Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10

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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 helmet on his head? Did the stone that
David flung crush through the helmet? No.
An old rabbi says he thinks that when Go
Hath scoffed at David the giant so suddenly
and contemptuously jerSed up his head that
the helmet fell Off That is like enough.
David saw the bare forehead, a foot high, and
aimed at the centre Of it, and the skull
cracked and broke in like an eggshell, and
the ground shook as this great oak Of amili-
tary chieftain struck it. Huzza for David
But we must hasten ON, for the DANCE now
Is that night will DO upon us before we reach
Jerusalem. Oil we must see it before sun
down. We are climbing the hills which are
terraced with olive groves, upands rising
above upands, until we come 10 an immen-
sity Of barrenness, gray rocks above gray
rocks where neither tree nor leaf, nor bush.
nor grasc blade can grow. The horses stum-
bic, and slip and pull, till it seems the har-
ness must break. Solemnity and awe take
possession of us. Though vivacious party,
and during part OF the day popularity had
reigned, now no one spoke word except to
say to the drago nan, TELL us when you get
the first glimpse Of the city" | never had
such high expectation Of seeing any place as
of seeing Jerusalem. | think my feelings
NAV have been slightly akin to those Of the
Christian lust about 10 enter the heavenly
Jerusalem. NV ideas Of the earthly Jerusa-
lem were bewildering. Had | not seen pic
lures of itp On, yes; but they Only increased
the bewiderment. They were taken from
variety of standpoints.
II twenty artists attempt to sketch Brook
lvn or New York or London or Jerusalem
hi az dlfTaEpnf
nIaces and take as many different pictures,
nnt in a few minutes | shall see the sacred
CITY with my own eyes. Over another shout
der of the hill we 90 and nothing in sight but
rocks and mountains and awful gulches be-
tween them. which make the head swim II
Won look down. On and up, on and up, untll
The lathered and smoking horses are refined
in and the dragoman rises IN front, ana
points eastward. crying "JerusalemF IL was
mightier than an electric shock. we all rose.
There it lay, the prize OF nations the terminus
of famous pilgrimages, tne ooJec1 oI honiaI
and crusading wars and for 1t Assyrians nad
FOUGHT and Egyptians had fought and the
world had fOught-the place where the queen
of Sheba visited and Richard Ceur de Lion
had conquered. Home of Solomon; home OF
Ezekiel: hon Of jeremiah; home of Isaiah;
home Of Sa.adin. Mount Zion of David's
heartbreak, and Mount Moriah, where the
sacrifices smoked; Mount Of Olives where
Jesus preached, and Gethsemane, where He
agonized, and Golgotha, where He died, and
the holy sepulcher where He was buried.
Jerusaleml Jerusalem Greatest city on
earth, and type Of the city ielestiali
After have zen ten thousand years in
heaven the memory Of that first view from
the rocks on the afternoon Of December
will be as vivid as now. An Arab on a horse
that was like a whirlwind bitted and sad
died and spurred, its name and TANKS jet as
the highland there are no such hOrsemen
as Arab horsemen-had come far out to meet
us and invite us TO his hotel inside the gates.
But arrangements had been made for Us 10
stay at a hotel outside the gates In the dusk
of evening We halted in front Of the place and
entered, but | said: mo; thank you for
your courteous reception, but l must sleep
tonight inside the gates of Jerusalem.
would rather have the poorest place inside
the gates than the best place outside" SO
we remOunted our coach and moved on amid
a clamor OF voices, and between camels
granting with great beams and timbers on
their backs, brought in for building purposes
for it is amazing how much camel can
carry-until we came 70 what is called the
JopDa Gate OF Jerusalem. Ii is about forty
feet wide, twenty feet deep and sixty feet
high. There Is sharp turn just after you
have entered, so planned as 10 make the en-
trance of armed enemies the more difficult
On the structure of these gates the safety
Of Jerusalem depended, and all the Bible
writer's used them for illustrations. Within
five minutes walk of the gate we entered
David wrote Enter into thy gates with
thanksgiving Lift up your heads, ye
,tesn THE Lord loveth the gates OF IIOn,'
"Opan 70 ME the gates OF righteousness
And Isaiah wrote, eco through, 60 through
the gates" And the captive Of Patmos
wrote. THE city had twelve gates" Having
passed the gate we went on through the
narrow streets, dimly lighted, and pas,9i 20
or batting place, and sat down by the
window from which we could seq Mount
Zion. and said "Hers we are at last, in the
capital Of the whole earth" And thoughts
of the past and the future rushed through my
soul in quick succession, and l thought OF
that odd hymn, sung by 50 many ascending
spirits:
Jerusalem, my happy h1m,,
Name ever Gear to me.
When shA my labors have An end,
In Joy and peace and ihee7
When shall these eyes thy heay'n built walls
And pearly gates behold!
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets Of shining gold3
And so with our hearts full Of gratitude 70
God for journeying mercies all the way from
Joppa to Jerusalem, and with bright
anticipation of our entrance into the shining
gate of the heavenly city when earlhiy
Journeys are over, my second day IN rae
tine is ended.