Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 152
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TRIALS AND VICTORIES OF PAUL . 145 Diana of the Ephesians!" This cry continued for two hours . At lasttherecame a momentary silence,from sheerexhaustion. Then the recorderof thecity arrestedthe attentionof the crowd, and by virtueof his officeobtaineda hearing. By his prudenceandgood judgmenthe soonsucceeded in quietingthe excitement. He met the peopleon theirown ground,and showed thattherewas no causefor the present tumult. He appealedto theirreasonto decide whetherthestrangerswho had come among them couldchange the opinionsof the whole world regardingtheirrulinggoddess. Said he: “Ye men of Ephesus,what man istherethatknoweth not how that thecityof Ephesusisa worshiper of the great goddessDiana, and of the image which felldown from Jupiter? Seeing then thatthesethingscannotbe spoken against, ye oughttobe quiet,and todo nothingrashly." He badethem considerthatPaul and hiscompanions had not profaned the temple of Diana , nor outragedthefeelingsof any by revilingthegoddess. He thenskillfullyturnedthesubject,and reproved the course of Demetrius : " Wherefore if Demetrius and the craftsmen which are with him have a matteragainstany man , thelaw isopen, and thereare deputies; letthem implead one another. But ifye inquireanythingconcerning othermatters,itshallbe determined in a lawful assembly." He closedby warning them that such an uproar, raisedwithoutapparentcause, mightsubjectthecityofEphesustothecensure of theRomans , thuscausinga restrictionof her presentliberty, and intimatingthattheremust notbe a repetitionof thescene. Having by this 10