. Christian herald. ■lllllllllllllllllillllllWIIiillMltlii. ■ -•m^ aMiiiiiiinniiiiiHiii SOME OF THE RUINS AT HIERAPOLIS before Christ as a guar-dian of the great roadfrom Smyrna and Ephe-sus to the Meander; Val-ley, to Phrygia and theuplands of Anatolia. Ithad a commanding posi-tion on the lower valleyof the Lycus, and aH themerchandise, all the sol-diers and their equip-ments, and all the offi-cials of the Greek andRoman Empire.^ in theirturn, had to pass throughthis fortunate city ontheir way to the FarEast, or on their returnfrom the interior ofAsia. To be sure, thegreat highway thatpassed

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. Christian herald. ■lllllllllllllllllillllllWIIiillMltlii. ■ -•m^ aMiiiiiiinniiiiiHiii SOME OF THE RUINS AT HIERAPOLIS before Christ as a guar-dian of the great roadfrom Smyrna and Ephe-sus to the Meander; Val-ley, to Phrygia and theuplands of Anatolia. Ithad a commanding posi-tion on the lower valleyof the Lycus, and aH themerchandise, all the sol-diers and their equip-ments, and all the offi-cials of the Greek andRoman Empire.^ in theirturn, had to pass throughthis fortunate city ontheir way to the FarEast, or on their returnfrom the interior ofAsia. To be sure, thegreat highway thatpassed through Philadel-phia reached, in a meas-ure, the same back coun-try, but the pass to theuplands which wasguarded by Laodicea wasless steep and ruggedthan the road beyondPhiladelphia, and thenatural advantages wereapparently altogetherwith the former city. By reason of these ad-vantages. Laodicea grewrich and prosperous. Itbecame famous for its y)anking houses and its million-aires, but with all its wealth and prosperity it did notperform its mission

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