The great goddess Diana

(Edward Payson, 1783-1827)

"The great goddess Diana." Acts 19:27

They started shouting again and kept it up for
 two hours: "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!
 Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" Acts 19:34

So long as they remain in their natural state, the
world is, in some form or other, the great goddess
Diana--the grand idol of all its inhabitants.

They bow down to it.

They worship it.

They spend and are spent for it.

They educate their children in its service.

Their hearts,
their minds,
their memories,
their imaginations,
are full of it.

Their tongues speak of it.

Their hands grasp it.

Their feet pursue it.

In a word, it is all in all to them; while they
give scarcely a word, a look, or a thought to
Him who made and preserves them--and
who really is all in all.