The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-08

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and David has weapon with which he
can fight at long range. Closer and
closer they come, but David advsncss
Che more rapidly. "Come to me, said
the giant land will give thy flesh un-
70 the fowls Of the air, and TO the
beasts Of the field" You see Goliath
going to give David for . banquet TO
the vulture and jackal. He, the
mountain Of flesh, will fall over on that
little hillock. hear him laugh through
the mouthpiece OF his helmet He
will toast the little whiffet on the top
Of his long sword. He will call all the
crows for breakfast. "Come to me
you contemplate little fellow, and Il
will make quick work with you. The
idea that a fve-footer should dare to
come out against ten-footerl Let the
two armies looking down from the
come to thee in the name Of the Lord OF
Hosts" Aha, that is the right kind Of
battle shout. "In the name Of the Lord
OF Hosts" How that cry rings through
the Wady-es-Sumpt! He who fights
in that spirit wins the day. The
almost Israelitish dwarf enlarges
into omnipotent proportions. The
moment 10 strike has come. David
takes his sling with stone In 1t
and whirls it round apd round his
head until he has put the weapon into
sufficient momentum, and then, taking
sure aim, hurls it. The giant throws up
his hands and reels back and falls. The
stone sank into his forehead. That was
the only available point Of attack. But
how about the helmet9 Did tho stone
that David flung crash through the hel-
metz No, an old rabbi says he thinks
that when Goliath scoffed at David, the
giant SO suddenly and CONTEMPORARY
jerked up his head that the helmet fell
of. That is like enough. David saw
the bare forehead, foot high, and
aimed at the center Of II, and the skull
cracked and broke in like an eggshell.
and the ground shook as this great oak
Of q military chieftain struck It HuE-
zah for Davidl
But we must hasten on, for the danger
now is that night will be upon US before
we reach Jerusalem. o, we must see 10
IL before sundown. We are climbing
the hills which are terraoed with olive
groves, uplands rising above uplands,
until we come to an immensity OF bar
renness, gray rocks above gray rocks,
where neither tree, nor leaf, nor bush,
nor grass-blade can grow. The horses
stumble, and slip, and pull, till II seems
the harness must break. Solemnity
and awe take possession OF US. Though
q yivaclous party, and during part OF the
day jocularity had reigned, now no one
a.l fn tho
dragoman, "tell us when you get the
first glimpse Of the city" l never
had such high expectation OF seeing
any place as OF seeing Jerusalem. l
think my feelings may have been
slightly akin to that Of the Christian
Just about TO enter the heavenly Jeru-
salem. My ideas OF the earthly Jerusa-
lem were bewildering. Had ] not seen
pictures OF it? o, yes, but they only
| Increase the bewilderment They were
taken from variety Of standpoints. II
twenty artists attempt TO sketch Brook
lyn, or New York. or London, or Jeru-
salem, they will plant their cameras at
different places, and take as many DIFF
ferent pictures, but in few minutes /
shall see the sacred city with my own
eyes. Over another shoulder OF the hill
We 20, and nothing in sight but rocks
and mountains, and awful gulches be-
| tween them, which make the head
swim II you look down. On and up
on and up, until the lathered and
smoking horses are refined In. and the
dragoman rises in front and points east
ward, crying, Jerusalem" II was
mightier than an electric shock. We all
rose There 1t lay, the prize OF nations,
| the terminus OF famous pilgrimages,
the object Of Roman and trusading
wars, and for 1t Assyrians had
fought, and Egyptians had fought, and
the world had fought; the place which
the Queen OF Sheba visited, and Richard
Ceur do Lion had conquered. Home oi
Solomon. Home OF Ezekiel. Home oi
Jeremiah. Homo OF Isaiah. Homo oi
Saladin. Mount Zion OF David's heart
break, and Mount Moriah, where the
sacrifices smoked, Mount OF Olives
where Jesus preached, and Gethsemant
where He agonized, and Golgotha where
He died, and the holy sepulcher where
He was buried. o, Jerusalem! Jerusa
lem Greatest city on earth, and type
Of the city celestial.
After have been ton thousand years
In Heaven, the memory OF that first view
from the rocks on the afternoon OF De
cember Q will be as vivid as now. Al
Arab on horse that was like whirl
wind, bitted and saddled and spurred
Its name and hanks jet as the night
and there are no such horsemen as Aral
horsemen--had come far out 10 meet US
| and invite us TO his hotel inside tn,
gates. But arrangements had beef
made for us to stay at . hotel outside
the gates, In the dusk OF evening WI
halted In front OF the place and en-
tered, but said, "No, thank you for you
courteous reception, but ! must Bleei
tonight inside the gates OF Jefusa
lem. would rather have the poores
place inside the gates than the bes
plsce outside" SO we remouhted oul
coach and moved on amid clapor .
voices, and between cauols gruntini
with great beams and tirhbers on theii
back, brought in for building purposes
i-,for II Is amazing how much o csmo
can carry-hntil we came 70 what !
\ cslled the J0ppa Gate Of JerusAlems I
N about forty feet wide, twehty iee
HAP, and sifty feet high. -1here u. I
sharp turn Just after you have entered
4 90 planned rs 70 make the entrance o
\ krmed enemies the more difieult
1 On ths Btfnctnrs OF theso gkts
the safety Of Jerusalem deponde'
and all the Bibld Nfitstb use'
Them for Alusra tipnk SWithin hy
hihuttS HAlk a tho eate We Sntsrsd
hvid 5RroEeN 4EIlei into Wy gate
Il ,sith hhantagivfnysWrit r itt nm vour heads
gates OF Zion" "0pen 70 mo the gates Q
righteoubness." And Isaiah wrote: "G
through, 90 through the gates" An
the captive Of Pstmps wrote: tn
city had twelve gates" Having pssss
the gate We went on through the nal
row streets, dimly lighted, and passe'
10 our hating place, and sat down