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Photograph is printed in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Daniel, xii:3.)--Pericles, the Athenian
statesman, was born 499 B.C. Daniel, the Hebrew prophet, ceased to prophesy about 534 B.C. There is a difference of thirty-five
years between the birth of the one and the death of the other. Greece flowered in the art of Athens during the seventy years
of Pericles' life. In the third verse of the twelfth chapter of Daniel it is said, 'They that be wise shall shine as the brightness
of the fimament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.' So we find the market place, adorned
and beautified in the time of Pericles, most famous now because of its connection with Paul, the apostle, who went to Greece
with the hope of turning many to righteousness. In the picture above we are looking upon the site of the famous temples, senate
house, kings' hall and other ancient structures of Athens. They have all perished, but the life of the apostle who stood and
preached in this neighborhood, is more influential to-day than ever before."
Ruins--a colonnade, an archway and pediments with more modern features of Athens surrounding the marketplace
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