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TUKKEY IN ASIA. — IONIA AND THE GEEEKS. 369
of art and science." During the past forty years the
Greeks have built over three thousand villages, fifty towns,
and ten capitals. In Athens, in all the isles of the Archipelago,
where the Greeks have either a governmental foothold
or influence, strenuous efforts are being made to
revive
the written language of the country, — the old Hellenic.
The Greek language they now use bears far more resemblance
to ancient Greek, than does the present Italian to
Latin. The periodicals printed in Athens to-day may be
read with perfect ease by such scholars as are well acquainted
with the Greek of Xenophon and other classical writers of
that period. The Greeks and Turks are implacable enemies
all through the East. In the Levantine cities, each reside
in their own quarters. If they mingle, it is for trade and
traffic. Both need to learn that "in Christ Jesus," — that
is, the Christ-principle of brotherhood, — " there is neither
Jew nor Greek," but all are heirs of a common Father's
care and inheritance. " God," said the apostle, " is no
respecter of persons."
CONSTANTINOPLE.
It was in the gray of early morning that we sailed calmly
along the Dardanelles. Oh the glory of that October morning
! The ideal becomes the real. The sun now colors the
eastern sky with gold. Rising, it tips and turn.s the minarets
to fire. The buildings, the vessels, the mosques, are all
illuminated. Surely we may exclaim with Byron, —
" ' Tis the clime of the East, 'tis the land of the sun."
If Genoa has been called the proud, and Naples the beautiful,
Constantinople may rightly claim for herself the title
of magnificent. Seated in gardens upon one of seven hills,
it is not strange that Constantine should have desired to
move the capital of the Roman Empire to the site occupied
by the imperial city. No soul alive to the beautiful in nature,
or the exquisite in art, could fail of admiring its lofty
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