The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-18

wealth for the cities Of Asia Minor In
the great stones from the
quarry TO their destined places In tne
temple, il was necessary, In order 70
keep the wheels, which wers twelve feet
in diameter, from sinking deep into the
earth nnder the unparalleled heft, that
frame Of timbers be arranged over
which the wheels rolled. To put the
immense block OF marble in It's place
over the doorway Of one OF these tenn
pies was SO vast and difficult an under
taking that the architect at one time
gave it up, and in his chagrin intended
suicide. but one night in his sleep ne
dreamt that the stone had settled 70 the /
right place, and the next day be 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-five feet long
by two hundred and twenty feet wide.
All Asia was taxed TO pay for 1t II
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 Revelations
Just as king presenting one OF these
pillars to the temple Of Diana had his
own name chiseled on It and the name
OF his own country, so says Chrlst'
"Him that overcometh will ! make
pillar in the temple of my God, and
will write upon him the name OF my
God and the name Of the city OF my
God, which is New Jerusalem, and
will write upon him my new name.
How suggestive and beautiful
In addition to those pillars that
climbed over while amid the ruins OF
Diana's temple, saw afterwards eight
of those pillars at Constantinople, TO
which city they had been removed, and
now a part of the Mosque OF St sophia
These eight columns are all green Jas
per. 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 ca we'd out of one grapevine.
Doors of cyprus wood, which had been
kept glued for years and bordered with
bronze in bas-relief, swung against pill
lars of brass, and resounded with echo
upon echo, caught up and sent on. and
hurled back through the corridors In
that building stood an image Of Diana,
the goddess The impression was
abroad, as the Bible records, that that
image had dropped plumb outof Heaven
into that temple, and the sculptors who
really made the statue or image were
put TO death so that they could not tes'
: tify Of its human manufacture
and so deny its celestial origi1
: Il was thought by intelligent peo
pie that the material from which
| this idol was formed might hav'
| dropped out OF heaven as an aerolite
I We have seen in the British Museum
S and in universities Of our own west
E blocks OF stone hurled off from othe
G worlds. These aerolites were seen Y
h fall. and witnesses have gone 70 tn
n landing places, and scientists have pro
+ nounced them TO be the product
Il other worlds But the material out o
= which the image Of Diana was fash
d ioned contradicts that notion. This i'm
r ace was carved out of ebony and punci
5 ured here and there with openings KEEP
o full OF spikenard SO rs TO hinder tn
y statue from decaying and make It arc
% matte, but this ebony was covered wit
bronze aud alabaster. A necklace
Is acorns coiled gracefully around hei
1t There were four lions on each arm, tyI
10 ical of strength Her head was core
Ie netted. Around this figure stood stat
10 ues which by wonderful invention she
y tears. The air by strange machiner
Is was damp with descending perfumes
IS The walls multiplied the scene by cor
G, cave mirrors Fountains tossed !
Is sheaves Of light and fell in show
II ers of diamonds. Praxiteles, the sculI
Is tor. and Apelles the painter, filed tn
a. place with their triumphs Cresus, tn
lie wealthiest OF the ancients, put here an
$, there in the temple golden heifers Tn
e, paintings were SO vivid and hfelike thi
TO Alexander, who was moved at nothin
s. of terror. shuddered at one battle seen
I'd on the walls, and so true 10 life was
Up painting OF horse that when Alexai
er der's horse was led mp TO II, he began
neigh, as one horse is accustomed
ef greet another One painting In thu
IS, temple cost sl93,750 The treasures
w. all nations and the spoils OF kingdom
10 were kept here for safe deposi
he Criminals from all lands fed 10 u
or shelter Of this temple, and the law coul
or not touch them. II seemed almo
ed strange that this mountain OF arch
he tectural snow outside did not melt vii
er the fres Of color within. The temp
i'd was surrounded with groves, In whis
It's roamed for the temptation OF hunte
nd stays and hares and wild boars and q
st STYLES OF game, whether winged
at four-footed. There was cave Wi
|, 1 statue so intensely brilliant that II e
N, tinguishcd the eyes OF those who look
he upon IL, unless, at the command Of u
Of priests, the hand OF the spectator som
nd what shaded the eyes No wonder tb
es even Anthony and Alexander Al
ng Darius cried out In the words Of n
its text: "Great Is Diana Of the Ephe
ed ians." One whole month Of each yea
DE the month OF May, was devoted TO h
he worship. PROFESSIONS in garbs Of purp
M and violet and scarlet moved throui
as IL. and there were torches and anthem
IN. and choIrs In white. and timbrels Al
III triangles in music, sacrifices and dancs
en- Here young men and maidens were I
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