ashes might not be confounded, as if their animosity continued after death to be perpetuated in their future existence. The lustre of an earthly diadem, when no brighter one was held out to their hope, and the applause of an admiring multitude, might dazzle the sense and smother the gentler feelings of those, who could not contemplate the joy of heaven nor join in the hallelujahs of an angelic host; but we in a christian age, and let us not despise the glorious privilege, have the example and the precepts of a Saviour, who has taught us to "love our enemies, "to bless them that curse us, to do good to them "that hate us, and to pray for them which de"spitefully use us and persecute us."

"From whence come wars and fightings among "you? come they not hence even of your lusts, "which war in your members ?" Nothing can more strongly exemplify the language of the Apostle than the subject we have just been considering. We see in the Trojan war lawless passion and female frailty deluge the earth with

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blood. During a space of ten years we find the flower of the Grecian youth, and their most renowned heroes, torn from their kindred and country, and led to perish on foreign shores. Those who escaped the fate of battle were exposed on their return to all the disasters of imprisonment and shipwreck, and after wandering as exiles, were received as strangers unexpected and unwelcome. Betrayed by their nearest relations and friends, many were driven to seek in distant lands a safer asylum. And a few generations only had passed away, before even the name and lineage of the confederated. chiefs and triumphant conquerors of desolated Troy were buried in oblivion.

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NINTH DIVISION."

GAMES.

GAMES were at first instituted from religious motives. They were at the same time a public amusement among the Greeks and Romans. Of these games or exercises, three principally engaged the attention of the Romans.

1. The Equestrian or Curule games, which consisted of races run in the Circus.

2. The Combats called Agonales, which consisted in wrestling, or in combats between men and animals, trained for that purpose. These combats were exhibited in the Amphitheatre.

3. Theatrical representations of Tragedies, Comedies and Satires.

The most celebrated games among the Gre

cians were the Olympian, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian. These consisted of

1. Music and singing.

2. Chariot and foot races.

3. Leaping and the discus: this latter was a heavy stone, which they contended who should throw farthest.

4. Wrestling, which consisted in exerting all their strength to throw each other on the ground.

5. The Cestus, or boxing.

All these games began with a solemn sacrifice. The conquerors were proclaimed by a herald, and celebrated with songs of victory. They were distinguished by the most flattering honors, and supported during life at the public expense.

TEMPLES.

In the early ages of Pagan worship altars

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of stone or turf were the only preparations for their sacrifices; but after idolatry was established and the arts cultivated, magnificent temples were raised, in which the statues of the Gods and of illustrious men were placed. Their votive offerings, and the trophies taken from the enemy, were likewise deposited there. The buildings were consecrated with the greatest ceremony; they were held in profound veneration, and considered an asylum for debtors and criminals. The principal were:

1. The Temple of Belus.

2. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 3. The Temple of Jupiter Olympus. 4. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

THE TEMPLE OF BELUS.

This famous edifice was the most ancient of

the Pagan Temples. It was composed of eight