
f;tvorilr hymns. The familiar words,
NEARER. my God To thee :" aud Jesus
loves me ', sounded strange tn us III
Greek. but We felt a. if We were walk
ing on commoh ground is We sang them
together.
The missionary work III Athens has
many discouragmg features. but still
there are signs of hope Certain il is
that there aIc earnest workers there.
and strong faith and. though it Ice
slowly. the work is steadil, gaining
ground. c. As.
Robert College. C"mstantiu"ple.
April Il. $50