Evening star., 1928-05-04
Destruction of COrinth Brings
Wide Regret; Hope for New City

solate. but some strange attraction
held the population to the place. Per
hapS the inherited belief that there
should be a city at the site Of ancient
Corinth will bring the people back 20
their demolished homes. Il IS hard 20
shake off the power Of tradition" The
Port Huron Herald adds its
thought that 1T would seem 20 be
great pity that 3 city which had been
OF so great importance commercially
and OF SO great Splendor materially
should now disappear entirely from the
face Of the EARTH
In the Christian era" says the Proyi-
dence Bulletin. fear OF Jehovah'S wrath
must have given St Paul quite q hold
upon the people there dwelling luxuri-
ouSly around their lofty acropOliS never
knowing when the hin might crumhls
over them. In the Greek Revolutionary
War u was reduced 70 ashes II rose
and tlouriShed, In 1883 an earthquake
again shook 1t down. That WAS too
much, So. after some - centuries OF
III treatment, the abused Inhabitants
gathered up what BELONGINGS they could
ind and moved 20 the new site Ap-
parently the sncient curse still hounds
them. According 10 reports. so per cent
Of the houses are in ruins Fortunately
the list ot casualties is small And hU-
man aid. more accessible than az Snv
time In her long series Of calanitieS. has
immediately begun 20 alleviate the Suf-
feriug And-rot strangely, in the light
Of history--to rebuild the city again
~& -
The modern city of Corinth." the
Altoona Mirror points cur. Is not ore
OF the worlds great communities X
derives It's chief historical interest from
the fact that 1t was the seat og one q
the earliest Christian churches There
lived and labored for some time the
great apostle % the CiSntile$. and Il Was
10 the Christians ol that city ne wrote
two of the most interesting and IN
StrUetive OF his letters 60 the priMssivs
churches" The South Bend Tribune
AIDES its testimony that, "althOuSN mod
era Corinth bore nos the least reSenl-
hlance 70 the Corinth which Is Ell
Shrined In antiquity, thcre IS 4 note %
sadness IN the news that the site % 3
GAGE celebrated city has been abandoned
as UNIT for human hahitatson"
The name " CoVinth IN the aneten.
world. the Madison WISCONSIN state
Journal recalls, was synonym for ex-
travagance. voh,ptuoUS llNtsry, enormous
wealth, Vet Coyinth Was one of the
lirSt centerS Of the Christian church
and was dear GO the Apostle Psul, Al
that Is behind tNe interest with WhiCh
the world remarks the dSStFpetton Of q
miserable, tunhleC;own town on a SANDY
tSthn1uS TN a part ~ the world that il
OF relatively mmcg Importance, It l.
not what Cornth is hus what Corinsn
MAS that makes IT'S fate tragic And
perhaps there II behind it, alSSN the sub
conscious rraltsattOli that IN the end the
fate ot Ccrmth Is tne fAge Of cities that
now stand as proudly before tire world
as Coginth In the time af her Glory~
Yet a niodeyn incident cf q thrtll!nS
character Is found IN the story hy tne
New orleans Item~ Tribune When the
earthquakes yased the ancient city
telegraph operstor,~~htS name Is nef
even mentioned -Stocd Ny his sender
KEY and Met the death cf hero ee-
meath The crashing wallis ef the hQtldinS
in which ne did his daily work tie
must have oeea as sure az his fate as
IeoniiaS or Van WInkeiried OF theirs
tie met Il With the same absorption m
the interest ot others. che same total
az SELF, the same eafa~
0leta fOgtttu(lS A CFeek OF to-
aAy proves thar there IS 10 decline in
me ssee eE Hercules"