News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-19

which city they had been removed, and
are now a part of the Mosque of st.
Sophia. Those eight columns are all
green jasper, but some of those which
stood in Diana's temple at Ephesus
were fairly drenched with brilliant col
ors. Costly metals stood up i'll various
parts of the temple, where they could
catch the fullest flush of the sun. A
flight of stairs was carved out of one
grapevine. Doors of cypress wood,
which had been kept in glue for years
and bordered with bronze in bas relief,
swung against pillars of brass, and re-
sounded with echo upon echo, caught
up and sent on, and hurled back
through the corridors.
In that building stood an image OF
Diana, the goddess. The impression
was abroad, as the Bible records, that
that image had dropped plumb out OF
heaven into that temple, and the
sculptors who really made the statue
or image were put to death, so that
they could not testify of its human
manufacture and so deny its celestial
origin. 1t was thought by intelligent
people that the material from which
this idol was formed might have dropped
out of heaven as an aerolite.
We have seen in the British museum,
and in universities of our own west,
blocks of stone hurled off from other
worlds These aerolites were seen to
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landing places, and scientists have pro
nounced them to be the product of
other worlds. But the material out of
which the image of Diana was fash
toned contradicts that notion. This
image was carved out of ebony and
punctured here and there with open
ings kept full of spikenard so as to hin
der the statue from decaying and make
it aromatic, but this ebony was covered
with bronze and alabaster.
A necklace of acorns coiled graceful
ly around her. There were four lions
on each arm, typical of strength. Her
head was coroneted Around this fig
ure stood statues which by wonderful
invention shed tears. The air by
strange machinery was damp with de-
scending perfumes. The walls multi
piled the scene by conceived mirrors.
Fountains tossed in sheaves of light
and fell in showers of diamonds. PraX-
iteles, the sculptor, and Apelles, the
painter, filled the place with their tri-
umphs. CrGsus, the wealthiest of the
ancients. put here and there in the
temple golden heifers.
The paintings were SO vivid and life
like that Alexander, who was moved at
nothing of terror, shuddered at one
battle scene on these walls, and so true
to life was a painting of horse that
when Alexander's horse was led up to
it he began to neigh, as one horse is ac-
customed to greet another. One paint
ing in that temple cost 1913, $50. The
treasures of all nations and the spoils
of kingdoms We're kept here for safe
deposit Criminals from all lands fled
to the shelter of this temple, and the
Inv could not touch them. 1t seemed
almost strange that this mountain of
architectural snow outside did not melt
with the fires of color within.
The temple was surrounded with
groves. in which roamed for the temp
tation of hunters, stays and hares and
wild boars, and all styles of game,
whether winged or four footed. There
was a cave with statue SO intensely
brilliant that it extinguished the eyes
of those who looked upon it, unless, at
the command of the priests, the hand
of the spectator somewhat shaded the
eyes. No wonder that even Anthony
and Alexander and Darius cried out in
the words of my text, Great is Diana
Of the Ephesians.
One whole month of each year, the
month of May, was devoted to her
worship. Professions In CARDS of pur-
pie and violet and scarlet moved
through it, and there We're torches and
brels and triangles in music, sacrifices
and dances Here young men and
maidens We're betrOthed with imposing
ceremony. Nations voted large amounts
to meet the expense of the worship.
Fisheries of vast resource were devoted
to the support of this resplendence
Horace and Virgil and Homer went
into rhapsodies while describing this
All artists, all psychologists,
all centuries agreed in saying, Great
is Diana of the Ephesians."
Paul, in the presence of this Temple
of Diana, incorporates it In his figures
of speech while speaking of the spiritual
temple, Nov, if any man build upon
this foundation, gold. silver, precious
stones, etc" and no doubt with refer
ence to one of the previous temples
which had been set on fire by Heros-
tratus just for the fame of destroying
it, Paul says, eff any mans work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss, etc."
and ali up and down Paurs writings
you realize that he had not only seen,
but had been nightly impressed with
what he mad seen of the Temple of
Diana.
NOTED CHRIsT1ANS OF EPHRsUs.
In this city the mother of Jesus was
said to have been buried. Here dwelt
Aquilla and Priscilla of Bible mention,
who were professors in an extemporized
theological seminary, and they taught
the eloquent Apollos how to be elo-
quent for Christ. Here John preached,
and from here because of his fidelity
he was exiled to Patmos. Here Paul
varied against the magical arts for
WHICH Ephesus was famous The sor-
cerers of this city pretended that they
could cure diseases, and perform al
most any miracle, by pronouncing
these senseless words, "Aski Cataski
Liz Tetrax Damnameneus Aision."
Paul having performed a miracle in
the name of Jesus, there was a lying
family of seven brothers who initiated
the apostle, and instead of their usual
words of incarnation, used the word
Jesus over a man who was possessed of
a devil, and the man possessed flew at |
them in great fierceness and nearly tore
these frauds to pieces, and in conse-