The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-20

what tEoi .ssollE usezs7i IT wants
God VTho caa provide food Diana was
huntress- In pictures on many OF the
coiss sac Es5lii q stag by Gue horn with
one hand and q buadie Of arrows in the
other o, this is a hungry vyorldl Diana
dailli El5t give oHe pound Of meat, CT
one mOuthfuI OF food 20 the rhfllioua Of
her worshippers- She was a dead di-
vinity, an imaginary God. and 50 In
idoIatrou8 lands the vast majority of
people never have enOush 20 eat It is
only In the Countries where the God o.
Heaven ana earth Is vVoF8hipPed that
the vast majority have CROUCH to eat.
Let Diana have her arrows and her
hoEzadss our God mas tbs sunshine and
the. showers and the haryests, aud Ia
proportion as he is VvOrahipPed does
plenty reign
So also in the Temple OF Diana the
world expressed It's need Of refuge.
To it from all parts of the land came
de btOrs who could not pay their debts
aud the offenders OF the law that they
might escape incarceration But she
sheltered them only little while, and
while she kept them from arrest she
could not change their hearts and the
guilty remained guilty. But our God
in Jesus Christ is a refuge into which
we may hy from all our sins and all
our pursusrs. and not only be safe for
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is pardoned and the nature is trans
formed What Diana could not do for
her wOrshipPers, our Christ accom-
plished for us
Rock Of ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee
Then, in that temple were deposited
treasures from all the earth for safe
keeping. ChrysostOm says it the treas
ure house OF naiionsi they brought
gold aud silver and precious stones and
corOnets from across the sea, and put
them under the care of Diana OF the
EphesiaDs. But again and again were
those treasures rausaclged, captured
and destroyed. Nero robbed them, the
Soy thians scattered them, the Goths
burned them Diana failed those who
trusted her with treasures, bat our
God, to Him we may entrUst all our
treasures for this world and the next,
and fail anyone who puts confidence in
Him he never will.
But notice what killed EPhesus, and
what has killed most of the cities that
lie buried in the cemetery of nations
Luxury! The costly baths, which had
been the means Of health to the city,
became its ruin Instead OF the cold
baths that had been the inauguration OF
the people, the hot baths which are
only intended for the infrm or the in
valid, were substituted In these hot
baths many lay most OF the time.
Authors wrote books while in these
baths
Business was neglected aud a hot
bath taken four or Eve times a day.
But that warm bath which eusrvated
Ephesus was only a type of what went
on in all departments of Ephesiau life,
and In luxurious Indulgence EPhssus
fell, and the last triangle OF music was
tinkled in DiaRa's temple, and the last
wrestler disappeared from her gymna-
siums, and the last racer took his ger
land in the Stadium, and the last
plea was heard ia her forum,
and even the sea, as il to withdraw
the last commercial opportunity from
that metropolis retreated down the
beach, leaving her without the harbOr
in which had dated 1000 ships.
Brooklyn, New York. LONDON and all
modern cities, cisatlautic and transat-
lantic! take warning What luxury un-
guarded did for Ephesus, luxury un-
guarded may do for all Opulence and
splendOr God grant to all the people. to
all the CT les, to all the lands, but at
the same time may he grant the
righteous use Of them.
Gymnasiums?s Yes, but see that the
vigOr gained in them be consecrated to
God, Magnificent temples of worship?
Yes, but see that IN them instead Of
conventioualitiss and cold pomP of
service, there be warmth of devotion
and the pure gospel preached ImPos-
ing court houses? Yes, but in them
let justice and mercy rule Palaces Of
journalism? Yes but let all OF the
printing presses bs marshaled for hap
piness and truth
Great post Office buildings? Yes, but
through them day by day, may CORE
spOndence helpful, elevating and moral
pass Ornate dwelling houses2 Yes,
but in them let there be affairs of devo-
ton and conjugal. Paternal and Chris
tian fidelity rule. London for magui-
tude; Berlin for universities; Paris for
fashionsi Rome for cathedralsi Athens
for classics; Ihebes for hierOg lyphicsi
Memphis for tombs; Babylon for gar
dens; EPhesus for idOlatry, but what
shall be the charac teristics Of our
American cities when they shall
have attained their full stature?
Would that "aoliness to the Lord"
might be inscribed upon all our munich
palities- One thing is certain, and that
is that all idolatry must come down
When the greatest goddess of the earth,
Diana, enshrined in the greatest
temple that ever stood, was FRUSTRATED
at EPhesus, it was a prophecy of the
overthrow Of all the idOlatries that
have cursed the earth, and anything we
love more than God is an idol, and
theFs IS as tnuch ldolatFy IN cne nlne-
teenth century as in the first, and in
America as in Asia
As our train pulled out from the
station at Ephesus, the cars surrounded
by the worst looking group OF villains
ever gazed on. ali of them seemed in
q wrangIe with each other and trying
to get in a wrangle with us, and we
moved along the columns OF ancient
aqueducts. each column crowded with
storlzs, having built their nests there,
and we rolled on down towards Smyr-
ma, and that night il sailors bethel,
We spoke OF the Christ whom the
world must know or perish, we felt
that between cradle and grave there
could not be ANYTHING much more en-
thralling for body, mind and soul than
oar Wait to Ephesus.
They Eat IKE Other People
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