Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-11-21
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maideps were betrothed with imposing

/ maidens We're betrothed with imposing
ceremony. Nations voted large amounts
to 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 rhapsodies while describing this
worship. AlIartists, all arch,eologists,
all centuries agreed in saying, Great
is Diana of the Ephesians.' ~
Paul, in the presence of this Temple
of Diana, incorporates it in his figures.
of speech while speaking Of tie spiritual.
temple, Now, if any man buiIdzupon:
this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones, ETC. and no doubt=witli refer
ence to one of the previous temples.
which had been set on fire bysIleros.
I.tratus Just for the fame of destroying
Fit, Paulssays # any mans work shall.
Fbes burned, he shall suffer loss, etc. y;
Fand sall up and down PauEs writings
YOU realizs.that3lle had not only seem.
fsbut had been iightil J Impressed with.
what he had Seen of the Temple Of.
Diana.
NOTED CHRISTIANS OF EPHESUs.
In this city tile 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 tliey-tanght
the eloquent Apollos how to be elo-
quent for Christ. Here John preached,
and from here because of his fidelity
he was exiled to Patlnos. Here Paul
warred against the magical arts for
which Eptlesus 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, "Asli Cataski
Lix Tetrax Damnameneus Aision.
Paul having performed miracle in
the name of Jesus, there was lying
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
O devil, and the man possessed flew at
them in great flerceness and nearly torc
these frauds to pieces, and in conse-
quence all mp and down the streets of
Ephesus 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 thirty-1vc 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 lesson which las never
yet been drawn out. DO you not see
in that temple of Diana an expression
l,7--->-i. t-1raI,fs a
God who can provid e.food .DianasNsa,ss5
a 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 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
SO in idolatrous lands the vast majority
of people never have enough to eat.
1t is 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 showers, and the harvests, and
in proportion as he is worshiped does
plenty reign.
So also in the temple of Diana the
world expressed its need of refuge.
To it from all parts of the land came
debtors WHO could not pay their debts
and 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 refuge into which we
may fly from all our sins and all our
pursuers, and not only be safe for
time but safe for eternity, and the
guilt is pardoned and the nature is
transformed. What Diana could not
Go for her worshipers our Christ &c
cornplishes for us.
Rock Of ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
WHAT DESTROYED EPHEsUs2
Then, in that temple were deposited
treasures from all the earth for safe
keeping Chrysoston says it was tho
treasure house of nations; they brought
gold and silver and precious stones and
coronets from across the sea, and put
them under the care of Diana of the
Ephesians. But again and again were
those treasures ransacked, captured or.
destroyed. Nero robbed them, the
Scythians scattered them, the Cloths
burned THEM. Diana failed those who
trusted her with treasures, but our
God, to him we may intrust all our
treasures for this world and the next,
and fail any one who puts confidence
in him he never will After the last
Jasper column has fallen and the last
temple on earth has gone into ruins
and the world itself has suffered DEM
clifton, the Lord will keep for us our
best treasures