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THKTABKKNAOLE PULPIT
OR. TALMAQE PMEACHE3 ADOUT
THE TEMPLE OF DIANA.
Cmitliiiintlnn of tlm llnmklyn lllvlnn'a
rrlr nf Itlarourapi mi Ilia Ttnli In
Urn nail-III VUll In Hit Oily of Kili
lit Drarrltivil In Itrtnll.
HliooKt.YN, Nov. 1ft. Dr. TnltniiKS con
tinned tlilamoruliiK Ms series of sormoua
mtltltxl, "From tlio Pyramids to tlm
Acropolis," TliU sermon, which I tliu
llfllt ot llm series, In roiieerueit with tlio
doctor's visit to Khiiuft, of which city,
with Its womlerful templo ami otliur build
IliK", ho j-lves n vlvlil ili'crltlou, with
clinructcrl'tla rxt'Kctlral comment on nl
euro iiiiKc.M of Scripture. HI text win
ActaxIx.lH, "Ureal I Diana of the Kpho
alans." V have lamloil this morning nt Smyrna,
a city of Asiatic- Turkey. Omi of tlio seven
churches of Asia onco stoixl hero. Von
reail hi llnvclatlon, "To tliu church In
Smyrna write." It Inn city Hint Iiiih often
been shaken by rarthiuakc, swept hy cim
flajiratlon, iiIaMimI hy plutf.uea ami hutch
errd hy wivr, ami hum Ilishup l'olycarp
Mootl in aurowiintamphltlicuturuim when
he was naked to kIvo up tlio advocacy of
tho Christian rell--lnii nnd aavo hlumulf
from martyrdom, tlio proconsul saying,
'Swcaraud I reli'inetheo; reproach Christ,"
replied, "KlKhty mid six yuars Imvo I
nerved Itl 111 . nnd ho never did inn wi-huk;
how thou can I rovllu my KIiik nnd Sav
lourr" When ho wits lirotiKlit to tho flroi Into
which ho was aliout to Iki thrtiKt, nnd tho
odlclal worn nlxiut to fasten him to tint
take, hoaaldt "Ict mu remain us I am,
fur ho who Klvcth mo atroiiKtli to sustain
tho tiro will enablo mo nlno without your
securing 1110 Willi nall.i to remain unmoved
In tho lire." History nays tho fires refused
to consume lilm, nnd under thu wluds.thu
flames iKMit outward ho that tlioy did not
touch his pornon, and therefore ho wits
slain hy swords nnd spears. Ono cyprcsa
bcmlliiK over his ravo U tho only monu
ment to lllshop Polycarp.
ON TIIK WAY TO KfllKHUfl.
Hut wo nro on tho way to tho city of
Kplit-sus, nhout llfty miles from .Smyrna.
Wo nro advised not to no to Kphcsus. Tho
bnmllt In that rt'Klon hnvo had nu uly
practlco of fiittluit on tho earn ot traveler!
and HcndliiK theso specimens of oars down
to Smyrna, dtmmudiuK a ransom, Tho
hamllt atiKKcst to tho friends of tho per
ons from whom tho ears hnvo lieen sttb
trncted that It thoy would llko to hnvo tho
rest ot tho body they will pleaso Rend nn
appropriate- sum of mnnoy. It thomonoy,
u not sent mo muiiiatuii prisoners wilt Imi
KMimsluiited, Ouo traveler was carried olT
to tho robbers' den, nnd 17,500 wits paid for
hln rescue. Tho bandits were caiiKht nnd
beheaded, nnd pictures of these Khnstly
heads nro on salo In tho shops of Smyrna
tor any persons who may deslro to hnvo
.something to look at ou their way to Kpho
na.
There have boon case whero ton nnd
twenty nnd thirty nnd forty thousand del
Inn hnvo beeiidoiunudcd by these brigands.
We did not feel llko puttliiK our frlouda to
auch expense, nnd it was aujjKested that
we had better omit Kphcsus. Uut that
would hnvo been n disappointment from
..which wo would never recover. Wo must
ee Eplieaua associated with tho most
wonderful npostollu scenes. Wo hire a
apeclal railway train, and In about nn hour
And a half we nrrlvo at tho city ot Ephe
aua, which was called "Tho Great Metrop
olis ot Asia," nnd "Ono of tho Eyoa ot
Aala," nnd "Tho Empress ot Ionia," tho
capital ot Ml learnhiK and magnificence.
Here, na I said, wits ono ot tho seven
churches of Asia, nnd tint ot nil wo visit
tho ulna ot that church whoro onco nn
ecumenical council of two thousand mlu
litem of rullulon was held.
Mark tho fulllllmoiit ot tho prophesy,
Of tho seven churches ot Aala four wero
commended In tho Hook of HuvcUtloii luid
three wero doomed, Tho cities having tho
four commentled churches still stand; the
cities having tho three doomed churches
nro wiped out. It occurred just na tho
Dlbtoaaldlt would occur. Drive ou nnd
you come to tho theater, which was IXJO
feet from wall to wall, capable ot holding
60,700 ajwetatora. Hero and there tho walla
arise almost unbroken, but for tho most
part the butldliiK la down. Just enough
of It la left to help tho Imagination build
It up aa it was when those, audiences
ahouted and chipped at some great spec
tacular, Their hurzas must hnvo been
enough to stun tho heavens.
Aa I took my place at the center of this
theater and looked around at lta broken
Uyeraot atone, gallery upon (fillery, Kal
lory upon Kllory, nnd piled up Into tho
bleak aklea ot that winter day, and thought
that every band that hwiiiik a trowel on
those walla, and every foot Mint trod those
tain, and every eye that gazed ou that
amphitheater, nnd every voice that greeted
-the combatant In that arena had gone out
ot hearing and alght tor ngea ou ages, I felt
a thrill ot Interest that almost prostrated
me amid the ruins.
Standing there we could not forget that
in that building onco assembled a riotous
throng for Paul's condemnation, because
what he preached collided with tho Idola
try ot their national goddess. Paul tried
to get Into that theater and address the ex
cited multitude, but his friends held him
back, lest he be torn lu pieces by the mob,
and tho recorder of tho city had to read the
riot act among tho people who had shrieked
for two mortal hours till their throaU were
ore and they wero black In tho face,
"Great is Diana of the Kpheslans."
. TIIK BTAUIUM.
Now we step Into tho Stadium. Euough
of its walls and appointments are left to
ihow what a stupendous place it must
have been when used for foot races and for
fights with wild beasts. It was a building
880 feet long by 1)00 feet wide. Paul refers
to what transpired there lu the way ot
peotacle when ho says, "Wo have been
made a spectacle." "Yes," Paul bays, "I
have fought with beasts at Kphesu,"nn
expression usually taken as figurative, hut
I suppose It was literally true, for one of
the amusements in that Stadium was to
put a disliked man In tho arena with
hungry lion or tiger or panther, and let the
light go ob until either tho man or the
beast or both were slain.
It must have been great fun for these
haters of Christianity to hear that on the
morrow in tho Stadium In Ephesus the
missionary Paul would, In the presence of
the crowded galleries, tight a hungry lion.
The people were early there to get the best
aaata. and a more nlert aud enthusiastic
crowd never assembled, They took their
dinners1 with them. Aud was there ever a
more uuequal combat proposed? Paul,
according to tradition, small, crooked
hacked and weak eyed, but the grandest
taun in sixty centuries, Is led to the center
M the people shout: "There he comes, the
preacher who has nearly ruined our rell
Hioa. The lion will make but a brief
Mouthful of him."
It is pUitt that nil the ay tu path lea of that
crowd nro with tho lion. In ono of tho
uudrrgrouii't rooms I hcartho growl of the
w lid lieasU, They haro lieon kept for sev
eral days tlthont food or water lu order
that they may Iki especially ravenous and
bloodthirsty, What chance Is thero for
Paulf Hut you cannot tell by a man's
ln or looks how stout a blow ho can strike
or how keen a blade ho can thrust. Wit
lie, heaven and earth and hell, this
struggloot Paul with a wild beast. Tho
coolest man lu tho Stadium Is Paul, What
has ho to fear? Ho has delled all the pow
ers, earthly and Infernal, and If his body
milium miner me iihii, ami uioiii in mo
wild lienst, his soul will only the sooner
find illsfiithrnlliuoiit, llut It Is his duly, it
faras possllilo, to preserve his life,
Now, 1 hear tlm bolt of the wild boast'a
door shoved back, and tliu whole audlancu
rise to their feet us the llereo brute springs
for the arena Mini toward Its small occu
pant, I think tlm llr.iL plutigo that was
made by tho wild boast at tho apostle wan
luadonu tho point of a sharp blade, and
the snarling monster, with it howl of pain
and reeking with gore, turns hack. Hut
now the little missionary has his turn of
making attack, and with n few well di
rected thrusts the monster lies dead lu tho
dust of tho arena, and the apostle puts his
right foot ou the lion and shakes him, and
rhou puts his U ft foot on him aud shakes
him a scene which Paul afterward Uses
for an Illustration when ho wants to show
how Christ will triumph over death "Ho
must reln till ho hath put all enemies un
der his feet" yes, under his feet.
Paul told tho literal truth when ho said,
"I have fought with beasts at Kphcsus,"
and as tho plural Is used I think ho had
more than out) such light, or several lieasts
were let loose upon him at ouo time. As
wo stood that day In tho middle of tho
Stadium ami looked around nt tho great
structure, tho wholu scene camu hack upon
us.
I.KT UH HAHTKN OS.
Hut wti pass out of tho Stadium, for wo
are lu haste for other winces ot Interest In
Kphcsus. To add to tho excitement of tho
day ouo ot our party was missing. No man
Is safu lu that region aloiiu unless ho bo
armed and know how totnko sure aim and
not miss lire. Our companion, Dr. Iiuls
Klopsch, now tho publisher ot Tho Chris
tian iieraiu, nan gono out on sumo ex
plorations of his own, and through the
gate whero Paul had walked again and
again, yet where no man unaccompanied
should adventure now, Hut after somo
tlmo had passed and every mliiutaseemed
as long as an hour, ami we had time to
Imagine everything horrible In the way of
robbery and assassination, tho lost traveler
npieaitd, to receive from our entlru party
a volley ot expostulation for tho arousal of
so many anxieties.
In tho midst ot this city of Kphcsus onco
Moated an artlllclal lake, brilliant with
painted boats, nnd through the river Cays
ter It was connected with the sea, and
ships from all parts ot tho known earth
floated lu aud out, carrying ou it commarco
which made Kphcsus tho envy of tho
world. Great was Kphcsus! Its gym
nasia, lta hippodrome, lt odeon, Its atho
iiimim, Its forum, Its aqueducts (whoso
skeletons nro still strewn along tho city),
lta towers, Its Castlo ot Hadrian, Its motm
incntof Audroclus, Its quarries, which wero
the granite cradle ot elites; its temples,
built to Apollo, to Minerva, to Neptune, to
Mercury, to UiiccIiiih, to Hercules, to Crosar,
to Fortune, to Jupiter Olympus. What
history and poetry and chisel and canvas
havo not presented has come mi at tlm mil
of arcluwoioglsts' powder blast aud crowbar.
DIANA'S TKMl'LE.
Uut 1 have now to unveil tho chief won
der ot this chlefest of cities. In 1803. un
der (ho patronage of tho English govern
ment, Mr. Wood, tho explorer, began nt
hpiiesus to reel along under tlio ground at
great depths for roads, for walls, for
towers, and hero It Is that for which
Ephesus was moru celebrated than nit ,
else Isoldes the temple of tho goddess Di
ana, called tho sixth wonder of tho world,
and lu 1830 wo stood amid thu ruins of that
temple, measuring Its pillars, transllxed
by lta sculpture aud coufoumlcJ at what
wits the greatest temple ot Idolatry in all
time.
As 1 sat ou a nleco of ono of Its fallen
columns I said, "What earthquake rocked
it down, or what hurricane unshed It to tho
earth, or under what strong wine ot cen
turies Hid tho giant stagger aud fallr"
Theru havo been sovoit temples of Diana,
mo rttius ot eacu communing something
for thu splcndorof all Its architectural suc
cessors. Two hundred aud twentv Years,
was this last temple lu construction. Twice
as long as thu United States have stood
was that temple In building. Itwasncarly
twlco ns largo as St. Paul's cathedral, I,on
don. Ixst It should be disturbed br earth
quakes, which havo always been fond of
making tlioso regions their playground,
tho temple was built ou a marsh, which
was made firm by layers of charcoal, cov
ered by fleeces of wool. The stouu came
from tho quarry near by.
After It was decreed to build tho temple
It was thought it would be necessary to
bring tho building stouu from other lnudii,
but ouo day a shepherd by tho name of
Pixodorus, while watching his flocks, saw
two rams fighting, aud as they missed the
Interlocking of their horns aud ono fell
his horn knocked it splinter from tho rock
and showed by that splinter the lustrous
whiteness of the rock. Tlio shepherd ran
to tho city with it plecoof thitUtono, which
revealed it quarry from which place tho
templo was built, and every mouth lu all
ages since tho mayor of Ephesus goes to
that quarry to offer sacrifices to tho mem
ory ot that shepherd who discovered this
source ot splendor and wealth for the cities
ot Aala Minor,
In removing the great stones from the
quarry to their destined places in the tem
ple, It was necessary, In order to keep the
wheels, which wero twelvu feet In diame
ter, from sinking deep Into the earth under
the unparalleled heft, that it frame ot tim
bers be arranged over which tho wheelo
rolled. To put the Immense block of mar
ble in its place over tho doorway ot one of
these temples was ao vast and difficult an
undertaking that the architect at one time
gave It up, and lu his chagrlu Intended
suicide, but ono night lu his sleep he
dreamed that the stone had settled to tho
right place, and the next day he found that
tho great block ot marble hod, by lu own
weight, settled to the right place.
The templo of Diana was four hundred
and tweuty-flve feet long by two hundred
aud tweuty feet wide. All Asia was taxed
to pay for it. It had one hundred and
twenty-seven pillars, each sixty feet high,
and each the gift ot a king, and Inscribed
with the name ot the donor. Now you see
the meaning ot that passage In ltevehttlou,
just as a Klug presenting one ot these pil
lars to the Temple of Diana hud his own i
uame chiseled on It and the name of his
own country, ao anya Christ, "IHm that
oyercometh wjll I make a pillar in tho
temple of my God, and I will write upon
him the name of my God and the name of
the cltyot my God, which Is New Jerusil-
it-iu, mm t win write upon uun my new
uuiue. now suggestive anil ncauumii
A WKALTH or IHCIIE8.
In addition to those pillars that I climbed
I
J over while amid tlm ruins of Dlnna'a tern
pie. i saw imenviirii eight of those plllnrn
iitCi.nntniitli.oplc, to which city they had
been removed, and nro now n part of the
Mom'iio of St. Sophia. Thomi eight col
iiinna nro nil green Jasper, but aomn of
those which stood In Diana's lemplo nt
Kphesua wem fairly drenched with bril
limit colors. Costly metals stood up In
various parts of tho temple, whero they
laium emeu inn iuiicsi inisii or tlm nun.
'A flight uf stairs was curved out of ono
grapevine, iiourn of oypress wood, which
had been kept In glue for years and bor
nereu Willi liron.o In lias relief, nwillig
ngalust pillars of brass and resounded
with echo titiou echo, cuuuli'. nn ni.m,i
ou and hurled bank through tliu corridors
In that building stood an Imago' of
Dtiiiin. tho goddess. Tho Impression wn:t
abroad as the Hlhltt records, that that Imago
had dropped plumb out of heaven Into
that temple, and tho sculptors who really
mndo tho statue or liungu wero put to
death, so that they could not testify of Its
human mauufactiiro and so deny lta celes
tial origin, It was thought by Intelligent
people that tho material from which this
Idol was formed might havo dropped out
of heaven as an aerolite. Wo havo seen lu
tho Hrltlsh museum, aud lu universities of
our own west, blocks of stouu hurled olT
from other worlds. These aerolites wero
M-en to fall, and witnesses havo gono to the
lauding places, aud scientists have pro
nounced them to bo tho product of other
worlds.
Hut tho material out of which the Imago
of Diana was fashioned contradicts that
notion, This Imagu was carved out of
ebony and punctured hern and thero with
openings kept full of spikenard so as to
hinder the utatuo from decaying and mnka
It aromatic, but this ebony was covered
with bronzo aud alabaster. A necklace of
acorns colled gracefully around her. There
weru four linns ou each arm, typical of
strength. Her head was coroneted.
Around this llgiiro stood statues which hy
wonderful Invention shed tears. Tho air
by strange machinery was damp with do
Hcendliig perfumes, Tho walls multiplied
tho sceiio by concaved mirrors. Fountains
tossed In sheaves of light aud fell lu show
ers ot diamonds.
Praxiteles, tlio sculptor, and Apclles, I
the painter, tilled tho place with their tri
umphs. Ciii'sus, tho wealthiest of tho an- '
cleuts, put hero and there in tho tomplu
goiucii neuers. ine paintings wero so
vivid and lifelike that Alexander, who was
moved at nothing of terror, shuddered nt
ouo battle sceao ou these walls, and so true
to life was a painting of a horso that when
Alexander's horso was led up to It ho be
gan to neigh, ns ono horso Is accustomed to
greet another. Ono painting lu that tern
plocost llK!,7r0. Tho treasures of all na
tions and the spoils of kingdoms wero kept
nero lor saui ue posii. urimina s from all
lands lied to tho shelter of this temple, and
mo law count not, toucti tliem. It seemed
almost utratigu that this mountain of ar
chitectural snow outside did not melt with
tho 1 1 res of color within.
Thu temple was surrounded with groves,
In which roamed for tho temptation of
hunters, stags and hares and wild boars,
and all styles of game, whether winged or
four footed. Theru was it cavo with statue
so Intensely brilliant that It extinguished
tho oyoof those who looked upon it, unless,
at tho command ot tho priest, tho hand of
thu spectator somewhat, shaded the eyes.
No wonder that uven Anthony and Alex
ander aud Darius cried out lu thu words of
my text, "Great Is Diana of tho Kpheslans."
One wholu mouth of each year, tho month
of May, was devoted to her worship. Pro
cessions lu garbs of purplo and violet and
scarlet moved through It, aud thero weru
torches ami anthems, and choirs lit white,
nnd timbrels and triangles lu music, sacri
fices aud dances. Hero young men and
maidens wero betrothed with imposing
ceremony. Nations voted largo amounts
to meet tho expense of thu worship. Fish'
cries of vast resource wero devoted to the
support of this resplendence. Horaco aud
Virgil and Homer went Into rhapsodies j
whllo describing this worship,
All artists, all arclucologlsts, all cou
ntries, agreed In saying, "Gieat Is Diana
of the Kpheslans." Paul, in tho presence
of this Temple of Diana, Incorporates It In
his IlL'llles of Hlieeeb while HiwuiL-lntr nt llm
spiritual temple, "Now, If any man build '
upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones, etc.," and no doubt with ruforonc
to one of tho previous temples which had
been set ou II ro by Herostratus just for thu
initio or destroying it, Paul says, "If any
man's work shall Iki burned, hoshall suffer
loss, etc.." aud ail tin and down Paul's !
writings you realize that hu had not only
seen, but had been mightily Impressed
with what ho had seen of thu Templo of
Diana.
IIKItr. MAUY WAS IIUIIIKI).
Ill this city the mother ot Jesus was said
to havo been buried. Hero dwelt Aqullla
and PrUcllht of Hlblo mention, who were
professors in an extemporized theological
seminary, and they taught tho eloquent
A polios how to bo eloquent for Christ. Hero
John preached, aud from hero because of
his fidelity ho was exiled to Patmos. Hero
Paul warred against tho magical arts for
which Kphcsus was famous. Thu sorcerers
of this city pretended that thoy could cure
diseases, ami perform almost any miracle,
bypronouclng thesu senseless words, "Askl
Cataskl Llx Tetrax Dainnameneus Al
ston." Paul having performed a miracle in the
name of Jesus, there was it lying family of
aoveu brothers who Imitated the apostle,
mid Instead of their usual words of incan
tation used tho word Jesus over it man who
was possessed ot a devil, and the man pos
sessed flow at them in great fierceness and
nearly tore these frauds to pieces, and lu
consequence all up and down tho streets of
Ephesus thero was indignation excited
against the magical arts, aud a great bon
fire of magical books was kindled In tho
streets, and tho people stirred the blaze '
until thirty-live thousand dollurs' wortlt of
black art literature had been burned to
ashes.
Out, all tho glory of Ephesus I havo do
scrllicd has gone now. At somo seasons ot
tho year awful malarias sweep over the
place aud put upon mat tress or In graves a
large portion of the population. In the ap
proximate jnarshes scorpions, centipedes
and nil forms of reptilian life crawl and
hiss and sting, while hyenas aud jackals at
night slink In andntitof tho ruins ot build
lugs which onco startled the nations with
their almost supernatural grandeur.
But here la a lesson which has never yet
been drawn out. Do you not see in that
temple ot Diana uu expression of what
tho world needs. It wants a God who cau
provide food. Diana was a huntress. Iu
pictures ou many of the coins she held a
I ag by
tho horn with OUO hlllld aud a
bundle of arrows In the other. Oh, this Is
a hungry world! Diana could not give
ouo pound of meat or ouo mouthful of food
to the millions of her worshipers. Sho was
a dead divinity, nn Imaginary god, ami so
In Idolatrous lands the vast majority of
people uever have enough to eat. It Is only
iu too countries wueru tno ikxi oi iieavuu
aim eartn la worsiupeu mat tuo vase ma
ioritv have enouuh to eat. Let Dluuu have
hat arrow wl her houuda. Our 4od has
llm sunshine and the showers and tho h ar
rests, and In proportion as ho Is worshiped
does plenty reign,
TIIK NKI.II OP A IIKFUOB.
So alo lu the IVmploof Diana tho world
expressed Its need of a refuge. To It from
ill parts of tho laud oinio debtors who
could not pay their debts and tho ofTond
rs of tho law that they might escape In
carceration. Hut she sheltered them only
a little while, aud while she kept them
from arrest she could not change their
hearts aud the guilty remained guilty.
Hut, our (hid lu Jesus Christ Is a refugo
Into which wo may fly from alt our slim
and all our pursuers, and not only Iks safe
fur time, but safe for eternity, and tho
guilt Is pardoned and tho nature Is trans
formed, What Diana could not do for her
I Worshipers, our Christ accomplishes for ns.
Hock of nues cleft for mo,
Uit mo hlitu in) self In thee.
I Then, lu that temple weru deposited
treasures from all tho earth for safe keep
ing. Chrysostoui says It wits tlio treasure
house of nations; they brought gold and
silver and precious stones aud coronets
from across tho sea, aud put them under
the care of Diana of thu Kpheslans. Hut
again and again weru those treasures ran
sacked, captured or destroyed. Nero
robbed them, the Scythians scattered them,
tho (loths burned them. Diana ailed
those who trusted her with treasuies, hut
our (lod, to him wo may Intrust all our
treasures for this world aud tho next, and
fall any ono who puts coulldeiico In him ho
never will, After tho last Jasper column
has fallen, aud the last teiutilo ou earth hits
gone Into ruins, and thu world lUelf hits
BUlTorcd demolition, thu Lord will keep fur
us our best treasures,
Hut notice what killed Kphcsus ami
what has killed most ot tho cities that llo
burled lu thu cemetery of nations, Lux
uryl Tho costly baths, which had been
thu means of health to the city becamo Its
rttlu. Instead of thu cold baths that had
been thu luvlgoralloii of thu people, thu
hot baths, which are only Intended for tlio
Infirm or thu Invalid, weru substituted.
In thesu hot baths many lay most of thu
time. Authors wroto books whllu lu these
baths. UusluesH was neglected anil a ho',
bath taken four or five times it day. When
thu keeper of tho baths was reprimanded
for not having them warm enough ono of
tho rulers said, "You hliimu him for not
making tho bath warm euough; I blainu
you hecausu you havo It warm at all."
Hut that warm bath which enervated
Kphcsus, and which Is always enervating
I except when followed by cold baths (no
reference, of course, to delicate constitu
tions), was only a typo of what went ou lu
all departments of Kphcslan life, and In
luxurious Indulgence Kphcsus fell, and tho
Inst triangle of miislu was tinkled in
Diana's temple, and thu last wrestler (lis-
. 'Ptwared from her gymnasiums, and the
last racer took his garland lu tho Stadium,
mill tlm limf. filea. u-tiu limit-it In tin 1Vi-tt..
and oven the sea, as if to withdraw tho
I last commercial opportunity from that
metropolis, retreated down tliu beach, leav
ing her without the harbor lu which
had floated a thousand ships, llrooklyn,
I New York, Loudon and all modern cities,
cisatlantic ami transatlantic, taku warn
ing! What luxury unguarded did for
Ephesus, luxury unguarded maydo for all.
Opulence and splendor God grant toall tho
people, to all thu cities, to all tho land, but
at thuisnmo tlmo, may ho grant tho right
eous use ot them.
CONSKCftATK ALL TO OOD'fl 01.011 Y.
Gymnasiums? Yes, but seo that the
vigor gained in them bo consecrated to
God. Magulflcuut tumples ot worship?
Yes, but seu that In them Instead of con
ventionalities aud cold pomp of service
there Imi warmth of devotion aud thu pure
Gospel preached. Imposing court houses?
Yes, but In them let justice and mercy
rule. Palaces of journalism!1 Yes, but let
all of tho printing presses lie marshaled
for happiness and truth. Great postofllco
buildings? Yes, hut through them day by
''' may correspondence helpful, elevating
and moral pass. Oruatu dwelling houses?
les, but lu them lut theru bo altars of de
votion, and conjugal, filial, patc.Nial aud
Christian fidelity rule. London for magni
tude, Herlln for universities, Paris for
fashions, llumu for cathedrals, Athens for
classics, Thebes for hieroglyphics, Meiif
phis for tombs, llabylon for gardens, Knhu-
sus for idolatry, but what shall bo tho
characteristics of .our American cities
when they shall have attained their full
stature? Would that "holiness to thu
Lord" miubt be Inscribed upon all our
municipalities. Ouo thing Is certain, and
I iuiii is cunt, an uioiatry must, como iiowu.
! When thu greatest goddess of tlio earth,
Diana, enshrined in thu greatest templo
! that ever stood, was prostrated at Kphcsus,
It was a prophecy of tho overthrow of all
tho Idolatries that havo cursed the earth,
and anything wo lovo moru than God Is nn
idol, aud there Is as much Idolatry In tho
Nineteenth century as lu the First, nnd In
America as in Asia.
As our train pulled out from tho station
at Kphcsus, the cars surrounded hy thu
worst looking groupof villains I ever gazed
ou, all of them seeming lu a wrangle with
each other and trying to gut intoa wrangle
with us, and wu moved along thu columns
of ancient aqueducts, each column crowned
with storks, having built their nests there,
aud wo rolled ou down toward Smyrna, and
that night in a sailor's bethel as wu spoko
of thu Christ whom tho world must know
or perish, wu felt that between cradle mid
grave there could not bo anything much
moru enthralling for body, mind aud soul
than our visit to Kphcsus.
How tu Hung u Plcturo.
Nover put a somber colored plcturo in
tho shade. Put It whero tho light will fall
upon jt. Between two wluduws place
pictures with light backgrounds that will
oittitwi j-aiiO tlin tiinpii mvttlll liittif iV rnnunti rt
their dark surroundings. Hang tho big
pictures first, In sttltablo positions, aud
grouritrth smaller ones iu two rows in be
tweeu. Ho careful that tho pictures do not
, conflict lu color. Use your own tasto in
I this. It Is Impossible to glvu any brief rule
ou the subject. Hang the pictures on a
I level with tho eye, unless thoy be, as somo
arc, pictures which should be looked up to.
Place smalt pictures iu corners and al
coves. Over doors placo large nnd unim
portant canvases anything that looks
j well. Water colors may bo hung on the
same wall with oils when framed iu gold,
but not when framed lu white. White
margins on etchings and engravings don't
go well with oils. Tho main light should
bo ou the picture. IadleB' Home Journal.
Tiu Mini Coffee Nvceisarlea of Lire.
It seems curious to think that tea nnd
' rnlToi. wlilnli Knrnnx int. mi wlllinnf. fnr
' O.OOO years, should at lust have become on
' of tho necessaries of life. Neither hava
, food properties In their component parts;
.they give neither flesh, fat nor bono, belug
simply stimulant In their eirects upon tha
yHt em. Another curious fact Is that
' which tells us that both tea and colTeo ao
nnlro their stimulating powers from
prluclptl named thelue, ot which no other
known plains possess any considerable
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