This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter XL Year 1912 THE SEVEN CITIES OF REVELATION AN INTERESTING JOURNEY TO OLD PHILADELPHIA SARDIS THYATIRA PERGAMUM SMYRNA EPHESUS LAODICEA A PERSIAN TOMB AT SARDIS IMMENSE RUINS OF PERGAMUM DESOLATE RUINS OF LAODICEA SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED. I ROM my boyhood the messages from the Spirit through St. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter XL Year 1912 THE SEVEN CITIES OF REVELATION AN INTERESTING JOURNEY TO OLD PHILADELPHIA SARDIS THYATIRA PERGAMUM SMYRNA EPHESUS LAODICEA A PERSIAN TOMB AT SARDIS IMMENSE RUINS OF PERGAMUM DESOLATE RUINS OF LAODICEA SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED. I ROM my boyhood the messages from the Spirit through St. John as recorded in the Book of Revelation have had an unusual fascination for me. They are so striking in their figurative language, and yet, when studied carefully, have such significance for modern church life. On this account I was especially attracted by the possibility of making a visit to each of these cities on this journey. St. Paul had lured us to the vicinity of several of them and we resolved if possible to see them all. Iconium is situated on the high Anatolian plain, and a day's journey brought us to Ushak on the edge of the great tableland. The next day we descended to the plains below. At the foot of the hills lies Philadelphia, the ancient city which commemorates the brotherly love of Attalus, Philadelphus, and Eumenes. This is the only one of the seven cities, with the exception of Smyrna, that received unqualified praise from the " Spirit " who sent the messages through the Apostle John to the churches. Here we met by appointment our friends Dr. and Mrs. Edward Riggs, long-time missionaries in Turkey, whom we had invited to go with us as our guests and also as our guides and interpreters. Their companionship and knowledge of the language and customs of the people made the journey far more interesting and profitable than it could otherwise have been. Philadelphia, now called Alasheir, or the "Spotted City" (why spotted we never learned), is one of the least interesting of the seven because almost no excavation work has yet...
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