The Brookhaven leader., 1890-10-16
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| cavern, Tor within Few hours 1t became
three things which no other cave ever
was-fortress, prison, sepulchre.
Now we come to the brook Elan. from
which little David took the smooth
stones with which he prostrated Col.
lath. There Is a 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 bad been
washed smooth, very smooth, by tho
rush of tho waters through all the ages.
There is where David armed himself
He walked around and picked up FIVE
of these polished pebbles He got
them of lust the right size. He
prepared himself for five volleys,
so that If the giant escapes
the first, he will not escape tho whole
five. The topography of the place SO
corresponds with the Bible story that
could see the memorable fight going
on. 1t is the only fight ever did watch.
| Pugilism l abhor, but here were two
champions, the one God-appointed, tho
other Satan-appointed, and deciding the
destiny of a nation, the destiny of a
world. Itwas Marathon, an Arbeia, a
Waterloo Blenheim, Sedan, concen-
trated into two right arms. Here are
two ridges of mountains five hundred
feet high. the Philistines on one ridge,
the Israelites on the other
ridge. The fight is in the val
ley between, at that season
shaded and sweet with terebinGh and
acacia David, the champion for the
Israelites; Goliath, the champion for
the Philistines. David undersized and
almost effeminate, only mouthful for
Goliath, who was nearly ten feet high.
They advanced to meet each other,
but the Bible says that David made the
first step forward. Nearer and nearer
they come, bu: 1 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 I
will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the
air and to the beasts of the fields" You
see Goliath going to give David for a
banquet to the vulture and jackaL. He,
the mountain of flesh, will fall over on
that little hillock. 1 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 breakfast e"Come to me you
contemplate little fellow, and 1 will
make quick work with you" The idea
that a five-footer should dare to come
tn1N ta- Of %hn f,.yr
armies looking down from the ridges
watch me!' David responded: II come
to thee in the name of the Lord
of Hosts" Aha, that is the right
kind of battle-shout ''ln 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 Israel
itish dwarf enlarges into omnipotent
proportions. The moment to strike has
come. David takes his sling with a
stone in it and whirls it round and round
his head, until he has put the weapon
into sufficient momentum, and then,
taking sure aim, hurls it The giant
throws up his hand, 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
Goliath scoffed at David, the giant so
suddenly and contemptuously jerked up
his head that the helmet fell off. That
is like enough. David saw the bare
forehead, foot high, and aimed at the
center of it, and the skull cracked and
broke in like an egg-shell, and the
ground shook as the great oak of mil
itary chieftain struck it Huzzah for
David!
Inever had such high expectations OF
seeing any place as of seeing Jerusa.
lem. I think my feelings may have
been slightly akin to'that of the Chris
tian just about to enter the heavenly
Jerusalem. My ideas of the earthly
Jerusalem were bewildering. Had ]
not seen pictures of it? Oh, yes; but
they only increase the bewilderment
They were taken from a variety oi
standpoints. If twenty artists attempt
to sketch Brooklyn, or New York,
or London, or Jerusalem, they will
plant their cameras at different
places, and take as many different pict.
ures, but in few minutes shall see
the sacred city with my own eyes. Over
another shoulder of the hill we 60, and
nothing in sight but rocks and mount
aims, and awful gulches between them,
which make tho head swim if you look
down. On and up, on and up. until the
| lathered and smoking horses are reined
in and tile dragoman rises in front and
points eastward, crying: "Jerusalem"
1t was mishtier than an electric shock.
We all rose. There it lay, the
prize of nations, the terminus OF
famous pilgrimages, the object OF
Roman and crusading wars, and
for it Assyrians had fought, and Egyp-
tians had fought and the world had
| fought; the place which the Queen OF
Sheba visited, and Richard Coeur de
Lion had conquered. Home of Solomon.
Home of Ezekiel. Home of jeremiah.
Home of Isaiah. Homo Of Saladin.
Mount Zion of David's heart-break. and
Mount Moriah, where the sacrifices
smoked. Mount of Olives, whore Jesus
preached, and Gethsemane. where He
agonized, and Golgotha, whore He died.
and the Holy Sepulcher. where He was
buried. o, Jerusaleml Jerusalemi
Greatest city on earth. and type Of the
| city CELESTIAL!