Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

of monks who would not pay, and he smoth-
cred them to death in n hot oven. In his
last days, he lived here like an oriental
prince, and had his attendants and admir-
ers to whom he told the stories of brigand- |
age and assassination. So late as when our |
eminent and beloved American, William c. |
Prime passed through. Abou Goush, the |
scoundrelly Bedouin. sat at his doorway |
this village. and probably are no moro
honest than their distinguished ancestors,
but marauding and murder are not as safe
a business now when all this route to
Jerusalem was subject to outrages pande-
mOniac.
Here we pass the village OF Latrum, home
Of the penitent thief. the village, . few
| struggling houses on steep hills rising from
| the valley OF Ajalon. Up these steep hills.
| in his earlier days, the thief had carried
| the spoils Of arson and burglary, and down
| them he had borne the heavier burden OF u
| guilty heart. But higher than these hills
he mounted, after he had repented, from
| the transfxed posture on the cross to the
| bosom OF a forgiving God.
Now we come to the brook Elah. from
which little David took the smooth stones
with which he Frustrated Goliath. There Is
bridge spanning the ravine. but at the
season we crossed there is not drop OF
water in the brook. We went down into
the ravine and walked amid the pebbles that
| had been washed smooth. very smooth, by
| the rush OF the waters through all the ages.
There is whel David armed himself. lie
walked around and picked up five OF these
| polished pebbles. He got them OF just tho
right size. He prepared himself for five
| yolleys so that IL the giant esraDcs the first.
he will not escape the whole five. Tho
topography OF the pl ace SO corresponds with
| the Bible story that could see the memor a
BILE fight go on. 1t Il the only fight ever
did watch. Pugilisn l abhor, but here
| were two champions. the one God
appointed, the other Satan-appointed and
deciding the destiny Of Il nation. the des-
tiny OF world. 1t was Marathon. an
Arbela u Waterloo, a Blenheim, u Sedan,
concontcrcd into two right arms Here are
| two ridges of mountains 500 feet high. the
Philistines one ridge. the Israelites on
the other ridge. The fight is in the valley
between. at that season shaded. and sweet
with terebinth and acacia. David. the
champion for the Israelites, Goliath the
champion for the Philistines. David under
sized and almost effeminate, only mouth
full for Goliath. who was nearly ten feet
high.
They advance to meet each other. but the
Bible says that David made the first step
forward. Nearer and nearer they came
but do not think David will wait until he
comes within reach of Goliath's sword. for
that would be fatal, and David has weapon
with which he can fight at long range:
Closer and closer they 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 sec Goliath going
to David for banquet to the vulture
and jackal He. the mountain OF
flesh. will fall over on that little
hillock. l hear him laugh through the
mouth piece Of his helmet. He will toast
the little whiffet on the top Of his long
sword. He will call all the crows for break
fast. "Come to me you contemplate little
fellow, and l will make quick work with
you. The idea that Il fvc-footer should
dare to come out against u ten-footer. Let
the two armies looking down from the
ridges watch me- David responded: 81
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
r How that cry rings through the Wady-es
Sumpt He who fights in that spirit wins
the day. The almost Iraelitish dwarf en-.
; ! larges into OmnipOtent proportions The
Z | moment he to strike has come. David take.
his sling with Il stone in 1t and whir!s II
: round and round until he has put the
. | weapon into sufficient momentum and theI
I taking sure aim. hurls it. The giant throw.
. up his hands and reels back and falls
| The stone sank into his forehead. THAI
was the only available point OF attack Blu
, how about the helmet on his head? Did thu
1 | stone that David flung crush through hi
helmet: No; an old rabbi says he thinks
that when Goliath scoifed at David. th'
e giant so suddenly and contemptuousl,
4 Icrked up his head that the helmet fell OF
. That is like enough David saw the bar
n forehead. a foot high, and aimed at tn,
d centre OF it. and the skull cracked ant
= broke in like an egg she'll, and the grount
+ shook as this great oak OF IL military chief
It tian struck it. Huzzah for david.
@ But we must hasten on, for the DANCE
IS now is that night will be upon us before W
o reach Jerusalem. Oh. we must see it befor
r shutdown. We arc climbing the hills whic
v are terraeed with olive groves, uplands rs
k ing above uplands. until VIC come to an i'm
/. mensity OF barrcnness, gray rocks abor
9 gray rocks, where neither tree, nor Leaf
| nor bush, nor grass blade can grow. Tn
= horses stumble. and slip. and pull, till
$ seems the harness must break. SOlemnit
: and awe take possession OF us. Though
o vlvacious party, and during a part OF tn
d day popularity had reigned, now no ON
q spoke word except to say to the dragoma
10 Tell us when you get the first glimpse q
s. Of the city" l never had any such hig
W expectation Of seeing any place as of seein
l. Jerusalem. | think my feelings may hav
"a been slightly akin to that of the Christi
= just about to enter the heavenly Jerusalem
10 My ideas Of the earthly Jerusalem were be
IS wldcring. Had not seen pictures Of it
IT Oh, yes; but they only increase the bewild
" erment. They were taken from variety {
ii standpoints. II twenty artists attempt I
sketch Brooklyn, or New York. or Londor
" or Jerusalem. they will plant their Gamer;
is at different places. and take rs many diffel
ID ent pictures but in II few minutes l sha
n. see the sacred city with my own eyes. Ov'
d another shoulder OF the hill we go, an
ii nothing in sight but rocks and aountain
N and awful gulches between them, whit
h, make the head swim II you look down. c
n. and up. on and up, until the lathered N
i'd smoking horses are refined in, and Il
S. dragoman rises in front. and points cas-
es ward, crying "Jerusalem!" 1t was mishti
ut than an electric shock. We all rose The
L 1t lay, the prize Of nations, the terminu
is famous pilgrinages. the object OF Rom;
a and crusading wars, and for 1t Assyria
to had fought. and Egyptians had fought al
i'd the world had fought; the place which Il
RS Queen of Sheba visited, and Richard CPl
or de Lion had conquered. Home OF Solomo
Home OF Ezekiel. Home OF Jeremia
or Home of Isaiah. Home of Saladn. MOu
no Zion OF David's heartbreak. and Mou
he MOriah, where the sacrifices smoke
G. Mount of Olives where Jesus preached. al
ne Gethsemane whore he agOnizcd. and &C