The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-18

the crowded galleries, fight hungry
lion. The people were early there TO
get the best seats, and more alert and
enthusiastic crowd never assembled.
They took their dinners with them.
And was there ever a more nnequai
combat proposed? Paul, according TO
tradition, small, crooked-backed and
weak-eyed, but the grandest man in six
ty centuries, is led to tie center, as the
people shout "There he comes, the
preacher who has nearly ruined our re-
ligion. The lion will make but briei
mouthful OF him" 1t is plain that all
the smypathies of that crowd are with
the lion. In one of the UNDER
ground rooms hear the growl
Of the wild beasts. They have
been kept for several days with
out food or water in order that
they may be especially ravenous and
bloodthirsty. What chance is there for
Paul? But you can not tell by mans
size or looks how stout blow he can
strike or how keen blade he can
thrust Witness, heaven and earth and
hell, this struggle of Paul with wild
beast The coolest man in the Stadium
Is Paul. What has he to fear? lie has
defied all the powers, earthly and in
fernal, and If his body tumble under
the foot and tooth Of the wild'beast, his
soul will only the sooner find disen-
thrallment. But it is his duty, as far as
possible, to preserve his life Now
/ hear the bolt of the wild beasts door
shove back, and the whole audience
rise to their feet as the fierce brute
springs for the arena and towards its
! small occupant think the first plunge
| that was made by the wild beast at the
Apostle was made on the point OF
sharp blade, and the snarling monster
with howl OF pain and reeking with
gore turns back. But now the little
missionary has his turn OF making at
tack, and with n few well-directed
thrusts the monster lies dead in the
! dust OF the arena, and the Apostle puts
his right foot on the lion and shakes
him, and then puts his left foot on him
and shakes him-a scene which Paul
afterwards uses for an illustration when
he wants 10 show how Christ will tri-
umph over death-"He must reign till
He hath put all enemies under His
feet" yes, under his feet Paul told
the literal truth when he said: II have
fought with beasts at Ephesus," and as
the plural is used think he had more
than one such fight, or several beasts
were let loose upon him at one time. Az
we stood that day in the middle OF the
Stadium and looked around at the grea'
: structure, the whole scene came bacl
upon us.
) But we pass out OF the Stadium, To-
; we are in haste for other places of in
terest in Ephesus To add to the ex
. element OF the day one OF our part.
. was missing. No man is safe in tina
I region alone unless he be armed an
e know how TO take sure aim and no
d miss FIRE Our companion, DIR. LOU
Q Klopsch, now the publisher OF tn
Q Christian Herald, had gone out on som
o explorations Of his own, and throug
i the gate where Paul had walked agai
4 and again, vet where no man unaccon
n panied should adventure now. B'
4 after some time had passed, and ever
u minute seemed as long as an hour, an
a we had time to imagine everything no
n rible in the way Of robbery aud assa
n sination, the lost traveller appeared,
II receive from our entire party avolle
e of expostulation for the arousal OF |
u many anxieties.
d In the midst OF this city Of Ephes'
Ie once fioated an artificial lake. brillial
st with painted boats, and through u
D, river Cayster IL was connected with u
'f sea, and ships from all parts OF q
IS known earth hoated in and out carr
ing on a commerce which made Ephesl
:. the envy OF the world. Great wi
ir Ephesusl It's gymnasin, its hippodrom
e It's odeon, its athen@um- its forum,
10 aqueducts (whose skeletons are 81
ID strewn along the city,, its towers,
Il castle OF Hadrian, its monument Of A
ID droclus, It's quories, which were u
Id granite cradle OF cities, its temple
10 built 10 Apollo, 10 Minerva, TO Neptun
m 10 Mercury, to Bacchus, TO Hercules
90 cesar, 10 Fortune, to Jupiter olympr
Is What history and poetry and chisel Al
st canvas have not presented has come
III at the call of archeologists' powd
IN blast and crowbar.
IL But have now TO unveil the chi
ne wonder Of this chieiest OF cities In 1SI
st under the patronage Of the English &c
Is ernment, Mr.. Wood, the explorer,
lis gan at Ephesus 10 feel along under
en- ground at great depths for roads,
" wall, for towers, and here IL is-that
to which Ephesus was more celebrat
nd than all else beside-the temple OF I
a goddess Diana, called the sixth wond
'ot Of the world, and in 1889 we stood ar
ye the ruins OF that temple measuring
nd pillars, transfxed by its sculpture q
It's confounded at what was the great'
ng temple of idolatry In all time. As II
q ON a piece of one ofits fallen columns
cd said, what earthquake rocked II dow
We or what hurricane pushed II TO
ng earth, or under what strong wine
lor centuries did the giant stagger a
he fall?" There have been seven temp
ry Of Diana, the ruins OF each contributi
TO something for the splendor Of all
II architectural Successors Two hundI
i'm and twenty yearswas this last tenn
he In construction. Twice as long as
ad United States have stood was that te
,le pie In building. II was nearly twice
lrs isrRe as St Paul's cathedral, Lond'
ey Lest IL should be disturbed by ear
ma qualxes, which have always be
fond Of making those regions th
m. ay-ground, the temple was built OF