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


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 The
temple was surrounded with groves. In
which roamed for the temptation Of
the hunters, stays and hares and wild
bears, and all styles of game, whether
winged or four.footed There was q
cave with statue 80 intensely brilliant
that IL extinguished the eyes of those
who looked upon it. unless at tho
command of the priests, the hand of
the spectator somewhat shaded tho
/ eyes No wonder that even Anthony
and Alexander and Darius cried out in
the words of my text; Great is Diana
of the Ephesians" One whole month
of each year, the month of May was de-
voted To her worship Professions in
garbs of purple and violet and scarlet
moved through IL, and there were
! torches, and anthems, and choirs in
white, and timbrcls and triangles in
music, sacrifices and dances Here
young men and mnidcns were betrothcd
with imposing ceremony. Nations
voted large amounts To meet the cX-
pense of the worship. Fisheries of vast
resource were devoted to the support of
this resplcndcnce. Horace and Virgil
and Homer went into rhapsodics while
desert bing this worship All artists,
archGologists, 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, if any man build upon
this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones, etc" and nc doubt with refer
cnce to one of the previous temples
which had been set on fire by Hero
stratus just for the fun OF destroying it,
Paul says: IF any mans work shall
he burned, he 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
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 cxtempor-
lied theological seminary, and they
taught the eloquent Apoilos how To be
eloquent for Christ Here John preach
ed, and from here because of his fidcl-
ity he was cxilcd to Patmos. Here
Paul warred against the magical arts
for which Ephesus was famous, The
sorcercrs OF this city pretended that
they could cure diseases. and perform
almost any miracle, by pronouncing
these scnseless words: Ask Cataski
Lix TetraX Damnameneus Aision."
Paul having performed Il miracle in the
name of Jesus, there was living family
of seven brothers who initiated the
Apostle, and instead of their usual
words OF incarnation used the word
Jesus over II man who was possessed OF
devil and the man possessed flew at
them in great fiierceness and nearly
tore these frauds TO pieces, and in con.
sequence all up and down the streets OF
EphcSus there was Indignation excited
against the magical arts and great
bonfire of magical books was kindled
in the streets, and the people stirred the
blaze until S3j 900 worth of black art
literature was burned to ashes
But, all the glory Of Ephesus 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 n large portion of the pop.
ulatiOn. In the approximate marshes
scorpions, centipedes and all forms of
rcptilian life crawl and hiss and sing.
while hyenas and jachalls Mt night
stink in and out OF the ruins OF build
ings which once startled the ma.
tions with their almost SUI
pcrnatural grandeur But here
is lesson which never has yet been
drawn out. DO you not see in that
temple Of Diana an expression of what
can provide food. Diana was huntress
In pictures on many OF the coins
she held n stag by the horn with one
hand and bundle Of arrows in the
other. Oh, this is hungry world!
Diana could not give one pound OF
meat, or one mouthful OF food TO the
millions OF her worshipcrs. She was
dead divinity, an imaginary god, and SO
in idolatrous hands the vast majority OF
people never have enough To eat II IL
only in the countries where the God of
Heaven and earth is worshiped that the |
vast majority have enough To 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.
American Girls and Foreign Titles.
The impression existing in some minds |
that American girls are willing To ex-
change their beauty, grace aud winsome |