The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1889-06-12

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Of history. In Homeric verse, wrought
III i language the most beautiful of
all the beautiful things which the
Greeks created it followed the wan
behring's Of Ulysses and witnessed 'the
direfnl wrath of Achilles" In the
graceful variations, Of Heredotus
it had told the story Of civilization
and freedom triumphant over bar
/ barism and despotic power in the
war between the monarchy Of the
East and the democracy of the West
Persia and Greece. Through
Thucydides it had told the sad
result of Athens and Sparta's at
tempt to settle their rivalries by the
stern arbitrament Of war. With Zen
ophen it had followed the ten thoss
and Greeks. under Cyrusthe Young
er into Che Persian country, had seen
them there the victims Of Persian
perfdy and had witnessed their
amazing retreat to their native
shore.
In this assembly were Grecian
warriors The soldiery to which they
belonged had astonished the world
by its wondrous achievements. 1t
crossed with Agamemnon to the
Trojan shore, laid seigeto the walls
Of godbuilt Troy and destroyed that
famous city. It was with Miltiades
at Marathon, on whose plains was
preserved Grecian civilization. At
the Pass Of Thermopylae, with Leon
idas it immortalized the yalor of
Grecian arms Under Themistocles
it ennobled the island Of Salamis for
ever as the spot near which Grecian
valor chastised Asiatic pride and
achieved the liberty Of Greece. With
Alexander the Great 1t crossed the
Hel1espont, and in the most remark
able campaign recorded In history,
united half the world in one empire
reaching from the Ionian Sea to the
Indus.
From his high position Paul saw
spread out before him, marvellous In
her beauty, the qneenly Athens. Her
military splendor in its hour of
greatest glory, exalting her as mis-
tress Of Greece, had declined under
the enervating influence Of ease and
luxury, yet the splendor of her re-
nown as the home of knowledge and
the abode Of scholars had not lost
its lnstre
Her political powers nnEtnEsa Cor
season intha kindly soil of tran.
! qulli8Y Nd fefiaAe1 bnli1 IIt 49,
bilious riraIfieg nf contGndin1 re-,
pnbiics, vet through her poetry her
art, and her philosophy she still held
over the mind ofmen q sway that had
never been surpassed
Her empire had long since yielded
to Roman dominion, yet her true
sovereignty had never passed away
but welding as Q scepter those arts
which give grace and loneliness to
life, the still ruled empress over the
nation Of civilization.
Within her gates stood temples or
| grandeut md power lofty and splen
did arcf6s R|tnrs end beh0tifnl
/ ShfinEs en6b0 '31 ~ ~ nrcI'It1lurc.
| product 6la a sIncfi bop. ocIc
an art of which q W3t TIE cI|nIn1..
ting effort She was splendid With
sculptured marvels, "airy ideals
worked out in Fixed hard natter
With forms Of incompatible grace
and beauty, imperishable In marble,
brass and gold towering above him
with sinews of brass clad in her braz-
en-, armor and bearing her weapons Of
war, the ''gleam of her helmet and
uplifted spear being TO the return
ing sailor the first glimpse Of his ma
tive land, stood Athenes keeping
guard over her ancient CITY
and threatening with retribntion
whoever might bring it harm.
Yet Paul neither needed these won.
ders of Grecian art nor consulted
a literature ''tlfe most perfect posi-
Bile to human genius for the procla-*
nations of the pagan godss He was
attracted by one edffice alone, an al
tar bearing the inscription: ITO
the Unknown God He found pleas
E,ure in that literature only by whose
authority he there declared this god
not unknown, but known; known In
those lands where Polytheism PEOPLES
not the heavens with gods, but where
Jehovah is q jealous god; known,
not where the grave Stole teaches
his lesson, or severity, not where
the Cynic nurses his snarly morose-
ness and swells with his pride,
nor where heEpicurean advance his
philosophy in which pleasure Is the
highest good and virtue Is practiced
as obtaining the greatest happiness,
but where joyfuIness prevails; where
cheerfuless and an nnboastfui spirit
is cultivated and where virtue Il
followed As duty.