Milford chronicle., 1891-11-20

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hinder the statue from decaying aud mak
i it aromatic, but this ebony was covere
with bronze and alabaster. A necklace
acorns coiled gracefully around her Their
/ were four lions on each arm, typical {
strength. Her head WAS coroneteC
Around this figure stood statues which b
wonderful invention shed tears The al
| by strange machinery was damp with dS
| scending perfumes. The walls multiplie
the scene by concaved mirrors. Fountain
tossed in sheaves Of light and fell in show
ers Of diamonds
| Praxiteles, the sculptor, and Apelles
the painter, filed the place with their tri
umphs. Crmsus, the wcalthiest of the an
clients, put here aud there in the tenpl,
| golden heifers. The paintings were Sc
| vivid and lifelike that Alexander. who was
moved at nothing Of terror, shuddered al
| one battle scene on these walls, and so true
| to life was painting Of horse that when
! Alexander's horse was led up to II he be-
I gan to neigh, us one horse is accustomed to
greet another. One painting in that tenn
I pie cost Sl03, $50 The treasures Of all na.
| tions and the spoils Of Kingdoms were kept
here for safe deposit. Criminals from all
lands fed to the shelter OF this temple, and
the law could not touch them. It seemed
almost strange that this mountain OF ar
ehitectural snow outside did not melt with
the fres Of color within.
The temple was surrounded with groves.
in which roamed for the temptation of
hunters, stays and hares and wild boars,
and all styles Of game. whether winged or
four footed. There was cave with statue
so intensely b llliant that it extinguished
the eye Of those who looked upon it, unless.
at tho command of the priest, the hand Of
the spectator somewhat shaded the eyes
No wonder that even Anthony and Alex
Rnder and Darius cried out in he words of
my text, Great Is Diana of the Ephesians
One whole month Of each year, the month
Of May, was devoted to her worship Pro
cessions in garbs OF purple and violet and
scarlet moved through it, and there were
torches and anthems, and choirs in white,
and timbrels and triangles ia music, sacgi. !
fees and dances. Here young men and |
maidens were betrOthed with imposing |
ceremony. Nations voted large amounts |
to meet the expense Of the worship Fish /
cries Of vast resource were devoted to the |
support Of this resplendence Horace and I
Virgil and Homer vent into rhapsodies
while describing this Worship.
All artists, all archRologists, all cen
IF the Ephesians" Paul, in the presence
IF this Temple of Diana, Incorporates it in
his figures Of speech while speaking Of the
ipiritual temple, "Now, il any man build
lpOn this foundation, gold, silver, precious
tones, etc." and no doubt with reference
o one Of the previous temples which had
Keen set on fire by Herostratus just for the
anne Of destroying it, Paul says, 'If any
mans work shall be burned, he shall suffer
oss, ETC." and all up and down PluPs
Tritings you realize that he had not only
cen, but had been nightly impressed
With what he had seen Of the Temple Of
)iana.
HERE MARY WAS BURIED
In this city the mother of Jesus was said
} have been buried, Here dwet Aquilla
nd Priscilla Of Bible mention, who were
rofessors IN an extemporized theological l.
'minary, and they taught 'he elQgf,eptf !
poles how 70 be eloquent for ChFfst Here f,
ohm preached and from here because of
is fidelity he vsssisss-eIile,i to Ptlmos Here !
aul warred against the magical arts for t
hici Ephesus was famous. The sorcerers Z
this city pretended that they could cure .
seases, and perform almost any miracle, {
lprOnOucing these senseless words, ASK | O
ltaski Lix Tetrax Damnameneus All. ii
on" n
Paul having performed miracle in the L
.me of Jesus, there was a lying family OF n
ven brothers who initiated the apostle.
ID instead of their usual words of incan- -cG
tion used the word Jesus over a man who D,
Is possessed of a devil, and the man pos W
ised flew at them in great 1erceness and 50
arly tore these frauds to pieces, and In bl
Isequence all up and down the streets Of m
Dhesus there was Indignation excited e
ainst the magical arts, aud great bon be
e Of magical books was kindled in the
eets, and the people stirred the blazs
til thirty-fve thousand dollars worth of
,ck art literature had been burned 10 to
les hu
BUT, all the glory Of Ephesus have dc sp
ibed has gone now. At some seusL rs of az
year awful malarias sweep over the th
ce and put upon mattress or in graves Il on
&c portion Of the population. In the ap. VIC
ximate marshes scorpions, centipedes til,
all forms of reptilian life crawl and DO
5 and sting, while hyenas and jackals at bu
ht sliuk in and out of the ruins Of build inc
$ which once startled the nations with fix
ir almost supernatural grandeur. off
ut here is a lesson which has never yet \
n drawn out. Do you not see in THAI exl
pile Of Diana an expression Of what con
world needs. It wants a God who can Ous
vide food. Diana was q huntress. In not
ures on many of the coins she held coli
, by the horn with one hand and It i
die OF arrows in the other. Oh, this is tioI
ungry world Diana could not give dea
pound Of meat or one mouthful flood flee
he millions Of her worshipers. She was Of
ad divinity, an imaginary god, and so tur
dolatrous lands the vast majority of nat
lie never have enough to eat It is only eros
le countries where the God of heaven pla,
earth is worshiped that the VAS. ma the
y have enough to eat. Let Diana have pini
arrows aud her hounds. Oar God has scat
sunshine and heshowers and the har- petr
5, and in proportion rs lac is worshiped on t
plenty reign. A
THE NEED OF REFUGE. suff
also in Che Temple OF piang the world VIII
essed its need Of n refuge To it from seat
'arts Of the land came debtors who by v
not pay their debts and the OfTond Also
the law that they might escape in eunl
ratiOn But she sheltered them only mos
tie while, aud while she kept them tion.
arrest she could not change their teml
IS and the guilty remained guilty veal
our God in Jesus Christ is refuge
which we may tly from all our sins
III our pulsuers, and not only be safe a
line, but safe for eternity, aud the s1sr' M,
Is pardoned and the nature Is trans @ VIM
ed. What Diam could not do for her l1l Deel
hipers, our Christ accom9lishes for us su.I'
Rock OF ages cleft for me, insisi
Let me hide myself 10 taco. ~ IT,,
,n. in that temple were deposited front
lres from all the earth for safe keep retro
ChrysOstom says it was the treasure bis n
Of nations; they brought gold aud ernd,
and precious stones and coronets its n,
across the sea, and put them under neste
ire Of Diana Of the Enbeslans But iowet
and again were those treasures ran. must
d, captured or destroyed Nero no n
d them, the Seythians scattered them, auree
ioths burned them. Diana failed witb
who trusted her with treasures, but maj I
iod, TO him we may intrust all our onsrn
Tres for this world and the next, and Lond
iy one who puts confidence Ia him he -
will After the last jasper column
lien, and the last temple on earth has
into ruins, and the world itself has i"'
ed demolition. the Lord will keep for mesfl
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