Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-25

my new name" How suggestive 49,
beautiful? In addition TO these pill.-.
that climbed over while amid IN.
ruins of Diana's Temple, saw After.
ward eight of those pillars Mt Constant.
inople. to which city they had been r..
moved and are now n part of thu
Mosque OF St Sophia Those eight
columns are all green jasper. but some
of those which stood in Dana's Temple
at Ephcsus were fairly drenchcd with
brilliant colors Costly metals stood
in various parts of the temple.
where they could catch the fullest fiush
of the sun.
A flight of stairs was car ved out %
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. sent on. and hurled back through
the corridors In that building stood
nm image of Diana, the goddess. The
impression was abroad rs the Bible re-
cords, that that image had dropped
plumb out of Heaven into the temple.
and the sculptors who really made
the statue or image were nut
~ 0NesAa. 81 ehat butl tOulu not lCS-
tify to its human manufacture and SO
deny its celestial origin. 1t was thought
by intelligent people that the material
from which this idol was formed might
have dropped out of Heaven rs an aero
lite.
We have seen in the British Museum,
and in universities in our own West
blocks of stone hurled of from other
worlds. These aerolites were seen to
fall, and witnesses have gone to tho
landing places, and scientists have pro-
nounced them to be the product of 9TH
cr worlds But the material out OF
which the image of Diana was fashion
ed contradicts that notion. This image
was'carved out of ebony. and punctur
ed hero and there with openings kept
full of spilSenard SO as TO hinder the
statue from decaying and make IL arc
matte, but this ebony was covered with
bronze and alabaster. A necklace of
acorns coiled around her. There were
four lions on each arm. typical Of
strength. Her head was coroneted.
Around this figure stood statues
which by wonderful invention shed
tears. The air. by strange machinery,
was damp with descending perfumes
Tho walls multiplied the scene by con-
cavcd mirrors -Four tains tossed in
sheavcs of light and fell in showers Of
diamonds Praxiteles, the sculptor.
and Apelles, the painter, filed the place
with their triumphs. Cr9sus, the
wealthicst of the ancients, put hero
and there in the temple golden hcifcrs
The paintings were so vivid and life
like that Alexander. who was moved at
nothing of terror, shuddered Mt ono bat
tie scene on these walls, and so true to
life was painting of "A horse that when
Alexnnder's horse was led up to IL he
began to neigh. as one horse Is accus-
toned to greet another. One painting
in that temple cost Si93. $50.
The treasures of all nations and the
spoils of kingdoms were kept hero for
safe deposit Criminals from all lands
fled to the shelter of this temple and
the law could not touch them. 1t SEEM
ed almost strange that this mountain of
architectural snow outside did not melt
with the fires of color within. The
temple was surrounded with groves, in
which roamed for the temptation of
the hunters, stays and hares and wild
boars, and all styles of game, whether
winged or four footed. There was q
cave with statue so intensely brilliant
that it extinguished the eyes of those
who looked upon it. unless at the
command OF the priests, the hand of
the spectator somewhat shaded the
eyes No wonder that even Anthony
and Alexander ard Darius cried out in
the words of my text: Great is Diana
of the Ephesians" Ono whole month
of 81, -
voted to her worship. Processions in
CARDS of purple and violet and scarlet
moved through IL, and there were
torches, and anthems, and choirs in
white, and timbrels and triangles in
music, sacrifices and dances. Hero
young men and maidcns were betrothed
with imposing ceremony. Nations
voted large amounts to meet the ex-
pense of the worship. Fisheries of vast
resource were devoted to the support OF
this resplendence Horace and Virgil
and Homer went into rhapsodies while
describing this worship. All artists,
arch@ologists, all centuries, agreed In
saying: Great Is Diana OF the Ephe-
slams"
Paul in the presence of this temple of
Diana incorporates IL in his figures of
speech while speaking of the spiritual
temple; Now, II any man build upon
this foundation, gold. silver, precious
stones, etc" and no doubt with refer
ence to one of the previous temples
which had been set on fire by Hero
stratus just for the fun OF destroying IL
Paul says: IF any mans work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss, etc.
and all up and down Pauls writings
you realize that he had not only seen.
but 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 dweit
AquillA and Priscilla of Bible mention.
who were professors in an extempor-
lied theological seminary. and they
taught the eloquent Apollos how to be
eloquent for Christ Here John preach
ed aud from hc-c because of his fidel-
ity ne was oxiied to Patmos. Here
Paul warred against the magical arts
for which Ephcsus was famous The
sorcerers OF this city pretended that
they could cure diseases. and perform
almost any miracle, by pronounciug