Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-11
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heart. But higllerlt than these hills hs
mounted. aftor lie had sfepented from.
the transfxed posture on the cross to :
the bosom Of q forgivlnsS God IS &, s. :.
i SCENES ql' EIBLE uIsToI. ~
NoWswe come to-: thes brook Ela!l.s
from which little David took the
smooth stoness With which he pros
tratcdg Goliath; There is "a bridge.
spanning the raviIle. but at the season
We crossed there Is nota drop Of water
b in the; brook. We went downsinto the
gravine and walked alnid.tlie=pebbles
that lad been washed smooth. very
smooth. by. the rush Of the waters
stllrorgll3all tile ages. There is where
David=snrlned himself. lie walked
around and picked upsflye of these
polished pebbles 1cgot tlloin o.. Just
Hleright size. 1Icprcpared himself for
flve.voIlcys. 50 thntif the giant escapes
the first he will not escape the whole
five. The topography OF the. place so 7;
corresponds with the Bible story;tlat.I /;
could see the memorable fiylitygo on.
Itsis the only fight Fever did watch.
Pugilislns I.nbhor, bnt.liere were two
scIlalIpions-the one God appointed.
sstle:ctlier Sat,ri rpointed. and 5decids.-s
ing tile destiny ofiinatior tliesdcstiny
OF u world 1t was a Marathon. in
Arbela. Waterloo. a BIenlIeinl,
Sedan. concenteretl:iiltotwo right nrms.
Here are two ridges Of mountains five
hundred feet high. the Philistines Gu
ridge the Israelitcs on the other
ridge The fight is in the valley be-
tween. at that season shaded. and
sweet with terebintils and acacia. David
the champion for the. Israelites; Go
lath the champion for the Phnistines.
David. understood and almost effem-
inate onlyainouthfui for Goliath. who
was nearlysten feet high.
They advance to meet each other,
but the Bible says that David made &
the first step forward Nearer and
ne,lper they come. butSI dosnet, think
David will wait until lie comes within
roach of.yioIiath'ssword for that would
be fatal. and David has a weapon with
which he can fight at long range.
Closer and closer tlloy come. but David
advances the more rapidly. Come to
me" said the giant, land will give.
thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and
to the beasts of the field" You zee
Goliath going.to give David for BAN
quet to the vulture and jackal: He,
the mountain of flesh. will falEoycr on
that little hfllock. hear him laugh
through the moutl1piece of his helmet.
Hc will toast the little whiffct Oh the
top of llis:lons sword lie will ,call all
the crows for II breakfast. Come TO
me, you contemplate little fellow, and
will make quick work with you. The
idea thata fiye-footef should comeeout
against q tcn-footor Let the two ,.r
mics looking down from the. ridges
watci, mel" David responded. leone
to thee in the name Of the Lord of
Hosts" Ala. that is the right kind of
battle shout. Il, the name of the
Lord of, Ilostsl"
How that cry rings through, the
Wady-es-Sunpt He who fights in that
spirit wins the day. The almost Israel
itish dwarf enlargcs into olnnipotent
proportions The lyIomonit To strike
has come. David takes his sling with
stone in il. and wtiirls it round and
round his head until lie has put the
weapon into sufficient momentum. and
then taking sure aim hurts it,: The
giant throws up his hands and reels
back and falls The cnrank into
bis forehead That was tho Only avail
able point of attack. But low about
the helmet on his headl Did the stone
that David flung crush through the
helmct2 No An old rabbi says he
thinks that when Goliath scoifed at
David the giant so suddenly and CON
temptuousIy iar:lcd up his head that
the helmet fell Off That is l.ie enough.
David saw the bare forehead, Il foot
high. and li:lled mt tie center of it. and
the skull cracked and broke in like al
eggslleIl, and ;'le g:oun.l SHOOK as Thu;
great oak of IL military cllicfrain struck
it. lIuzza for David
FRS, SIGHT OF JERUSALEM.
But we must hasten on. for the. dan
ger now is that night will be upon US
before we rc"ch Jerusalem. Oh! we
must see it before shutdown. We are
climbing the hills which are terraccd
with olive groves. upiands rising above
uplands. until we come to an immensely
of barrenncss, gray rocks above gray
rocks, where neither tree nor Ia. nor
bush nor grass blade can grow. Tie
horses stumble and slip and pull till
it seems the harness must break. So
lcmnity and awe take possession OF MS
Though vivacious party, and during
part of the day POPULARITY lads reigned,
now no one spoke Il word, except to say
to the dragonlan, "Tcll us when you
get the first glimpse of the city" [
never had such high expectation OF see:
ing any place as of seeing Jerusalem.
think my feelings may have been
slightly akin to those OF the Christian
Just about to enter tie heavenly jsr:::
salem. My ideas Of the earthly Jerusa-
lem were bcwildering} Had l not seen
pictures oft Oh, yes;=but they only
increased the bewilderlnent. They were
taken from Il variety CT standpoints If
twenty artists attempt to sketch Brook
lyn or New York or London or erusafeil
they will plant their cameras at different
places, and take AK many different p;ct-
ures hut in Il few minutes shall see