Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-12-09


| paved with slaba Of white pentelic
marble. On the way he passes under
tho Propylna, lofty, massive en-
trance, the most magnificent gateway
IN the world, made up of shrines,
sanctuaries and temnles with gates
piled upon gates all built Of huge
blocks Of white marble, having ves-
tibule crnsseh by two colonnadeH. tho
front row Of pillars being of the Doric
order, the other behind and parallel,
Ionic. The whole hilltop, tho Aeron-
oils, square, craggy rock, LOCO feat
front and 900 feet deep. forms d
museum of crit, history and religion,
embodied in the iinost architecture and
sculpture, considered as the crown of
all and dedicated TO the national ex
atation and the nntional gois.
As Paul still looks upward another
object meets his eyes II ia the match.
less Paithenon, the virgins houne,
Minerals temple, in beauty and grand.
cur surprising all the other buildings,
heing not only the most perfect pro-
duction of Grecian architecture, hut
| the most perfect structure ever erected
and the glory of the Acropolis. A
union OF simplicity and MAJESTY, built
in the pureHt Doric, Of white marble,
and standing on the highest peak OF
tho hill, tho glorious building looms
out CLEARLY against the deep blue
Grecian sky. 1t has height of &C
feet to the top of the pediment, is 22S
feet in length and l0l feet in breadth,
surrounded by peristyle of AZ columns
"a feet high, Ii is further adorned
within and without with exquisite
sculpture and paintings and enriched
by offerings from every quarter of un-
told value.
And now another object gains the at
tention of the cultivated Jew. 1t is a
statue lifting itself above the roof Of
the Parfhenon, presenting colossal
figure of bronze, Minerva promuchus
the fighting goddess, 10 feat in Insight,
standing in the open air, towering in
gigantic propurtions bearing n SHIELD
and welding threatening spear. visit
BILE far out at sea. To Paul's deyout
eyes this daring figure seemed to pro
claim to sea and land, to earth and
heaven, that she was the ruling power.
the tutelary deity of the city, and to
this claim the city yielded willing
obedience.
Turning from the Acropuiis towards
the northwest, and descending "a little,
the apostle finds himself Oh Maria Hill,
where the supreme court of the Areop-
agites was held the most veneratetl
spot Of tine city because il was asso-
ciated with the heroic ago and the
most ancient religion. A quarter Of a
mills distant tn the southwest was a
great field called the pynix, $4,000
square yards in size. without seats or
covering, where the citizens held thoir
assemblies, and as this spot commanded
all the grnnh surroundings, above and
below, this sea and land, the orators
speaking from the famous bema or pull
pit could not fail of being enthused
with patriotic fire to carry a glorious
coioring into every tonic they handled.
Here it was that Demothenes ages be
fore, aroused his countrymen against
Philip of Macedon, and Pericles, in
his eloquence. 'tthundered and light
ened, and shook all, Greece. y
From this limited description it is
seen that the old Greeks could build
temples as worthy OF the true divinity
as Solomon'a, and raise glorious works
in praise OF Him who had formed the
unrivalled human mind, but for this
very reason Athens Glands as a living
witness thar tine brightest intellect the
highest genius, the keenest aesthetic
taste united, cannot create pure and
hopeful religion nor make up for tho
want of it; neither do they make or
maintain decent morality, for a
pagan has written of Athens. "Iniquity
has full course in public life and
dominates, privately, in every heart. =
Paul stands in their temples, waits by
the affairs and watchea the priests in
sacrifice aud prayer, hut finds no rite
tending to holiness, no truth uttered
nor doctrine whispered to give victory
over self and raise the worshipper
towards God the Maker. She knows
not God and tho only legacy of all the
past glory Of learning and art is only a
deeper immersion in error and immor
aity! Paul's loyal soul is stirred with
pity, shame ard Indignation, and in
that matchless discourse on Mars Hill
he suars far beyond the flights of Peri
Giles and the reasonings OF Demos.
themes for he speaks for mans soul and
its relation tn its Maker. From his
lofty stand he reads his text from the
bright pages OF Natures book, printed
in everlasting type, reflected from the
blue skies, mirrored in the sparkling
1Igean Sea rolling at their fest, seelI
in the beauteous isles dotting the sur
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the hills and charming Wales. His that
made the world, the Lord of Heaven
and Earth, he argues, dwelleth no: in
temples made with hands; the Giyer
of all things cannot he in want Of any
good and as we, intelligent, thinking
beings are His offspring, as your own
poets have said, the Godhead cannot
be dead matter. gold or silver or stone,
however curiously wrought by art or
mans device.
BY Paul's lips. God now breaks the
long silence; the gospel sounds in their
ears Jesus and the resurrection are
PREACHED, the command of repentance
comes down from Gods throne, en-
forced by tine proclamation of coming
judgment day, assured to men by the
raising Of Jesus from the dead
Though these vain, self satisfied peo-
pie heed il not, Paul's speech is clear
and Of convincing power, obvious are
his conclusions, and tremendous as
reverbsrating thunder from Mount
Hymettus is the application.
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