The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-11-19

antnems, ana cilofrs In white and tim
brels and triangies In music, sacrifice.
and dances Here young men and
maidens were betrothed with imposing
ceremony. Nations voted large amounts
70 meet the expense OF the worship
Fisheries of vast resource were devoted
to the support of this resplendence.
Horace and Virgil and Homer went
into rhapsod:as while describing this
worship. al artists, al psychologists,
all centuries agreed in saying, Great
is Diana o. the Ephesians.
Paul, III the presence of this Temple
OF Diana, Incorporates it in his figures
of speech while speaking of the spiritual
temple, Now, II any man build upon
this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones. etc, i" and no doubt with refer
ence TO one Of the previous temples
which had been set on fire by Heros-
tratus just for the fame Of destroying
1t, Paul says, IF any mans work shall
be burned, lie shall suffer loss, etc :"
and all up and down Paurs writings
you realize that he had not only seen,
but had been nightly impressed with
what he had seen of the Temple of
Diana.
NOTED CHRISTIANS OF EPHEsUs.
In this city the mother of Jesus was
said to have been buried. Here dwelt
Aquilla and Priscilla of Bible mention.
who were professors in an extemporized
theological seminary, and they taught
the eloquent Apollos how to be elo-
quent for Christ. Here John preached,
and from here because of his fidelity
he was exiled to Patmos Here Paul
warred against the magical arts for
which Ephesus was famous. The sor-
cerers of this city pretended that they
could cure diseases, and perform al
most any miracle, by pronouncing
| these senseless words, "Aski Cataski
Liz Tetrax Damnameneus Aision."
Paul having performed a miracle In
the name of Jesus, there was q living
family of seven brothers who initiated
the apostle, and instead of their usual
words of Incarnation, used the word
Jesus over man who was possessed of
devil, and the man possessed flew at
them in great fierceness and nearly tore
these frauds to pieces, and In conse-
quence all up and down the streets of
Ephesus there was Indignation excited
against the magical arts, and a great
bonfire of magical books was kindled
In the streets, and the people stirred |
the blaze until thirty five thousand dol |
lars, worth Of black art literature had |
burned to ashes
But all the glory of Ephesus I have
described has gone now. At some sea-
SONS of the year awful malarias sweep |
over the place and put upon mattress
or in graves large portion of the pop-
ulation. In the approximate marshes
scorpions, centipedes and all forms of
reptile life crawl and hiss and sting,
while hyenas and jackals at night stink
IN and out of the ruins of buildings
which once startled the nations with
their almost supernatural grandeur.
But here is a lesson which has never
yet been drawn out. Do you not see
In that temple of Diana an expression
OF what the world needs2 1t wants a
God who can provide food. Diana was
q huntress. In pictures on many of
the coins she held stag by the horn
with one hand and bundle of arrows
In the other. Oh, this is a hungry
world! Diana could not give one pound
OF meat or one mouthful Of food to the
millions OF her worshipers. She was q |
dead divinity, an imaginary god, and
80 IN 1dolatrous lands the vast majority t
Of people never have enough to eat.
lt Is only in the countries where the
sod OF heaven and earth is worshiped G
mat the vast majority have enough to :,
lat. Let Diana have her arrows and l
Ter hounds; our God has the sunshine.
md the showers, and the harvests, and q
n proportion as he is worshiped does +
)lenty reign. J
30 also In the temple of Diana the T
world expressed its need of a refuge 4
10 1t from all parts of the land came c
leotors who could not pay their debts
nd offenders of the law that thew
night escape incarceration, but she
neltered them only little while. and y
'hlle she kept them from arrest she "
ould not change their hearts and the | h
ullty remained guilty, but our God in a,
esus Christ is a refuge into which we re
lay lily from all our sins and all our te
ursuers, and not only be safe for P
me but safe for eternity, and the u
1li5 Is pardoned and the nature is Il
What Diana could not :
for her worshipers our Christ &C.
emphasizes for US.
Rock of ages cleft for me.
Let me hide myself In thee
WHAT DESTROYED EPHEsuss