Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-19

DR.. TALMAGE breaches ABOUT
THE TEMPLE OF DIANA.

Continuation of the brooklyn Divine's
Series of Discourses on His Travels in
the East-uis visit to the City of Ephe-
sus Described in Detail.
BRooKLYN, Nov 15.-Dr. Talmage con-
tinued this morning his series of sermons
entitled, "from the Pyramids to the
Acropolis" This sermon, which is the
fifth Of the series, is concerned with tho
doctors visit to Ephests, of which city,
with its wonderful temple and other build
ings, he gives a vivid description, with
characteristic cNegetical comments on OBJ
scure passages of Scripture. His text was
Acts xix, "a, Great is Diana of the Ephe-
slams"
We have landed this morning at Smyrna,
a city of A.ntic Turkey. One of the seven
churches of Asia once stood here You
read in Revelation, ITO the church in
Smyrna write" 1t is a city that has often
been shaken by earthquake, swept by CON
flagrttion. blasted by plaques and butch
cred by war, and here Bishop p0lycarp
stood in IL crowded mphitheater and when
he was asked to give up the advocacy Of
the Christian religion and save himself
from martyrlOm, the proconsul saying,
replied, Eighty and six years have |
served him, and he never did me wrong
how then can | revle my King and Saw
iourf"
When he was brought to the fires into
which he was about to be thrust, and the
officials were about to fasten him to the
stake, he said LET me remain as | am
for he who giveth me strength to sustain
the fire will enable me also without YOUR
securing me with nails to remain unmoved
in he fire" History says the fires refused
to consume him, and under the winds the
flames bent outward so that they did not
touch his person, and therefore he was
slain by swords and spears. One cypress
bending over his grave is the only monu-
ment to Bishop Polycarp.
ON THE WAY TO EPHEsUs.
But we are on the way to the city of
Ephesus, about fifty miles from Smyrna.
We are advised not to 80 to Ephesus. The
bandits in that region have had an ugly
practice of cutting off the ears of travellers
and sending these specimens of ears down
to smyrna, demanding ransom. The
bandits suggest to the friends of the per
SONS from whom the ears have been sub
tracted that if they would like to have the
rest of the body they will please send an
appropriate sum of money If the money
is not sent the mutiated prisoners will be
assas,nated One traveller was carried of
TO the robbers den, and 81, 800 was paid for
his rescue The bandits were caught and
beheaded, and pictures of these CHASTITY
heads are on sale in the shops of SMYRNA
for any persons who may desire to have
something to look at on their way to Ephe-
sus.
There have been cases where ten and
twenty and thirty and forty thousand dol
la have been demanded by these brigands.
We did not feel like putting our friends to
such expense, and it was suggested that
we had better omit Ephesus But that
would have been disappointment from
which we would never recover. We must
see MISREPRESENTATION with tine most
wonderful apostolic scenes. We hire a
special railway train, and in about an hour
and half we arrive ut the CITY of Enbe-
sus. which WAS called oThe Great Netron.
oils of ASIA" and zone of the Ewes Of
Asia" and '',rhe EMPRESS of Ionia." the
capital of all learning, and mn.s,.' frenca
Here. as | said. was one of The seven