Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-03
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ioes plenty reign.

she sunshine and the showers and the har-
rests, and IN proportion as ne Is worshiped
ioes plenty reign.
THE NEED OF A REFUGE.
So also in the Temple of Diana the world
expressed its need of refuge. To it from
all parts OF che land came debtors who
! puld not pay their debts and the offend
lrs of the law that they might escape in
generation. 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
End all our pursuers, and not only be safe
for time, but safe for eternity, and the
guilt is pardoned and the nature is trans
formed. What Diana could not do for her
worshipers, our Christ accomplishes for Us.
Rock Of ages cleft FOR me.
LET the hide myself in thee.
Then, in That temple were deposited
treasures from all - earth for safe keep
ing. Chrysoston y, it was the treasure
house of nations they brought gold and
silver and precious stones and coronets
from across Tue sea, aud put them under
the care OF Diana of the Ephesians. But
sacked, caDtnred or destroyed. Nero
robbed them, the Scythians scattered them.
the Gotks 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
ftt min md = he uopi1 fraolf
suffered demolition. the Lord will keep for
us our best treasures
But notice what killed Ephesus and
what has killed most of the cities that lie
burisd in the cemetery of nations Lux
ury, The costly baths, which had been
the means Of health TO the city became is
ruin Instead of the cold baths that hal
been the invigoraticn Of the people, the
hot baths, which are only intended for the
inhrm or the Invalid were substituted.
In these hot baths many lay most Of the
time Authors wrote books while in these
baths Business was neglected and hot
bath taken four or five times Il day. When
tine keeper Of tine baths was reprimanded
for not having them warm enough one Of
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 mo
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
Diaua'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,
and even the sea, AS if to Withdraw the
last commercial opportunity from that
retreated down the beach, leav-
ing her without the harbor in which
had foated a thousand ships. Brooklyn.
New York, London and all modern cities,
and transatlantic, take warn
ingl What luxury unguarded did for
Ephesus, luxury unguarded may do for all.
Opulence and splendor God grant toall the
people, to all the cities, TO all the land, but
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 consecrated to
God. Magnificent temples Of Worship
Yes. but see that in them instead Of con-
and cold pomp OF service
there be warmth Of devotion and the pure
Gospel preached. Imposing court housesi
Yes, but in them let Justice aud mercy
rule Palaces Of journalismg Yes, but let
all Of the printing presses be marshaled
for happiness and truth. Great postoffice
Yes, but through them day by
day, may correspondence helpful, elevating
and moral pass Ornate dwelling housesg
Yes, but. in them let there be affairs OF de.
Sotion, and conjugal, filial, paternal and
Christian fidelity rule. London for magni-
Jude, Berlin for universities, Paris for
Rome for cathedrals, Athens for
classics, Thebes for hieroglyphics, Mem
)his for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephe-
Jus for idolatry, but what shall be the
of our American cities
when they shall have attained their full
itatures Would that holiness to the
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 temple
hat ever stood, was Frustrated at Ephesus,
: was a prophecy of the overthrow of all
he idolatries that have cursed the earth,
md anything we love more than God is an
dol, and there is rs much idolatry in the
Nineteenth century as.in the First, and in
America as in Asia.
As our train pulled ont from the station
It Ephesus, the cars surrounded by the
worst looking group of villains ever gazed
N, all of them seeming in wrangle with
ach other and trying to get intoa wrangle
With Us, and we moved along the columns
f ancient aqueducts, each column crowned
With storks, having built their nests there,
nd we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and
hat night in a sailors bethel as we spoke
f the Christ whom the world must know
r perish, we felt that between cradle and
rave there could not be anything much
more enthralling for body. mind aud soul
han our visit TO Ephesus.
How to Hang Picture.
Never put somber colored picture in
he shade. Put it where the light will fall