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and twenty-seven columns , each column the gift of a king ? Can it be that the temple of the " Great goddess Diana , " that the ornament of Asia , the pride of Ephesus , and one of the seven wonders of the world has gone , disappeared , and left not a trace behind ? As a traveller , I would fain be able to say that I have seen the ruins of this temple ; but , unfortunately , I am obliged to limit myself by facts . Its site has of course engaged the attention of antiquaries . I am no sceptic in these
matters , and am disposed to believe all that my cicerone tells me . * * * He knew what was expected from him , and that his reputation was gone for ever if , in such a place as Ephesus , he could not point out the ruins of the great temple of Diana . He accordingl y had his temple , which he stuck to with as much pertinacity as if he had built it himself : but I am sorry to be obliged to say , in spite of his authority and my own wish to believe himthat the better opinion isthat now not a single
, , stone is to be seen . Topographers have fixed the site on the plain , near the gate of the city which opened to the sea . The sea , which once almost washed the walls , has receded or been driven back for several miles . For many years a new soil has been accumulating , and all that stood on the plain , including so much of the remains of the temple as had not been plundered and carried away by different conquerors , is probably now buried many feet under its surface .
After another visit , by day , Mr . Stephens observes : —I feel my inability to give you a true picture of these ruins . Indeed , if I could lay before you every particular , block for block , fragment for fragment , here a column and there a column , I could not convey a full idea of the desolation that marks the scene . To the Christian the ruins of Ephesus
carry with them a peculiar interest ; for here , upon the wreck of heathen temples , was established one of the earliest Christian churches ; but the Christian church has followed the heathen temple , and the worshippers of the true God have followed the worshippers of the great goddess Diana ; and in the city where Paul preached , and where , in the words of the apostle , " much people were gathered unto the Lord , " now not a solitary Christian dwells . Verily , in the prophetic language of inspirationthe " candlestick is removed from its place" a curse seems to have
, ; fallen upon it , men shun it , not a human being is to be seen among its ruins ; and E phesus , in faded glory and fallen grandeur , is given up to birds and beasts of prey , a monument and a warning to nations . CONNEXION BETWEEN THE WORKS OF CREATION . — The investigations of modern philosophy have shown us the connections of the different sciences ; bringing to light the links of the golden chain that runs through the universebinding element to elementand system to
, , system . That which , in the infancy of knowledge , was presumed to be detached , is found to be closely associated : and that which was supposed to act independently , and within a contracted sphere , has been discovered to be in union or affinity with other and unsuspected regions of nature—operating on other and sometimes far distant elements , by secret impulses or silent combinations , that present themselves in new forms and modifications . It is probablereasoning from analogythat
, , these remote associations lie much deeper , and extend much wider into nature than we have even yet been taught to imagine . It is certain , that the further we go , the simpler become the elements of science , and the more curious and the more obvious its combinations . Many complexities have already , in the progress of knowledge , been reduced to simplicity , and many distant departments , as they were once deemed ,
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Collectanea.
and twenty-seven columns , each column the gift of a king ? Can it be that the temple of the " Great goddess Diana , " that the ornament of Asia , the pride of Ephesus , and one of the seven wonders of the world has gone , disappeared , and left not a trace behind ? As a traveller , I would fain be able to say that I have seen the ruins of this temple ; but , unfortunately , I am obliged to limit myself by facts . Its site has of course engaged the attention of antiquaries . I am no sceptic in these
matters , and am disposed to believe all that my cicerone tells me . * * * He knew what was expected from him , and that his reputation was gone for ever if , in such a place as Ephesus , he could not point out the ruins of the great temple of Diana . He accordingl y had his temple , which he stuck to with as much pertinacity as if he had built it himself : but I am sorry to be obliged to say , in spite of his authority and my own wish to believe himthat the better opinion isthat now not a single
, , stone is to be seen . Topographers have fixed the site on the plain , near the gate of the city which opened to the sea . The sea , which once almost washed the walls , has receded or been driven back for several miles . For many years a new soil has been accumulating , and all that stood on the plain , including so much of the remains of the temple as had not been plundered and carried away by different conquerors , is probably now buried many feet under its surface .
After another visit , by day , Mr . Stephens observes : —I feel my inability to give you a true picture of these ruins . Indeed , if I could lay before you every particular , block for block , fragment for fragment , here a column and there a column , I could not convey a full idea of the desolation that marks the scene . To the Christian the ruins of Ephesus
carry with them a peculiar interest ; for here , upon the wreck of heathen temples , was established one of the earliest Christian churches ; but the Christian church has followed the heathen temple , and the worshippers of the true God have followed the worshippers of the great goddess Diana ; and in the city where Paul preached , and where , in the words of the apostle , " much people were gathered unto the Lord , " now not a solitary Christian dwells . Verily , in the prophetic language of inspirationthe " candlestick is removed from its place" a curse seems to have
, ; fallen upon it , men shun it , not a human being is to be seen among its ruins ; and E phesus , in faded glory and fallen grandeur , is given up to birds and beasts of prey , a monument and a warning to nations . CONNEXION BETWEEN THE WORKS OF CREATION . — The investigations of modern philosophy have shown us the connections of the different sciences ; bringing to light the links of the golden chain that runs through the universebinding element to elementand system to
, , system . That which , in the infancy of knowledge , was presumed to be detached , is found to be closely associated : and that which was supposed to act independently , and within a contracted sphere , has been discovered to be in union or affinity with other and unsuspected regions of nature—operating on other and sometimes far distant elements , by secret impulses or silent combinations , that present themselves in new forms and modifications . It is probablereasoning from analogythat
, , these remote associations lie much deeper , and extend much wider into nature than we have even yet been taught to imagine . It is certain , that the further we go , the simpler become the elements of science , and the more curious and the more obvious its combinations . Many complexities have already , in the progress of knowledge , been reduced to simplicity , and many distant departments , as they were once deemed ,