The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-01-04
4 ssBrush" Preachers Account Of t
Fight Between David and Goliath.


Fight Between David and Goliath.
The Rev. DR.. Pierson, ex-Presideut
of Cumberland College, Kentucky, for
many years q Bible colporteur in the \
Southwest, gives the following report of
. sermon delivered by native preach-
er, in his book entitled 'sIn the Brush:
|" Last week, my brethrin, as was a.
readin' nv Bible, / found story of
big fight Il Samuel, xvii). It was pow
erful interestin', and studied it most
all the week. There was two. armies
campin' on two mountains right for \
nenst each other; and q holler and,
reckon, some good bottom land and
medder-lot lynn between 'em. In one
of the armies there was. q big feller-a
whoppin', great big feller-and every
day he went down into the medder-lot
and looked up the hill to the t'other
camp, and Jest dared 'em I He told 'em
to pick their best man and send him
down, and he'd fight him. Aud he jest
strutted around there in his soger-close,
and waited for 'em to send on their
man. And such soger-close 1 never
heard tell on afore. He had brass cap
and brass trousers, and o coat made
Ike mail-bags where they are all ironed
and riveted together. But the fellers in
t'other camp jest clean funked. They
darn't fight the big feller, nary one of
'em. They jest all sneaked away, and
the big feller he went back to camp.
But he didn't quit thar, the big feller
didn't. He was spilin' for fight and be
was bound to have it. He Jest went
down into the bottom land, into the
medder-lot. every day, mornin' and
evenin', and dared 'em and dared 'em.
I tell you he did poster them nightly.
The old feller, Saul, the Gineral, he felt
more chewed up and meaner than the
sogers, and, when he couldn't STAN it
no longer, he told the boys If any of 'em
would go down and lick that big feller
he'd give him his gal and q right smart
chance of plunder. But they was all so
skeer'd that even that didn't start one Of
lem. The big feller went down and
dared 'em and ,pestered 'em more'n
month-the Bible says. / don't
know what they'd done If it hadn't
a-been that peart little feller had come
down to camp one day to fetch some ex-
ira rations to his three big brothers that
their old dad had sent to 'em from
home. Kind old pap he was, and sharp,
too, for he sent along q big present to
the boys cap'en. Well, Jest as little
brother drove up, they was all gwine out
to fight, and the little feller left his traps
with the driver, legged it after the so
gers, and told his big brothers howd'y.
Right thar the old big feller come out
and dared 'em agin, and they were all
so skeer'd that they jest run like mad.
The little feller heerd him, and then
went back into camp and heerd all the
sogers talking about him, and what the
old gineral would give to have him
licked. he asked 'em q heap of ques-
tions about it all, and big brother he got
mad at him, and twitted him about
keeping sheep, and give him a right
smart Of sass. he was plucky, but you
brother. Big brothers are mighty mean
sometimes.
"But the little feller talked a heap
with the other sogers, and they told the
old gineral about him, and he told them
to tell the little feller to come and see
him. The little feller was mighty plucky,
and he Jest up and told the old Gineral
Saul that he'd fight the big fellerI The
gineral looked at the handsome little
feller-he was real handsome-and ses
he, kinder softly reckon, and shakin'
his head: Its too big a job; you're
only q chunk of boy, and he's an old
fighter The little feller spanked up
and told the old gineral that he'd had
one bar fight and he'd killed the bar.
He said there was an old lion and bar
got among his dads sheep, and was
gwine off with q lamb. He broke for
i'm, and as soon as he met up with the
old bar. he lamm'd him., till the bar
turned on him for a hug; but he got one
hand into the long ha'r, under his jaw,
and he lamm'd him with the othern till
he was dead. He'd killed the lion and
the bar, and he know'd he was enough
for the old big feller. 8sf.4r
"Then the little feller talked real re-
ligious to the old Gineral. You see he'd
got religion afore that, and he knowed
the Lord would help feller, If he was
all right, and got into q tight place. He
told Gineral Saul that the Lord had
made him mighty supple, and looked
out for him when the old lion and bar
tried to get their paws into him; and
he knew He'd see him through the fight
with the old big feller; for he was just
darin' 'em and pesterin' 'em to
the old Gineral seed he was so
plucky and religious, too, he knowed
themis the kind that fit powerful,
made little pra'r for him hisself. Then
the old Gineral put his own soger-close
on the little feller, and strapped his
sword on to him. But they were all
heap too big, and he shucked 'em off
directly, and made for dry branch
down in the bottom. Then he hunted
five little rocks, smooth as hen egg, put
'em in a little bag where he carried his
snack when he was a-tendin' the sheep,
got his sling fixed all right, and hur-
ried up to meet the old big feller in the
medder-lot. When he seed him comm
he was powerful mad they'd sent down
such little feller, and jawed awful.
But the little feller Jest talked back re-
ligious, and kept his eye peeled. And /
reckon the big feller couldn't ben 3
lookin'. I've studded heap on it, and
I Just know the big feller couldn't
ben q lookin'; for the little feller got
out his sling, and drew away, and SHE'D
little rock at him, and he popped him,
and down he tumbled. Then the little
feller rushed up and mounted on him,
just as an old hunter loves to get on
bar after he's shot him; and he out
with the big feller's long sword and off
with his head. Then it was them Phili-
stine sinners turn to be skeer'd, and
they broke for the brush; and all them
chil'en of Israel fellers jest shouted and
chased 'em clean over the mountain
into a valley, aud then com'd back and
got all their camp plunder.
"My brethrin, that's the best story
of q fight ever read after, and you can't
buy no better story book than this ERE
Bible"
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