Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-02

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sot forgss chat they had ouee been She
masters of Ernt Constant conflict
Il the streets between the par-isaus Of
each side laid a 6ttlng scene scr
Charles Klngsley's religious philosoph-
c historical meIotlraInG
Cyril. bfshon and later saint is nom.
nallv the leader OF the battling
ehurchnen 81 tie taTes the great Aug
ustine and The phiIosophie Synesius
bishops roth. are minor personages OF
the drama. with MANY other passing
fgures of the church. but the leading
character ron fhat side IS the humble
Philammon. the Young boy OF the mon
sterv In the desert. who makes his
7vav in the simplicity Of his zeal 10
brave the world. the flesh. and the dew
IA. where - many other monks OF fie-
ion have found that interesting triad.
EeauiBg Headquarters at Alexandria.
The city was ruled bv 0resFes. 50 far
SIS any project could rule the unrulv
eosmonolis. a worldly and elusive per-
son. who, nor satisfied with the trou-
bips already at hand. would conspire
to erect an empire OF africa ont OF
Ire difficulties Of Rome and C0ustan-
dnople. ana 10 crown as his empress,
EyTatia. idealist. mathematician, ne0-
Platonisr, leader ana teacher of what
remained of Greek philosophy as a Ilv-
ing force. Under HypatIa's sway fell
the Young Philammon by reason Of
her beauty. her power OF speech. and
me inherited appeal NJ philosophy 70
one whose ancestry was Athenian. An
appeal Of another sort came TO him
from PeIagia, dancer and beauty, dar-
ing OF the city In general and OF in
diyiduals in particular, To the charm
Of Hyparia yielded not only the world,
Il project and the simple monk. but
the most interesting figure Of the
story. Raphael-Aben-E Ezra. descended
from the blood Of Solomon, rich, lazy,
and selfish TO all appearance. but the
parsonage in whose soul and mind
was surging most violently the strug-
gle and conflict which IS the keynote
Of the book. Should the traditions OF
Jewrv. the lure Of Greek philosophy,
the charm Of a pleasant If tlmultuous
world or the power OF Christianity
conquer in him7 IN his apparently
easy going way through existence, he
was measuring what every phase OF
that seath5ng cauidr0n had 70 offer as
a solution for the problems which a
human soul has to ponder for its own
salvation IT took him long To decide,
and it was only By the ministratons
" Augustine and Svnesius and the Hv-
ing example Of Victoria that he final
ly found in Christianity the truly DEM
0eratc creed by which the world could
best live.
Suuggie and strife Of soul or body
--PhHammon's yearning TO see more
Of the world than the monastery in
the desert: his enthrallment by the
charm Of Hvpatias beaury and her
learning: Cvril's struggles bg militant
means toward a spiritual end: Ores
tes 70 WIN an empire. Pelagia's 70
win love Raphael - and the truth !;
the conflict between old thought and
new and as t1e elimaZ. the conflict
and the end in Hvparia's case
eyes, on into the church itself into
the cool. dim shadow. with it's fretted
pillars. ard towering domes. and can
dies, and incense and blazing altar,
and great pictures, looking from the
walls athwart the gorgeous gloom.
And right in fr0nt. above the altar
the colossal Christ watching unmoved
from on The wall. his right hand raised
70 give a hlessing-or a curse7
"On, up the nave. fresh shreds Of
her dress strewIng the holy pavement
MP the chanceI steps themseives-up
to The altar-rlght underneath the
great. stiIl Christ. and there even
those hell hounds paused.
'She shook herself free from her
t9rment0rs, and springlag back, rose
for one moment 20 her full height,
naked. snow white against the dusky
mass around shame and indignation
in those vide. clear eyes. but not a
stain OF fear. With one hand she
clasped her golden locks around her;
she other long white arm was
stretched upward toward the great
still Christ appealing-and who dare
SAP, IN vain from man to God. Her
+ lips we're opened TO speak; but the
words thar should have come from
them reached Gods ears alone; for in
IN instant they struck her down, the
dark mass closed over her again-and
then waiI on wall. ear-piercing, rang
along the vaHlted roofs, and thrilled
ike the trumpet Of avenging angels
f through PhiIammon's ears
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