Athens had two cities--down in the plain was the city of work,
with shops, ox carts, plows and hoes, on the hillside were
the shops where men bought and sold. But the crags above were
crowned with temples, where beauty and worship had their home.
Oft in the hours of tumult and strife, when the workers feared
the coming of enemies, they turned their thoughts upward toward
the Parthenon, and drank in the beauty of Athena’s face, and
her calm, white hand seemed to fall upon the brow, to allay
the fear, and breathe peace to the frightened working men.
Greek culture and character represented the interplay of the
upper and the lower city. So it is that man’s life of work, and
his invisible life of faith and worship are knitted together.
The inventor, the statesman, not less than the saint and the
martyr, endure, as seeing God. (Text.)--N. D. HILLIS.
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=Religion Among Immigrants=--See IMMIGRATION.
=Religion and Dying=--See DEATH, THE CHRISTIAN’S.
=Religion and Parents=--See PARENTS AS TEACHERS OF RELIGION.