Milford chronicle., 1891-11-20
THETABERNACLEPULPIT
DR.. TALMAeE breaches ABOUT
THE TEMPLE OF DIANA.

, Continuation Of the Brooklyn Divine
Series Of Disoourses on His Travels 4
the East-Hls Visit to the City OF Ephe
sus Described in Detail.
BROOKLYN. Nov. 15.-Dr. Talmage con
tinued this morning his series Of sermons
entitled, From the Pyramids to tn
Acropolis." This sermon, which is thi
fifth Of the series, is concerned with th,
DOCTORS visit to Ephesus, of which CITY
with its wonderful temple and other build
ings, he gives a vivid description, witt
characteristic exegetieal comments on OBJ
scure passages Of Scripture His text was
Acts xix, "a, Great is Diana of the Ephe
slams"
We have landed this morning at Smyrna.
a city OF Asiatic Turkey One Of the seven
churches of Asia once stood here. You
read in Revelation, ITO the church in
Smyrna write" It is city that has often
been shaken by earthquake, swept by con
flagration, blasted by plaques and butch
cred by war, and here Bishop Polycarp
stood In a crowded mphitheater and when
he was asked to give up the advocacy Of
the Christian religion and save himself
from martyrdOm, the prOconsul saying,
Swear and release thee; reproach Christ"
replied, Eighty and six years have I
served him, and he never dill me wrong;
how then can | revile my King and Saw
iourf"
When he was brought to the fires into
which he was about to be thrust, and the
officials were about to fasten him to the
stake, he said Let me remain rs | am
for be who giveth me strength to sustain
the fire will enable me also without your
securing me with nails to remain unmoved
in the fire." History says the fires refused
/ to consume him, and under the winds the
flames bent outward so that.they did not
touch his person, and therefore he was
slain by swords and spears. One cypress
bending over his grave is the only monu-
ment to Bishop Polycarp.
ON TIE WAY TO EPHEsUs.
But we are on the way to the city of
Ephesus, about fifty miles from Smyrna.
We are advised not TO go to Ephesus. The
bandits in that region have had an ugly |
practice of cutting of the ears of travellers |
and sending these specimens of ears down |
to Smyrna, demanding 4 ransom. The !
bandits suggest to the friends of the per /
Sons from whom the ears have been sub /
tracted that if they would like to have the
rest of the body they will please send an
appropriate SUM VI uuUlEgs II LllE money
is not sent the mutilated prisoners will be
One traveller was carried OFF /
to the robbers den, and 81, 500 was paid for
his rescue The bandits were caught and
beheaded, and pictures of these CHASTITY
heads are on sale in the shops of Smvrna
for any persons who may desire to have
to look at on their way to Ephe-
sus.
There have been cases where ten and
twenty and thirty and forty Thousand dol &
Ia have been demanded by these brigands.
We did not feel Ike putfi6e 6e'8UE 1rieDds, t.
stIch expense, and it was suggested that
we had better omit Ephesus But chat
would have been a disappointment from ,
which we would never recover. We must Z
zee Ephesus-associated with the most
wonderful apostolic scenes. We hire Il c
pecial railway train, and in about an hour /
md half we arrive ut the city of Ephe. e
us, which was called "The Great Metrop +
lis Of ASIA" and zone of the Eyes of 4
Asia," and "The Empress Of Ionia," the +
apital Of all learning and magnifcence. fl
Iere, as | said, was one of the seven q
hurches of Asia, and first of all we visit "
he ruins of that church where once an a
cumenical council of two thousand min "
,ters of religion was held. T.,
Mark the fulfllment of the prophesy. d
# the seven churches of Asia four were a
1mmended in the Book Of Revelation and N
lree were doomed. The cities having the II
,ur commended churches still stand; the W
ties having the three doomed churches er
re wiped out It occurred just as the fr
ibe said it would occur. Drve on and
1u come to the theater which was go it
ct from wall to wall, capable of holding br
ZOO spectators. Here and there the walls bt
Use almost unbroken, but for the most Pi
irt the building is down. just enough Nv
it is left to help the imagination build in
up rs it was when those audiences hi
outed and clapped at some great spec an
cular Their huzzas must have been wi
ough to stun the heavens. to
As / took my place at the center Of this re,
eater and looked around at its broken te,
rers of stone, gallery upon gallery, gal ag
y upon gallery, and piled up into the III,
,all skies Of that winter day. and Thought or,
ut every hand that swung a trowel on SOL
Dse walls, and every foot that trod those of
.irs. and every eye that gazed on that l
and every voice that greeted nu
: combatants in that arena had gone out Die
hearing and sight for ages on ages, I felt VIII
brill of interest that almost prostrated fer
amid the ruins. .he
'Iahdlus there we couIu hoJ IofgeJ Ihat Der
that building once assembled n iotous roll
ong for Panl's condemnation, because BILE
at he preached collided with the idola- the
of their national goddess. Paul tried IN,
get into that theater and address thecx- CAV
ID multitude, but his friends held him sui,
k, lest he be torn in pieces by the mob DIRE
! the recorder Of the city had to read the rigI
act among the people who had slirieked the
TWO mortal hours till their throats were wei
2 and they were black in the face, 4
'cat is Diana Of the Ephesians." and
THE STADIUM aud
ow we step iuto the Stadium. Enough 70
Is walls and appointments are left to TIVE
" what stupendous place it must and
G been when used for foot races and for witt