The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16

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Now hear the bolt Of the wild beasts door
shove hack. aud the whole audlence rise 70
their feet as the fierce brute springs Tor the
arana and toward its small occupant
think the first plunge that vas made oy the
wild beast at the apostle was made on tne
v,oint of a sharp blade, and the snarlng
monster. with a howl Of pain and reeklng
with gore. turns back. But now the little
missionary has his turn Of making attack.
and with a few well-directed thrusts the
monster lies dead in the dust OF the
arena, and the apostle puts his right
foot on the lion and shakes niD,
and then puts his left foot on him ana
shakes him-a scene which Paul after~ard
uses for an illustration when be wants 70
show how Christ will triumph over DEAN
HE must reign till he hath put all enemies
under bis feet" yes, under his feet faui
told the literal truth when be said: nave
fought with beasts at Epbesus, ana as the
plural is used l think he had more than one
such fight, or several beasts were iet LOOSE
mon him at one time. As we stood that day
in the middle of the stadium ana looked
around at the great structure, the whole
scene came back upon US.
But we pass out Of the stadium, for we
are in haste for other places OF interest In
Ephesus To add TO the exc tement OF the
day one OF our party was missing; NO man
is safe in that region alone unless ne be
armed and know how to take sure aim and
NOT miss fire. Our companion, DIR. Louis
Klopsch, now the publisher Of the Christian
Herald, had gone out on some explorations
of his own, and through the gate where
Paul had walked again and again, yet
where no man unaccompanied should adj
venture now But, after some time had
passed. and every minute seemed as long as
an hour, and we had time to imagine every
thing horrible in the way OF robbery and
assassination, the lost traveller appeared, to
receive from our entire party volley of
expostulaHon for the arousal of so many
anxieties.
In the midst Of this city Of Ephesus once
hoated an artificial lake, brilliant with
pal ted boats, and through the river Gays
ter it was connected with the sea, aud ships
from all parts of the known earth doated
in and out, carrying on a commerce which
made Ephesus the envy of the world. Great
was Ephesusl Its gymnasia, its hippo
drome. its odeon. its Athena lm, its forum +,
its aqueduct Whose skeletons are still
strewn along the city,, its towers, its castle
of Hadrian, its monument OF Androclus. fits
Quarries which we're the granite cradle OF
cities, its temples, built to Apollo, to Mi
nerva, 20 Neptune, to Mercury, to Bacchus,
70 Hercules. to Caesar, TO Fortune, to Jupi-
ter Olympus. What history and poetry
and chisel and canvas have not presented
has come up at the call OF archGologists'
powder-blast and crowbar.
But have now to unveil the chief won
der Of this chiefest Of cities. In 1858, under
the patronage of the English government,
Mr. Wood, the explorer. began at Ephesus
to feel along under the ground at great
depths for roads, for walls. for towers, and
here it is-that for which Ephesus was more
celebrated than all else beside-the temple
of the goddess Diana, called the sixth won
der of the world, and in 1889 we stood amid
the ruins of that temple. measuring its
pillars, transfixed by its sculpture, and con-
founded at what was the greatest temple
OF idolatry in all time. AS l sat on a piece
of one Of its fallen columns, | said "What
earthquake rocked it down, or what urri-
cane pushed 1t to the earth, or under what
strong wine of centuries did the giant stag
ger and falls" There have been seven
temples of Diana, the ruins of each con-
tributing something for the splendor Of all
its architectural successors. Two hundred
and twenty years was this last temple in
construction. Twice as long as the
United States have stood was that
temple in building. IL was nearly twice as
large as St Pauls cathedral, London. Lest
it should be disturbed by earthquakes,
which have always been fond Of making
those regions their play ground the temple
was built on a marsh which was made firm
by layers of charcoal covered by heeces of
wool. The stone came from the quarry
near by. After it was decreed to build the
temple, 10 was thought it would be neces-
sary to bring the building stone from other
lands, but one day shepherd by the name
of Pixodorus, while watching his focks,
saw two rams fighting, and as they
missed the interlocklng OF their horns
and one fell, his horns knocked a splin-
ter from the rock and showed by that
splinter the lustrous Wilderness of the rock.
The shepherd ran to the city with piece of
that stone. which revealed a quarry from
which place the temple was built, and every
month In all ages since, the mayor OF
Ephesus goes to that quarry to offer sacri-
fees to the memory of that shepherd who
discovered this source of splendor and
wealth for the cities of Asia Minor. In re-
moving the great stones from the quarry to
their destined places in the temple, it was
necessary, in order to keep the
wheels, which were twelve feet in
diameter, from sinking deep into
the earth under the unparalleled helt, that
a frame OF timbers be arranged over which
the wheels rolled To put the immense
block OF marble in It's place over the door
way OF one of these temples was so vast and
difficult an undertaking that the architect
at one time gave it up, and In his chagrin
intended suicide but one night in his sleep
he dreamt that the stone had settled to the
right place, and the next day he found that
the great block OF marble had by its own
weight settled to the right place. The temple
OF Diana was four hundred and twenty-fve
feet long by two hundred and twenty feet
wide. All Asia was taxed TO pay for it.
1t had one hundred and twenty-seven pill
lars, each sixty feet high, and each the gift
OF king, and inscribed with the name of
the donor. Now you see the meaning of
that passage In Revelation, Just as a king
presenting one Of these pillars to the tenn
pie of Diana had his own name ohiselled on
It and the name of his own country, so saws
Christ: him that overcometh will make
a pillar in the temple of my God, and will
write upon him the name of nv God and
the name OF the city OF my God, which ia
New Jerusalem, and l will write upon him
my new name" Bow suggestive and beau
tifull
In addition to those pillars that climbed
over while amid the ruins of Diana's tenn
pie, saw afterward eight OF those pillars
at Constantinople, to which CITY they had
been removed. and are now a part of thu
Mosque of St. Sophia. Those eight columns
are all green jasper, but some of those which
stood in Diana's temple at Ephesus were
fairly drenched with brilliant colors.
Costly metals stood up in various parts
OF the temple where they could catch
the fullest flush of the sun. A flight of
stairs was carved out of one grape vine.
Doors f cypress wood, which had been
kept In glue for years and bordered with
bronze in bas-relief swung against pillars
OF brass, and resounded with echo upon