The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-03

! urea ana ucu on with thongs of cold
far out sea the sailors saw this statue
OF Mihcrya rising high above all The tenn
| pr, %llttcrny in The sun. Here arc
statues OF Cqucs ,rians, statue of q lion
| ncS and there arc.thc Graccs, and Won
| der L SC III brOuZc.
lhtre IS a Statue said in the time of
| Augustus to have OF its own accord
turncd around from east to west and
| 81 biocd; statues made out Of shields
conquered IL battle; Stat'e OF Apollo
Ine eNptI!tr OF locuStS; ST tue of Ana.
crron, drunk and singh '; statue OF
OiyMpodoruS, Greet, memorable for
,ho TACT that he was cnee: when OH
elS were cast down, u trHiC worthy of
| {, dlptare. But walk on ald acound the
a. opol!S AID yo"der yo see a statue
OF llyi5tia, and the statl lc of Theseus
h%ii, 'ng The Minotanr apd the sta re
90 tIrTcNlyS SIP ing SerpcutS. No won
ger Ihat i'etr0r is said it was easier to
ma = goo IN; man III Aliens. Oh.
the Acr0pOiis! The moss OF its TEN,
| PIES and statues made from the marble
Quarr'c5 Of Mount pcntel.cum q little
way from the citv.
Lat we cannot stop longer here, for
Ihere IS a hill near by of more interest.
tno'Gh 1T has not one chip of marble
20 suggest statue or Il temple. We
iiaSten down the AcrOpolis to ascend
me AEcopaguS, or Mars Hill, as it is
c2llci. II t00k only about three minu.
t"S 10 walk the distance, arl the two
ltitltopS are so near th at what sail IN
rt''5icUS dis Du je on Mars Hill was
,ildlG DISTINCTLY by some English gen
IL men o. the AcrOpoiS. ibis Mars
tt'u IS Il Tough pile Of rock hfty feet
lil5h. IL was famous long before New
Testament IlmcS.
inc i'1rsians easily and terribly as
"a'llt"u The ACropOllS from this hilltop.
Here assembled the court TO try crini-
uais IL was helC, in the nighttime. so
that tie faces OF the judges could not
be seen, iOr The faces OF the LAWYERS
who made tie plea, and SO, instead of a
tTi"l being one OF emotion, it must
nave been one of cool justice. But
tllcrc was one occasion on this hill
memorable above ali others.
y ittlc man, phySic;,l.l weak, and
luis rhetoric described by himself as
contemptiOl bic, had by his Sc rmons rocked
AtEtHS With cOmmOtiOn, and he was
summoned e.lhe, by wr!J of law or
Hearty invitation To come upon tnat
nu!plt OF rCch and give 4 specimen of
MS theology. Ali the WiSe-acres of
Atiera turned out and Jurncd IN TO
!t':'r nim. Ihe more venerable of them
SET III al a'nphithe&ter, the granite
seas Of which are Still visible. but me
"t.hE people Swarmyu OH all sides of
lh' ma "Hd at the base ot it to hear
MS man, WhOm some called a fanatic.
"Hu OtheI5 called Il madcap, and others
Di"Sph"u"r, and others STYLED con
trinrtuOuaIN "this fellow"
Paul arrived in answer TO the writ or
q 1
gave thcn tie biggest dose that NOR
GALS ever took. lie was so built that
Lo'!tinS CouIG Scarc him, and as for
JHpllrf ana Ath&Mia, the god and the
HOUueaS, whose Images were in fun
Slght Oh 'h4 adjoining hill, he had not
SO iAltcn regard Tor them rs he had for
IHC amt that was crawling in the sand
under his ir"r. Ia that audience were
tnC first orators OF The world, and thew
hai voices axe ilutcs when they were
passive, and like trumpctS when they
were aroused. ana l thlnIl they laughed
III ne Sleeves of their gowns as this in
aiGnlliCanG LOOKING man rose to speak,
IN That audience were ScnoliaStS, who
knew everything, or thought they did,
amt from t. end Of the longest hair on
The top OF thcir craniums to the end of
tne aail on the Longest ton, they were
StuiirG with hypercrlticiSm, and they
iHah"u D;ct with SuperciiiOuS look to
listen. AS II 1889, | stood on that rock
WhCEe 'uui stood, and SlaU Of which
"ouGht from Athens by consent OF
!i,e queen, through Mr. 1ricoupis, the
prime minister, and had placed IN von
der Memorial Walt, read the whole
story, Bible IN hand.
" nat / have SO far said in this dis
cor""e WAS necessary in o"dcr that you
may understand the boldneSs, the def
ahre, TIE holy recklessness, the mag
nItccI g OF l'aulS speech. The first
tnunderDolt he launched al the Opposite
hiIl-the Acropois-lhat moment all
aElliler with ldOl5 and temples. He
cries out, "God VINO made the world
ny, they thought that prOmetheus
made 1t, that Mercury made it, that
AEO!io made ii, that Poseiion made il,
that Eros made it, that pandrocus made
II, tAAt B9r&4S m1u" it, that il took all
thc gods Ol lie l'arthouOn, yea, all the
goes aiG Goudc$SeS OF the Acropolis to
make 1t, ;tnd here stands Il man with
out any ecclesiastical title, neither q ID.
~, nor even Il reverend, declaring that
Ihe world was made by the Lord of
hcaNen ana earth, and hence the infer
titcc lhat all the splendid covering of
li'@ AcrOpoilS, 50 nsur that the people
HIaIQlnG on tnr steps Of the pdrthenon
co"Id near Ii, was deceit. a ialsehood,
Il "haln, AI9Sphemy. Look at the
7 aces or his auditors; they are turning
rAl5, and then red, ard then wraIhruI
J mere had De"u several earthquakes in
tiat region, but that was the severest
S"nck these men had ever felt.
re ltrHiihIS had bOn1bardpd the
Anropoli> from the heights of Mars
I'LL, but thlS Pauline bnmDarGmpnt