RUINS AT LAODICEA, CITY OF ONE OF THF SEVEN CHURCHES OF THF APOCALYPSE 



Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea are well 

 known to students of Revelation. The Laodiceans were lukewarm in their belief and were 

 so self-satisfied in their material wealth that Paul censured them severely. This fine city, 

 named for the wife of Antiochus II, suffered at the hands of Timur the Lame and was re- 

 peatedly damaged by earthquakes. 



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Photographs from Mary Mills Patrick 

 GUZELHISSAR, MEANING BEAUTIFUL TOWERS, IS THE TURKISH NAME FOR ANCIENT 

 TRALLES, WHOSE RUINS ARE TO BE FOUND EIGHT MILES FROM 

 THE BANKS OF THE MEANDER RIVER 



The town, which is found on English maps as Aidin, sits astride the Eudon, an affluent 

 of the historic Mseander. The tanning of morocco leather and the export of cotton and figs 

 are the chief industries, but to the epicure of Turkey the city is famous for its sweetmeats. 

 Tralles was once the strongest fortress in the broad valley of the winding river from which 

 we derive the word "meander." 



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