Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-16

the keeper of the baths was reprimandeo
for not having them warm enough one OF
the rulers said, "You blame him for not
making the bath warm enough; blame
you because you have it warm at ALL"
But that warm bath which enervated
Ephesus, and which is always enervating
except when followed by cold baths mo
reference, of course, to delicate constitu-
tions), was only a type of what went on in
all departments of Ephesian life, and in
luxurious indulgence Ephesus fell, and the
last triangle of music was tinkled in
Diana's temple, and the last wrestler dis
appeared from her gymnasums, and the
last racer took his garland in the Stadium,
and the last plea was heard in her Forum,
and even the sea, as if to Withdraw the
last commercial opportunity from that
metropolis retreated down the beach, leav-
ing her without the harbor i'll which
had foated a thousand ships. Brooklyn,
New York, London and all modern cities,
cisatlantic and transatlantic, take warn
ingl What luxury unguarded did for
Ephesus, luxury unguarded may do for ALL
Opulence and splendor God grant to all the
people, to all the cities, to all the land but
at the same time, may he grant the right
eous use of them.
CONsECRATE ALL TO GODS GLORY.
Gymnasiums? 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 con-
ventionalities and cold pomp of service
there be warmth of devotion and the pure
Gospel preached. Imposing court houses?
Yes, but in them let justice and mercy
rule. Palaces of journalism Yes, but let
all of the printing presses be marshaled
for happiness and truth Great postoffice
buildings? Yes, but through them day by
day, may correspondence helpful, elevating
and moral pass. Ornate dwelling housesp
Yes, but in them let there be affairs of de-
votion, and conjugal, filial, paternal and
Christian fidelity rule. London for magni-
tude, Berlin for universities, Paris for
fashions, Rome for cathedrals, Athens for
classics, Thebes for heroglyphics, Mem
phis for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephe-
sus for idolatry, but what shall be the
characteristics of our American cities
when they shall have attained their full
statureP Would that holiness to the
Lord" might be inscribed upon all our
municipalities. 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 prophecy of the overthrow of all
the idolatries that have cursed the earth,
and anything we love more than God is an
idol, and there is as much idolatry in the
Nineteenth century rs 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, all of them seeming in wrangle with
each other and trying to get into wrangle
with us, and we moved along the columns
of ancient aqueducts, each column crowned
with storks, having built their nests there,
and we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and
that night in a sailors bethel as 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 enthralling for body, mind and soul
than our visit to Ephesus.