Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . ncient temple of Diana. Here wasthe place where St. Paul excited the disturbance among the silver and brass smiths whoworked for the temple; and opposite was the great public resort, where the people wereassembling for the exhibition of spectacles, into which they rushed, carrying with themGaius and Aristarchus, Pauls companions. Here they had a full view of the magnificentfront of the temple which all Asia worshipped, and in their enthusiasm they criedout, Great is Diana of the Ephesians ! Passing these ruins, the travelle
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . ncient temple of Diana. Here wasthe place where St. Paul excited the disturbance among the silver and brass smiths whoworked for the temple; and opposite was the great public resort, where the people wereassembling for the exhibition of spectacles, into which they rushed, carrying with themGaius and Aristarchus, Pauls companions. Here they had a full view of the magnificentfront of the temple which all Asia worshipped, and in their enthusiasm they criedout, Great is Diana of the Ephesians ! Passing these ruins, the traveller arrives at Aiasaluk, situated on a hill near theupper extremity of the valley. Beside it is the ancient aqueduct which conveyed waterto the great city; and near it a church, supposed to be that of St. John, rebuilt by theemperor Justinian, but now converted into a Turkish mosque. All that remains of thehabitations of the living is now contained in this Turkish village, whose name stillreminds him of its former Christian population: Aiasaluk is a corruption of Ayas. WITH TIIF. SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR. (55 Theologos,* the name by which the Greeks denominate St. John, to whom the neigh-bouring church was dedicated. Such is the brief account of the great and interesting city of Ephesus! Itscandlestick has been removed, as the prophet predicted. All that remains of theGentile population are, one hundred Turks, enclosed within narrow limits on the summitof a hill; and its numerous Christian congregation is reduced to two individuals, onea Greek gardener, and the other the keeper of a coffee-house,—and these are the repre-sentatives of the first great church of the Apocalypse ! The Illustration represents these objects. On the right, in front, are the remainsof the theatre, ascending the side of the hill; and before it, extensive ruins are scatteredover the surface. Other fragments of edifices are strewed about, and beyond is thehumid plain of the Cayster. In the back ground
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