The Princeton union., 1891-11-26

tecVufal 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 1t was nearly
twice as large as st Paul's Cathedral,
London. Lest it should be disturbed
by earthquakes, which have always
been fond Of making those regions
their play ground, the temple Wns
built on q marsh, which was made
firm by layers Of charcoal COW
cred by feeces of wool. The stone
came from the quarry near by. After
it was decreed to build the temple, it
was thought it would be necessary
to bring the building stone from other
lands, but one day a shepherd by the
name OF Plxodorus, while watching
his flock, saw two rams fighting, and
as they missed the interlocking of
their horns and one fell his horn
knocked a splinter from the rock and
showed by that splinter the lustrous
whlteness 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 sacrifices to the memory of
that shepherd who discovered this
source OF splendor and wealth for the
cities Of Asia Minor. The temple OF
Diana was 425 feet long by 22O feet
| wide. All Asia was taxed to pay for
it. 1t had 127 pillars, each go feet
high and each the gift of a king, and
inscribed with the name Of the donor.
Now you see the meaning uf that
passage in Revelation, just as king
| presenting one Of these pillars to the
temple OF Diana had his own name
chiseled on it and thenam Of his own
country, SO says Christ, "Him that
overcometh will make a pillar in the
temple Of my God, and I will write up
on him the name OF my God and the
name OF the city of my God, which
is New Jerusalem, and / will write up
on him my new NAME" How suggest
i've and beautiful!
In addition to those pillars that ]
climbed over while amid the
! RUINS OF DIANA's TEN PIE,
I saw afterwards eight OF those pillars
at Constantinople, to which city they
| had been removed, and are now a part
OF the 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 o1
the temple, where they could catch the
fullest flush Of the sun. A flight o
stairs was carved out Of one grape
vine Doors of cypress wood, which
| had been kept in glue for years AND
bordered with bronze in bas-relief
swung against pillars Of brass, and re
sounded with echo upon echo, caught
up, and sent on, and hurled back
! through the corridors. In the build
ing stood an image Of Diana, the god
dess. The impression was abroad, al
the Bible records, that that image ha6
dropped plumb out of heaven into
that temple, and the sculptors who
really made the statue or image wer,
put to death, SO that, they could MOI
i testify <ofsits human manufacture ant
j so deny it's celestial origin It wa!
thought by intelligent people that tn,
materialfrom which thisidol was form
ed might have dropped out Of heaven a.
aerolite We have seen in the British
Museum, and in universities OF ou.
own West, blocks Of stone hurled OF
from other worlds. These aerolite
were seen to fall, and witnesses hay,
gone to the landing-ple and scien
fists have pronounced them to be tn.
product of other worlds. But th4
materials out of which the image o
Diana was fashioned contradicts tha
motion. This image was carved oul
of ebony and punctured here an(
! there with openings kept full of Spike
nard so as to hinder the statue iron
decaying and make it aromatic, bu
this ebony was covered with bronz
and alabaster. A necklace OF acorn
coiled gracefully around her: Ther
were four lions on each arm, typica
OF strength. -
HER HEAD WAS C0RONETTED.
Around this figure stood statues whic]
by wonderful invention shed tears
The air by strange machinery wa
damp with descending perfumes. Th
walls multiplied the scene by concav
mirrors. Fountains tossed In shad
ows Of light and fell in showers OF dia
8 monds., Praxitleies the sculptor, am
Apelles, the painter, filled the plac
J; with. their triumphs. Crosus, tn
wealthiest OF the 1ncients, put her
and there in the temple golden heifers
The paintings were SO vivid and Life
like that Alexander, who was move
!, at nothing OF terror, shuddered a
one battle scene on these walls, an
so true to life was a painting of
horse that when Alexander's hors
!, was led up to it, he began to neigh, a
one horse is accustomed to gree
! another. One painting in tina
temple cost $193,75O. The treasure
, Of all nations and the spoils OF kin!
!, doms were kept here for safe deposit
] Criminals from all lands fled to tn
shelter Of this temple and the la
could not touch them. It SCENE
. almost strange that this nnountai
: OF architectural snow outside did nc
: melt with the fires OF color within
t The temple was surrounded wit
i groves, in which roamed the tempts
t tion Of hunters, stays and hares an
t wild boars and all styles Of gam
q whether winged or fourfooted. The1
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