Milford chronicle., 1891-11-20
0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

the keeper Of the baths was reprimandeo
, for not having them warm enough one OF
I the rulers said, you blame him for not
making the bath warm enough; blame
you because you have it warm at all
But that warm bath which enervated
Ephesus, and which is always enervating
except when followed by cold baths (nO
reference, Of course, TO delicate constitu-
tions) was only type Of what went on in
all departments Of Ephesian life, and in
luxurious indulgence Ephesus fell and the
last triangle Of music was tinkled ia
Diana's temple, and the last wrestler dis
appeared from her gymnasiums, and the
/ last racer took his garland in the Stadium,
and the last plea was heard in her Forum,
/ aud even the sea, rs If to withdraw the
/ last commercial opportunity from that
metropolis, retreated down the beach, leav-
ing her without the harbor in which
had hoated thousand ships Brooklyn,
New York, London and all modern cities, |
cisatlantic and transatlantic, take warn
ing! What luxury unguarded did for /
Ephesus, luxury unguarded maydo for all |
Opulence and splendor God grant to all the /
people, to all the cities, to all the land, hut 1
at the same time, may he grant the right.
eOus use Of them.
CoNsECRATE ALL TO GODS GLORY.
GymnasiumsS Yes, but see that the
vigor gained in them be consecratedf to
God. Magnificent temples OF worship?
Yes, but see that In them instead of con
ventionalities and cold pomp Of service
there be warmth of devotion aud the pure
Gospel preached. Imposing court housesi
Yes, but In them let justice and mercy
rule. Palaces of .Durnalsm9 Yes, hut let
all OF the printing presses be marshaled
for happiness aud truth Great postoffice
buidingsf Yes, but through them day by
day, may correspondence helpful, elevating
and moral pass Ornate dwelling hOusesf
Yes, but in them let there DO altars Of de
votion, and conjugal, filial, pstsrnal aud
Christian fidelity rule. London for magni !
tude, Berlin for universitt rs, Paris forI
fashions, Rome for cathedrals, Athens for
classics, Thebes for hieroglyphics, Mem c
phis for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephe q
sus for idOatry, but what shall be tie
OF our American cities =
when they shall have attained their fuh /
staturet Would that holiness 70 thc1
Lord" might be inscribed upon all our
One thing is certain, and !,
hat is that all idolatry must come down !.
When the greatest goddess of the earth,
Diana, enshrined in the greatest templel
hat ever stood, was Frustrated at EphesNs.
{ was prophecy OF the overthrow of all &
he idolatries that have cursed the earth, | q,
md anything we love more than God is an
dol, and there is as much idolatry In the
century rs in the First. and il
America as in Asia. d
As our train pulled out from the station -
{ Ephesus, the cars surrounded by thet
rOFst looking gronpOf villains ever gazed T.
n, all Of them seeming in a wrangle with Il,
ach other and trying to get into wranglel ~
nth us, and we moved along the columnsk
aucient aqueducts, each column crowned
itl.storks, having built their nests there, ls
nd srrolled on down toward Smyrna and Is
IT. y Ssht in a sailors bethel rs we spoke 'h
the CGrist whom the world IN lst know
perish, we felt that betweeu cradle aud EI
rave theI1 could not he anything much re-
ore enthrallng for body mind and soul su
ian our visit TO Ephesus.