The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-21

4 tercst In Ephcsu& To ada 70 the OK
| element of the day one OF our party
| was missing. No man u sale In that
| region alone unless he be armed and
know how TO take sure aim and not
miss fire. Our companion, Dr. Louis
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 unaccompanied should adj
venture now. But. after some time
had passed. ana every minute seemed
as long as an hour, and we had time
To imngine everything horrible in the
, way OF robbery and assassination. the
lost tray cler appeared. TO receive from
our entire party yoilcy OF expostula-
ton for the arousal of stmany ankle
ties
But have now Co unveil the chief
wonder of the chicfest OF cities In
lsh3, under the patronage of the En-
elish government, Mr.. Wood, the ex-
plorcr began at Ephesus to feel along
the ground at great depths for roads,
for walls, for towers, and here IL is
that for which Ephesus was more col
ebrated than all else beside -the tenn
pie OF the goddess Diana. called the
sixth wonder OF the world, and in lss9
we stood amid the ruins OF that tenn
pie, measuring its pillars, transfixed
by its sculpture, and confounded at
what was the greatest temple OF idola-
try in all time. AS sat on piece OF
one OF its fallen columns. said, what
earthquake rocked IL down or what hur-
ricane pushed IL To the earth, or under
what strong wine of centuries did the
\ giant stagger and fall2" There have
been seven temples OF Diana. the ruins
of each contributing something to the
| spiendor OF all its architectural sue
cessors. Two hundred and twenty
years was this last temple in construc-
ton Twice as long as the United
States have stood was that temple in
building. IL was nearly twice as large
as 81. Pauls cathedral, LONDON Lest
il should be disturbed by earthquakes.
which have always been fond of max
ing those regions their playground,
! the temple was built on n marsh
which was made firm by layers of
charcoal covered bv fieeces OF wool.
In removing the great stones from
the quarry TO their destined places in
the temple. IL was necessary, in order
10 keep the wheels, which were twelve
| feet in diameter, from sinking deep
into the earth under the unparalleled
heft, that frame of timbers be ar
ranged over which the wheels rolled.
To put : G immense block of marble
in its place over the doorway OF one of
these temples was so vast and difficult
an undertaking that the architect at
one time gave IL up, and Ia his chagrin
! intended suicide, but one night in his
sleep he dreamt that the stone had set
tied to the right place ana the
next day he found that the
great block OF marble had
| by its own weight settled u
the right place. The temple Of Diana
WAS 425 feet long by 2sO feet wide All
Asia was taxed To pay for it. IL had
i27 pillars, each 60 feet high. and each
the gift OF a King, and inscribed with
the name OF the donor. Now you see
the meaning OF that passage IN Revela-
ton, just As King presenting one OF
these pillars TO the temple of Diana
had his own name chiselled on IL and
the name OF his own country, so says
! Christ: "llIm that overcometh Will
make a 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"
Ii w suggestive and beautiful
But an the glory OF Ephesus have
described has gone now. At some SCI
sons of the year awful malarias sweep
over the place n put upon mattrass
or in graves large portion of the pop
u alton. In the approximate marshes
scorpions. centipedes and all forms OF
reptilian life crawl and hiss and sting,
while hyenas and jackals at night stink
in and out of the ruins OF buildings
1 III ut.rtlod hn xrttI.
their aim st supernatural grandeur.
But here is lesson which has never
yet been drawn out. DO you not see
in that Temple of Diana an expression
of what the world needs, IL wants o
God who can provide food Diana was
n huntress. In pictures on many of
the stays she held stan by the horn
with one hand and bundle OF arrows
in the other oh, this Is hungry
world. Diana could not give
one pouno OF meat or one mouth.
full OF food to the millions OF her
worshippers She was n dead divinity.
an imaginary God, and so in idolatrous
lands the vast majority OF people never
have enough 10 eat 1t Is only in the
countries where the God of heaven and
earth is worshippsd that the vast ma
iority have enough TO cat Let Diana
nave Nor HTFOWt anu ltI nOuuuHt our
God has the sunshine, and the showers
and the harvests. and in proportion as
he is worshipped does plenty reign.
so also in the Temple OF Diana the
world expressed its need of refuge.
To il from all ports OF the land came
debtors who could not pay their debts
and the offenders of the Jaw that they
might escape Incarceration. But she
sheltered them only n little while. and
while she kept them from arrest she
could not change their hearts and the
guilty remained guilty. hut our God
In Jesus Christ Is "a refuge into which
we may fly from all our sins and all
our pursuers. and not only be safe for
time but safe for eternity. and the
gui ~ pardoned and the nature Is
transformed. " hat Diana could not
co for her worIhipers, our Christ ac-
complishes for us.
Rock OF ages cleft for me-
Let me hide myself Ia thee.
Then, in that temple were deposited
trcasurers from all the earth for safe
keeping. Chrysostom says IL was the
treasurer. house of nations; they
bro ght gold and silver and precious
stones and coronets from across the
nd E.stt hat a