Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-21

and hot bath taken four or nve Times
day. When the keeper Of the baths was rep
rirnanded for not having them warm enough
one of the rulers said, "You blame him for
making the bath warm enough; blame you
because you have it warm at all.
But that warm bath which enervated
Ephesus, and which is always ensryaing ex-
cept when followed by cold baths tno refer
ence, of course, to delicate constitutions,
was only type of what went on in all de-
partments OF Ephesian life. and in luxurious
indulgence Ephesus fell, and the last triangle
Of music was tinkled in Dianas temple, and
the last wrestler disappeared from her gym
nasiums, and the last racer took his garland
In the Stadium, and the last plea was heard
In her Forum, and even the sea, as If to
withdraw the last commercial opportunity
from that metropolis, retreated down the
beach, leaving her without the harbor in
which had fioated thousand ships. Brook
Ign, New YORK, London AMI all modern cit
les, cisatlantic and transatlantic, take warn
iHgi What luxury unguarded did for Ephe-
sus luxury unguaried may do for all. Opu-
lence and splendor God grant to all the peo-
pie, to all the cities, to all the land, but at
the same time, may He grant the righteous
uss of them
Gymnasiumss Yes, but see that the yigor
gained in them be consecrated to God. Mag
nificent temples of Worship Yes but see that
in them instead of conyentionalities and cold
pomp of service there be warmth of devotion
and the pure Gospel preached. Imposing
court houses? Yes but in them let justice
and mercy rule. Palaces of journalism Yes
but let all the printing presses be marshaled
Tor happiness and truth. Great postoffice
buildings Yes, but through them day by
day, may correspondence helpful, eievating
and moral pass. Ornate dwelling housess
Yes, but in them let there be affairs of de-
votion, and conjugal, filial, paternal and
Christian fidelity rule. London for magni-
tude, Berlin for universities, Paris for
fashions Rome for cathedrals, Athens for
classics, Thebes for hieroylyphics, Memphis
for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephesus for
idolatry. but what shall be the characters.
tics of our American cities when they shall
have attained their full staturey Would
that holiness to the Lord might be in
scribed upon all our municipalities. One
thing is certain, and that is that all idolatry
must come down. When the greatest god
dess OF the earth, DIANA enshrina1 in the
greatest temple that ever stood, was pros
tratsd at Ephesus, it was a prophecy Of the
overthrow of all the idolatries that have
cursed the earth, and anything we love more
than God is an idol, and there is as much
idolatry in the Nineteenth century as III the
First, and in Americi as in Asia.
As our train pulled ont from the station
at Ephesus, the cars surrounded by the
worst looking group Of villains l ever gazsd
on, all of them seeming in a wrangle with
each other and trying to get into wraugle
with us, and we moved along the columns of
ancient aqueducts, each column crowned
with storks, having built their nests there,
and we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and
that night in sailors bethel as we spoke
of the Christ whom the world must know or
perish, we felt that between cradle and
grave there could not be anything much
more enthralling for body, mind and soul
than our visit to Ephesus.