Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-20

umns i said, what earthquake rocked /
down, or what hurricane pushed it to tn
earth, or unier what strong wine of centlr
les did the giant stagger and fally' Their
have been seven temples of Diam, the ruin
of each contributing something for tn
splenior OF its architectural successors
Two hundred and twenty years was this las
temple in construction. Twice as long a
the United States have stood was that TEN
pie in building. 1t was nearly twice as larg
as St. Paups Cathedral London. Lest
should be disturbed by earthquakes, whic.
have always been fond Of making those re
gions their playground, the temple was bull
on marsh, which was made firm by layers
of charcoal, covered by heeces Of wool. Tn
stone came from the quarry near by.
After it was decreed to build the temD'e il
was thought it would be necessary to brlnl
the building stone from other lands, but ont
day a shepherd by the name of Pixo1orus
while watching his iocks, saw two ram
fighting and as they missed the interlocIine
of their horns and one fell his horn knocked
a splinter from the rock and showed by thai
splinter the lustrcus whiteness of the rock
| The shepherd ran to the city with piece o
that stone, which revealed n quarry from
which place the temple was built and every
month in all ages since the Mayor O
! Ephesus goes to that quarry TO offer sacrl
fees to the memory of that shepherd witt
discovered this source Of splendor an
wealth of the cities of Asia Minor.
in removing 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 un
paraleed heft, that a frame Of timbers be
arranged over which the wheels rolled To
/ put the immense block of marble in its place
! over the doorway of one of these temples
was 50 vast and difficult an undertaking that
| the architect at one time gave it up, and in
| his chagrin attempted suicide, but one night
in his sleep he dreamed 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 hundre and
twenty-five feet long by two hundred and
twenty five feet wide. All Asia was taxed
to pay for it. It had one hundred and
twenty-seven pillars, each sixty feet high
and each the gift of king and inscribed
with the name Of the donor. Now you sea
the meaning Of that passage in Revelation,
lust as a king presenting one of these pillars
to the Temple of Diana had his own name
chiseIed on it and the name OF his own
country, so says Christ, Him that over
cometh will make pillar in the temple OF
Nv God. and will write upon him the mime
of Nv God and the name of the city OF My
God. which is New Jerusalem, and Will
write upon Him My new name How sug
gestive and beautiful
IN addition 10 those pillars that ciimbei
over while amid the ruins OF DianAs temple,
1 saw afterward eight of those pillars Of
Constantinople. to which city they had been
removed. an are now a part Of the Mosque
Of st. Sophia Those eight columns are all
green JASPER. but some of those which stool
in Diana's temple az Ephesus We're fairly
drenched with brilliant colors. Costly met
ais stood 10 in various parts of the temple,
where they could catch the fullest Hush OF
the sun. A fight OF stairs was carved out
OF ono grapevine. Doors OF cypress wood,
which had been kepj IN glue for years aud
bordered with bronze in ba, relief, swun :
against pillars of bras, and res1un1ed with
echo upon echo, caught up aud sent on AMI
hurled back through the corridors.
In that building stool an image Of Diana,
the goddess. The impression was abroad as
the Bible records that that image had
dropped plumb ont o. heaven into that
temple. and the sculptorS VINO really made
the image were put to death, so that they
rOllQ nor It-tltI OL is uu-il-tl ihAbAtfANf'At z
and 50 DENY its celestial origin. 1t wa;
thought by int .lligent people that the ma
terial from which tnis idol was formed might
have dropped ont OF heaven as an aerollte
We have seen in the British museum, and in
universities of oar Own west. blocks OF stone
hurled Of from Other worlds These aero
lites were seen b fall. and witnesses have
gone 10 the landing places, and scientists nave
pronounced them 70 10 the product OF other
world
But the material out ol watch the image
of Diana was fashioned contradicts that
notion. This image was carve out OF ebony
and puncturel here and there with openings
kent full Of sp;keaari 50 as = hinder the
statue from decaying AMI make 1t aromatic,
but this ebony was covered with bronze ana
alabas.er. 4 necklace of acorns collet grace
fully arouu1 her. There were four lions on
each arm, typical OF strength. Her heal
was coroneCe1. Around this figure stood
statues which by wonderful invention She l
tears. The air By strange machinery was
damp with Discerning periun .. The walls
multiplied the scene by conceived mirrors,
Fountains tossed in sdeaves OF light and tell
in showers OF diamonds
Praxiteles, the sculptor. AMI Apalles' tns
Dainter. fllel the place with their trlumohs.
Croesus. the wealthiest of the ancient out
hsra and there in the temple golden he 5.
Tae paintings were 50 vivid an1 lltellke that
Alexander who was novel at nothing OF
terror. shuddered at one battle scene on thes9
walls. and so true II IL was painting o. a
horse that wnen Alexalier's horse was lei
IN toit be BEGAN t. neigh, as one horse IS &C
cistome1 TO greet another. Ole painting IN
that temnle COST $l93. 80 The treasures oil
ali nations aud the spols OF kingdoms wer1
kent here for safe deposit Criminals from
ali lands fed to the shelter OF this temple,
and the law couldnot touch them. 1t seemed
almost strange that this mountain OF aren't
tectural snow outside did not melt Win the
fires of color within.
The temple was surrounded with groves,
in which roame1 for the temptation o,
hunters, stays an hares and wild ooars, an.
all STYLES OF game, whether winged or four
foote1. There was cave with statue 50
intensely brilliant that it extingulshe1 the
eve of those who looked upon it, unless al
the command of the priest, the hand OF the
spectator somewhat shaded the eye.
No wonder that even Anthony aud Alex
ander AMI Darius cried out in the words oil
my text, Great is Diana Of the Ephe
SLAMS
One whole month OF eacl year, the month
OIL NAV. WAS fftNOAt.l ~ ifi WI Siiiffs 4 ~
cessions in CARDS Of purple AMI violet and
scarlet moved through it, end there were
torches an1 anthems AMI c1oirs in white,
and tmbrels AMI triangles in music, sacri-
fees AMI dances. Nations voted large
amounts TO meet toe expense Of the worship.
Fisheries OF vast resources were devoted to
the support of this resplendence. Horace
and Virgil and Homer went into rhapsodles
while describing this worship.
All artists. all arch@olog ST., all centuries.
agreed saying. Great is Diana OF the
Ephesians" Paul, in the presence OF this
Temple Of Diana. Incorporates it in his hg-
ures of speech while speaking OF the spiritual
temple Now. if any man build upon this
foundation, gold silver, precious stones,
etc, and no doubt with reference to one OF
the previous temples wnf~l had been set on
fire by Herostratus just for the fame OF de-
stroying it, Paul says, IF any mans wor1
shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, etc,
and all up aud down Pauls writings you
realize that he had not only seen, bu, had
been nightly impressed with what he had
seen OF the Temple Of Diana.
In this city the mother OF Jesus was said
to have been buried. Here dwelt Aqlilla
and Priscilla OF Bible mention, wh) were
professors in an extemporizsd theological
seminary and they taught the eloquent
Apollos how to be eloquent for Christ.
Here John preached, and from here because
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