Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-12-12

chariot Of the morning, horses Of the sun.
the fates, the furleS; statue q Jupiter holt
IN III his right han the thunder uolt; silver
footed chair in which A-rxes watched tn
battle cf Sal4lnls only a few miles away.
Here IS the colossal statute 81 Minerva in
full armor, eyes OF gray tolored stone, figure
Of a Sphinx on her head, -rlflns by her sste
(Which are lions with cages beah, spear n
one hand, statue OF liberty III the ocd-T. a
shield carved with thu battle scenes. ant
even the slippsrs sculptureianl tel on W3,b
thongs Of goI1. Far out AZ ~Aa til sailor,
saw THIS statue OF Minerva rl-llg hs-h a5oFe
a. tn temples, gl;tt-rJnz II II STA. Her-
are s~ta.nt=s of e!uaStrians, sta.l,a y q lion
mass, an there are tn ga ami ~. Ia 1
Eorss II bron2a
Tnera il a statle SAID il t4e tn- .
Augustus to have OF is own acr3ri tlrati
around from east 70 vest AL sVft b!J94.
statues made or OF shields conquered Ia
BATH, statue e iU7ll1 tic exc ley q.
~!9cust.: statue Of Anac-aon. Ir0aH ant
singing, statue of OiympJloru-. i Gr1ea.
memorable for the fact that he wlo ch9sfui
when others Were cast down. a trait worsay
Of sculpture. But walk on and 1ro1ni til
Acropoiis an1 yonier you Sc a statde u
Hygeia, ana the statue Of the IAaseIs n<at-
in5 the Minotaur ana the statue q Hercules
|. Staying s~-rpeats. No won Ter tnat Potr0nlIs
said it was easier 70 find a got than man IN
Athens On tha AcroD lis Iha most.o
IL Temples aud statues inaie ron tie mar
bic q~Iarrl7s OF Mount Hcutes1cu9!, a lite
wav from the CITY
have her on nv table a block OF The
Perthen0u maize out Of this marole. anl on
It IS the sculpture Of Pa la. | brongh. il
from tie AcropOli~. THIS specimen mas on
It the dust Of ages aud the mars OF explo-
sion and battle, but you can get from it
idea of the delicate. buster Of the Aero
polls when II was coverrt with d mountain =
Of this marble cut into ali the exquisite
Shapes that genius could contrlTe and
striped with silver and aia7le Win gold. !
The Acropoiis in the morning light Of those
ancients must have shone as though ii Were
an aerolite cast off from the MONDAY sun.
The temples must have looked like p9trIfle |
foam. The whole Acropoli, must have
seemed like the white breakers of the great
Bat we cannot stop longer mere, for there
isa hjll near by Of In0re interest. ~tnQuSh it
has not one chip of. marble u suggest a
statue or a temple. We hasten down the
Acropolis to ascend the ATeopagLs, or Mars
Hid. Is It is called. II took only about thre-
minutes to walk the distance, and the tHe
hilltops are 50 near that what | said ii re
ligious discourse on Mars Hill was hearfdIS-
tinctly by some English gentlemen on tn
Acropolis. This Mars Hill is 4 rough pile Of
rock fifty feet high. 1t was famous long be
fore New Testament times.
The Persians easily ana terribly assaulted
the Acropolls from this hilltop. here as
sembled the court to try criminals. 1t was
held In the night time, q that the f1c1S OF TIL"
Judges could not be seen. nor the tac4s Of the
lawyers who made the plea, ani 50, inst at
of the trial being one Of emotion. II must
have been one OF cool Justice. But ta-r. WAS
one occasion OF this I'LL memorable aoayr
all others
A little man, physically weas. aa.l hir
rhetoric described by hln-a.f a. con1e.a3tj-
be, had by his sermons r,c6el Athens Eitl
CONJUNCTION, and he was summoned ritlst bF
writ OF law or hearty invitation to ZONE
upon that pulpit OF rock AMI give spec
linen of his theology. AL the wiss2cces of
Athens turned out and turned up t. hon
him The more venerable d tJem sat III III
alnphitheater. the granite seats of vince
are still visible, but the other peo;}ls
swaruei NAL sides OF The Hill ani al til.
base Of 1t = hear this Ean. w4cm >out
called a fanatic, and others cti3ti a H1&I
cap, and others q bla~phener, ana otners
styled cOntenlptuouSly .'thi5 4elioa. I
Paul arrived III answered. the WIZ OF ia
~sitation, and confrontal t.leul and gs.V
them the biggest dose that morta!S ever t. j.
He was SO built that nothing c3ull Ear
him, and as for Jupiter AMI Atheoi1, III
god and the goddess, whose images were ii
full sight on the a adjoining hill, he h41not y
much regard for them as he had for ttl,~ah'
that was craving III toe sand uud 4 n
feet. In that audience We're the first orator;
of the world, and they llal voices ike tiue->
when they were pa,s4yen AMI like trlalJet,
when they were arOused} anl | thini Z. Y
laugheiin the sleeves Of their goaAs as tn
Insignificant man rose to speak.
In that audience We're Schoiia~tS. Ung
knew everything, or thought th4y lit. an
from the end OF the lon Lest hair on the to-
of their cranlunls TO the end o. tna nail o.
the longest toe, they were stuffed with
hypercriticisln, and they leanei back with a
supercilioEs look to listen. AS in 1899
stood on that rock where Faul stood, anI 4
sab of which | brought from .AthenS Is
consent OF the queen, through Mr.. Irleoupis
the prime minister, aui hat pi.cal in Won
der Memorial Wall, | read the whole story.
Bible IN hand.
What / have - far said III taiS ,iscours.
was necessary III orler that wa may III.
derstand the boidnEss. the defiance. ti4 holy
recH!e-sness, the ma-alficancc of Pau.
speech. The first thunIerooit be Launched
at the opposite hili-tha cropoll@-th ma
moment al agiittar with idols and temples
He cries out. tod who male the world
Nhy.they thought that Promethe!ls made it
that Mercury made 1t, that Apollo made It
that Position MADE it, that Enos made il
that Pondrocus made it. that Barea
made il. that it TOOK all the Gods o.
the, Parthenon, yea, all the -oi> ana god
desses OF the Acropo..s to make it, an
here stands a man without any ecclesiqsticaI
title, neither a d, nor even a reverend
i, declaring that the world was ma i. by tn
; Lord OF heaven AMI earth, and Een4e the in
! ference that all the splendid covering Of tn
Acrorolis, 50 near that the people Stanlin2
;, on the step, Of the PartLenon could Il Jar il
was a deceit, q falsehood, a sham. a blaspl.e
my. Look at the faces of his auditors. ttal
are turning pale, anl then rel, ana tael
/ "rathful. There had been several earth.
quakes in that region. but that was The =
N"rest shock these meu had ever flt.
Tie Persians had bombarlei the Acropo
is from the heights OF Mars Hill. but thi
IaI.lne homharilnen vas greater and NOR.
, terrific What" SAID III. hearers. '.aav,
We 4een hauling with many yoke- 81 OXEN t.,
centuries thesA blocks from the uuarrtes 81
Mount fent-llcunl, AMI nave We mad on,
architects putting up these structures Of IN
paralleled splan ior. anl 14ev- W had y
greatest u all ~seniptss>. flti4s. vital
E, men chl>ellnC away n those y lr=3. p-fs
| nent> AMI cutting ava. n tlsS- n .la
haTe W. taIei tha neteuS r~e-osrc. Is =.
utmost nov - IL told tuat taaS- statu4 :.
Z ts0tainE, hear nothing. lnas nothing
on. llul. >t"o :or i lIetatnt and rfv
; these s~tart!ei AMI "s-rya.ln!Ai aul*rgr
! tine T. catch theIr braa- Ma 8 rll-t1-.r3
F., pause. lake a lpos areu4i vau a ne lu:el
! estlu- landscape. AMI -I.- yoIr naa,e9> I'm.
! % recover NJ, he does n7t make ev-r
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