The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-12-18
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| '"N' N"yh' nave IouVht with
beasts Mt Ephcsus, IAN expression usual.
~ taken rs iigurativc, but | suppose Il
was literally true. for one Of the amuse.
ments mt that Stadiumwas to nut n dis
liked man in the arena with "A hungry
non or tlgcr or panther, and let the
hght go ON until either the man or tho
Oeast or both were slain. IL must have
been great fun for these hatcrs OF
Christianity To hear that on the morrow
III the Stadium in Ephcsus the mission.
airy Paul would, in the presence OF tho
| crowded galleries, fight hungry lion.
ne people were early there To get the
best seats, and "a more alert and cnthu.
slastic crowd never assembled. They
/ took their dinners with them. And
was there ever more unequal combat
/ proposed?
Paul, according 90 tradition. small,
/ crookcd-bacScd and weak eyed Tut the
/ grandcSt man in sixty centuries, is led
to the center as the people shout:
/ There hc comes, the preacher who has
nearly ruined our religion The lion
viii make but II brief mouthful Of him"
II. is plain that all the sympathics Of
that crowd are with the lion. In one
of the underground rooms hear the
Eruwl of the wild beasts They have
been kept for several days without food
or water, in order that they may be
especially ravcnous and bloodthrsty.
What chance is there for Paul? But
You can not tell 10y mans SIZE or looks
how stout a blow he can strike, or how
keen blade he can thrust.
Witness, Heaven and earth and hell,
this struggle of Paul with n wild beast.
The coolest man i'm the Stadium is
Paul What has he To fear? lie has
dcticd all the powers, earthly and in
formal, and If his body tumble under
the foot and tooth OF the wild beast,
his soul will only the sooner find olsen
thralmcnt But il is his duty, ms far
ms possible 10 preserve his life. Now,
! hear the bolt of the wild beasts
door shove back and the whole au-
dicnCc rise To their feet MS the fierce
brute springs for the arena and to.
ward its small occupant | think
that the first plunge that was made
10y the wild beast at the apostle was
made on the point Of II sharp blade,
and the snarling monster with n howl
of pain and rceking with gore turns
back
But now the little missionary has his
turn Of making attack, and with IA few
well directed thrusts the monster lies
dead in the dust OF the arena, and the
apostle puts his right foot on the lion
and shakes him, and then puts his left
foot on him and shakes nina scene
which Paul aftcrward uses for an illus
tration when he wants to show how
Christ will triumph over death: "llc
must reign until He hath put all
enemies under Ills feet yes under Ills
feet. Paul told the little truth when
he Said 81 have fought with beasts ut
Ephcsus, and rs the plural is used |
think he had more that one such fight,
or several beasts were let loose upon
him at one time. As we stood that day
in the middle of the Stadium and
looked around at the great structure
the whole scene came back upon us
But we pass out Of the Stadium. for
we are in haste for other places OF in
tcrcst in Ephcsus. TO add to the cx-
element of the day one Of our party
was missing No man is safe in that
region alone unless he be armed and
knows how To take sure aim and not
miss fire. Our companion, DIR. Louis
klopsch, now the publisher of the
Christian Herald, had gone out on some
explorations of his own, and through
the gate where Paul had walked again
and again, yet where no man unaccom-
panied should venture now. But, after
some time had passed and every min
ute seemed as long rs an hour, and we
had time To imagine every thing hor-
riblc in the way Of robbery and nssas
snation, the lost traveller appeared, To
receive from our entire party vollcy
of cXpostulation for the arousal of SO
many anXicttcS
In the midst Of this city OF Ephcsus
once noatcd an artificial lake brilliant
with painted boats, and through the
River Caystcrit was connected with the
sea, and ships from all parts OF the
known earth iloatcd in and out carry |
INC on "A commerce which made Ephc-
sus the envy Of the world. Great was
Ephcsus. Its gymnasia, it's hippo |
dromc. it's odcon, it's athcnmum, its |
forum, it's aqucducts (whosc skeletons
are stpll strcwn along the city, its tow
crs. it's castle OF Iladrian, Its monument |
Of Adroclus, its quarries, which were
the granite cradles of cities, its tenn
piles, milt To Apollo, TO Minerva, To |
Neptune, 10 Mercury, To Bacchus, to |
Hercules, to CAESAR, to Fortune, to Jup' |
tier Olympus What history and poe
try and chisel and canvas have not pre-
scented has come up at the call OF
..i...1ly,.i.,.' ,,n,ylar blast and CROW. |