The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-12-18

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the law could not touch them IL seem.
ed almost strange that this mountain OF
architectural snow outside did not melt
with the fires Of color within. Tho
temple was surrounded with groves In
which roamcd for the temptation Of
the hunters, stays and hares and wild
boarS and all styles OF game, whether
winged or four.footcd There was n
cave with statue 30 intensely brilliant
that IL cxtinguishcd the eyes OF those
who looked upon H. unless, NJ tho
command OF the priests, the hand of
the spectator somewhat shaded tho
cycs No wonder that even Anthony
and Alexander and Darius cried out In
the words Of my text: Great IL Diana
OF the Ephcsians" One whole month
of each year, the month Of May was dee
voted To her worship, PROFESSIONS In
garbs of purple and violet aud scarlet
moved through IL, and there were
torches, and anthems, and choirs In
white, aud tmbrcls and trinngles In
music, sacrifices and dances Here
young men and mnidcns were betrothcd
with imposing ceremony. Nations
pcnsc of tho worship. Fisheries of vast
resource were devoted To the support OF
this rcsplcndcnce Horace and Virgil
and Homer went into rhapsodics while
describing this worship All artists,
archWologists, 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, il any man build upon
this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones etc" and no doubt with refer
cncc TO one Of the previous temples
which had been set on fire by Hero
stratus just for the fun OF destroying IL,
Paul says: III any mans work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss, etc"
and all up and down Paurs writings
you realize that no had not only seen,
but had been nightly impressed with
what ho had seen of the Temple OF
Diana
In this city the mother OF Jesus was
said To- have been buried Here dwrlt
Aquilla and Priscilla Of Bible mention,
who were professors in an cxtempor-
lied theological seminary, and they
taught the eloquent Apoilos how TO bo
eloquent for Christ Here John preach.
ed, and from here because of his idcl.
ity he was cxilcd to Patmos. Here
Paul warred against the magical arts
for which EphcSus was famous The
sorccrcrs OF this city pretended that
they could cure diseases, and perform
almost any miracle, by pronouncing
these scnsclcss words: Ask Catasld
Lix Tetrax Damnamcncus Aision.
Paul having performed II miracle in the
name of Jesus, there wasa living family
Of seven brothers who initiated the
Apostle, and instead OF their usunl
words OF incnntation used the word
Jesus over Il man who was possessed OF
IA devil and the man possessed flew mt
them in great iiicrccncss and nearly
tore these frauds 10 pieces, and In con
sequence all up and down the streets Of
Ephcsus there was Indignation excited
against tho magical arts and great
bonfire of magical books was lNndlcd
in the streets, and the people stirred the
blaze until SIS 900 worth of black art
literature was burned To ashes
But, all the glory Of Ephcsus have
described has gone now. AZ some sca.
sons OF the year awful malnrins sweep
over the place and put upon mattress
or in graves IA large portion OF the pop
uation In the approximate marshes
scorpions, ccntipcdcs and all forms of
rcptilian life crawl and hiss and sing.
while hycnas and jackalls ut night
stink In aud out Of the ruins OF build
tions with their almost su.
pcrnaturnl grandeur But here
Is lesson which never has yet been
drawn out DO you not sec In that
temple Of Diana an expression Of what
the world needs? II wants IA God who
can provide food. Diana was huntress
In pictures on many OF the coins
she held stag 10y the horn with one
hand and bundle OF arrows in tho
other. oh, this IN u hungry world!
Diana could not give one pound Of
meat, or one mouthful Of food To the
millions OF her worshipers. She was
dead divinity, an imaginary god and 80
In dolatrous hands the vast majority OF
people never have enough % eat IL II
only in the countries where the God OF |
Heaven and earth is worshipcd that tho |
vast majority have enough Ia eat Let |
Diana have her arrows and her hounds;
our God has the sunshine and the show.
ers and the harvests, and In proportion
as lie Is worshiped does plenty reign.
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