. New Testament hours. Monastery of St. John, Ephesus. (From a Photograph by Rev. Dr. F. Tremlett.) of a church reputed to have been the restoration of onemore ancient, built by Justinian over the tomb of ; but for this tradition there is no historical huge ruined monastery, once that of St. John, built fromihe spoil of the temple of Diana, rises like a great barrackat the foot of the hills; the village standing at some THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 197 distance from it. There are only a few houses, all ofhumble or moderate pretensions, the hotel of the placeshowing n
. New Testament hours. Monastery of St. John, Ephesus. (From a Photograph by Rev. Dr. F. Tremlett.) of a church reputed to have been the restoration of onemore ancient, built by Justinian over the tomb of ; but for this tradition there is no historical huge ruined monastery, once that of St. John, built fromihe spoil of the temple of Diana, rises like a great barrackat the foot of the hills; the village standing at some THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 197 distance from it. There are only a few houses, all ofhumble or moderate pretensions, the hotel of the placeshowing no outward signs of being so, as the village needsvery small provision for travellers ; its special supplies,having to be brought on camels or horses from one seemed to be doing anything; the few shopkeepers. Roman Arch and Ruins at Ephesus. {From a Photograph by Rev. Dr. F. Tremlett.) standing at the doors in amiable gossip with their sadlydirty and squalid fellow-villagers, and two or three camelsstanding or lying, as idly, in the street. Of all the glories of Ephesus nothing is left but heapsof stones, or gaunt remains of once great structuresrespecting which one may speculate at his will. A Eoman 198 THE APOCALYPSE arch and a Eoman gateway still stand, some miles fromthe present village, and an immense building near themin sad ruin, stretching along a paved way high over theplain,—the line of the ancient quays,—is perhaps theancient imperial magazine or the custom-house. Themarket-place is a confusion of ruins, and so are all theother details of the once mighty centre of a trade drawnfrom the pillars of Hercules on the west, to Syria on theeast, and from the Sea of Azof on the north, to Abyssiniaon the south; the whole scene making it hard to realisethat such an utter solitude coul
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