The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02

covered the source OF splendor and
wealth for the cities Of Asia Minor In
removing the great stones from the
quarry to their destined places in the
temple, 1t was necessary, in order to
keep the wheels, which were twelve
feet in diameter, from sinking deep into
the earth under the unparalleled heft
that a frame Of timbers be arranged
over which the wheels rolled.
To put the immense block OF marble
in its place over the doorway OF one OF
these temples was SO vast and difficult
an undertaking that the architect at
one time gave it up. and in his chagrin
intended suicide, but one night in his
sleep he dreampt that the stone had
settled to the right place, and the next
day he found that the great block OF
marble had by its own weight settled
to the right place. The temple of Di.
ana was 425 feet long by 220 feet wide.
All Asia was taxed to pay for it 1t
had 1877 pillars, each sixty feet high,
aud each the the gift Of king, and in
scribed with the name Of the doner.
Now you see the meaning of that
passage in Revelation, Just as king
presenting one Of these pillars to the
Temple of Diana had his own name
chiseled on it and the name OF his OWE
country, so says Christ: Him that
overcometh will I make q pillar in the
temple of my God, and will write up.
on it the name of my God, and the name
Of the city Of my God, which is New
Jesusalem, and will write upon him
my new name" How suggestive and
beautiful? In addition to these pillars
that l climbed over while amid the
ruins of Diana's Temple, saw after
ward eight of those pillars at Constant.
inople, to which city they had been re-
moved and are now b part OF the
Mosque of st. Sophia. Those eight
columns are all green jasper, but some
of those which stood in Diana's Temple
at Ephesus were fairly drerched with
brilliant colora Costly metals stood
in various parts Of the temple,
where they could catch the fullest flush
of the sun.
A fight of stairs was carved out OF
one grape vine. Doors of cypress wood,
which had been kept in glue for years
and bordered with bronze in bas-relsef,
swung against pillars of brass, and re-
sounded with echo upon echo, caught
up, sent on, and hurled back through
the corridors. In that building stood
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impression was abroad as the Bible re-
cords, that that image had dropped
plumb out of Heaven into the temple,
and the sculptors who really made
the statue or image were put
to death, so that they could not tes
tify to its human manufacture and ST
deny it's celestial origin. 1t was though,
by intelligent people that the material
from which this idol was formed might
have dropped out of Heaven as an aero
lite.
We have seen in the British Museum
and in universities in our own West
blocks of stone hurled off from other
worlds. These aerolites were seen &c
fall, and witnesses have gone to thu
: landing places, and scientists have pro
nounoed them 20 be the product of 9th
, err worlds But the material out Of
which the image of Diana was fashion
ed contradicts that notion. This image
} was carved out of ebony, and punctur
: ed here and there with openings KEEP
} full of spikenard so as to hinder the
statue from decaying and make it arc
, matte, but this ebony was covered witt
/ bronze and alabaster. A necklace O
acorns coiled around her. There were
, four lions on each arm, typical O.
strength. Her head was coroneted.
Around this figure stood statues
: which by wonderful invention shed
J tears. The air, by strange machinery
: was damp with descending perfumes
) The walls multiplied the scene by con
} caved mirrors Foul tains tossed il
sheaves of light and fell in showers O
t diamonds Praxiteles, the sculptor
and Apelles, the painter filled the plac'
with their triumphs. Cresus, tn
) wealthiest of the ancients, put her
, aud there in the temple golden heifers
The paintings were so vivid and life
like that Alexander, who was moved a
nothing of terror, shuddered at one bat
I tie scene on these walls, and so true t.
life was painting of horse that whel
Alexander's horse was led up to it h
I began to neigh, as one horse is accus
, toned to greet another. One painting
: in that temple cost 1913, $50.
: The treasures of all nations and tn
spells of kingdoms were kept here 70
r safe deposit Criminals from all land
t fed to the shelter of this temple an
e the law could not touch them. 1t seem
3 ed almost strange that this mountain Q
3 architectural snow outside did not mel
9 with the fires of color within. TIL
!, temple was surrounded with groves, il
s which roamed for the temptation Q
S the hunters stays and hares and will
i boars, and all styles of game, whethe
S winged or four-footed There was
i cave with statue SO intensely brillian
! that it extinguished the eyes of thos
r who looked upon it, unless, at tn
e command OF the priests, the hand G
n the spectator somewhat shaded tn
i eyes No wonder that even Anthem
e and Alexander and Darius cried out i
: the words of my text: Great is Dian
of the Ephesians One whole mont
: of each year, the month OF May was dc
d voted to her worship Professions i
n CARDS of purple and violet and scarle
e moved through it, and there wer