Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-17

| Cling 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
heart. But higher than thess hills he
mounted after he had repented, from the
! transfxed posture on the cross TO the bosom
Of forgiving God
! Now we come to the brook EIah, from
which little David took the smooth stones
with which he Frustrated Goliath. There Is
bridge spanning the ravine, but at the sea-
son 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
where David armed himself He walked
around and picked up Ave Of these polished
pebbles He got them Of Just the right sire.
| He prepared himself FOR five volleys, so that
II the giant escaped the first he will not es-
cape the whole five. The topography Of the
place 50 corresponds with the Bible story
that could see the memorable fight 60 on.
II is the cnly fight ever did watch.
! Pugilism abhor; but here were two cham
| pioas-the ono God appointed, the other
Satan appointed, and deciding the destiny Of
a nation, the destiny OF a world IL was
Marathon, an Arbela. a Waterloo, a Bleu-
hein Sedan, concentrated into two right
I th illN Alctt dAt bmO lllStS VA DOO
feet high, the Philistines on one ridge, the Is
raelites on the other ridge. The fight Is in
the valley between, at that season shaded
and SWEET with terebinth and acacia, David
thu champion for the Israelite5. Goliath the
champion for the PhilIstines, David under
sizs1 and almost effeminate. only a mouth
ful for Goliath, who was nearly ton feat high.
| They advance to meet each other, but the
Bible says that David made the first step
forward NAarpr anil fhay
but do not think David will wait until he
CONES within reach OF Goliath's sword, for
that would be fatal, and David has a weapon
with which he can fight at long range.
Closer and closer they come, but David nd-
vances the more rapidly. "Coms to me-"
said tho giant, land l will give thy flesh
unto the fowls OF the air and TO the beasts
OF the field" 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 hillocS. hear him
laugh through the mouthpiece OF his hel-
met. He viii toast tho little whitfet ON the
top OF his long sword. He will call all the
crows for a breakfast. Come 10 me, You
contemplate little fellow, and l will make
quick work with you. 1hs idea that five
tooter should dare to come out against a
ten-tooter Let the two armies looking down
from the ridges watch mcr' David respond
cd, II como 10 thee in the name Of tha
Lord OF Hostsr Aha! that Is the right
kind OF battle shout In the name OF the
Lord OF Hosts!'
How that cry rings through the Wadyes-
Sumpt! He who fights in that spirit wins
tks day. The almost Israelitisn dwarf en-
larges into omnipotent proportions. The
moment 20 strike has come. David takes
his sling, with n stone in it and whirls it
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 ree.s back and falls. The stone
sank into bis 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 helmeti No.
An old rabbi says ne thinks that when Co
Hath scoffed at David tho giant so suddenly
and contemptuously jersed up his head that
the helmet fell off. That is like enough
David saw the bare forehead, foot high, and
aimed at the centre of il, and the skull
cracked and broke i'll like an eggshell, and
the ground shook as this great oak of a mill
tary cheftain struck it. HuZZa for David!
But we must hasten on for the DANCE now
is that night will be upon US before we reach
Jerusalem Oh we must see it before sun
down. We are climbing the hills which are
terraced with olive groves, uplands rising
above uplands, until we come to an immen-
sity Of barrenness, gray rocks above gray
rocks, where neither tree, nor Leaf nor bush.
nor grass blade can grow. The horses STUN
BILE, and slip and pull, till it seems the har-
ness must break. Solemuity ald awe take
possession Of us. Though q vivacous party,
and during part Of the day jocularity had
reigned, now no one spoke a word except to
say to tho dragonan, 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 beea slightly akin TO those of the
Christian Just about to enter the heavenly
Jerusalem. My ideas of the earthly Jerusa-
lem wers bewildering. Had not seen pic
lures Of III Oh, yes: but they only increased
the bewi.derment. They were taken from q
variety OF stanipoints.
! II twenty artists attempt to sketch Brook
/ lyn or New York or London or Jerusalem
| they will plant their cameras at different
| pla, - and take as many different pictures,
/ but in few minutes | shall see tho sacred
city with my own eyes. Over another shoul-
der of the hill We go, and nothing in sight but
rocks and mountains and awful gulches be-
! tween them, which mako the head swim il
! you look down. On and up, on and up, until
the lathersi and smoking horses are reined
/ IN. and the dragoman rises in front, and
points eastward. crying "Jerusa!emm 1t was
mightier than au electric shoc&. We all rose
| There IL lay, the prizs OF nations, the terminus
Of famous pilgrimsges, the object OF Roman
and crusad ding ware, and for 1t Assyrians had
fought. and Egyptians had fought, and the
world had fOu ght--the place where the Qneen
Of Sheba visited and Richard Ceur de Lion
had conquered. Home OF Solomon; home of
Ezsxel; home OF jeremiah: home OF Isaiah
home of Saadin. Mount Zion Of David
heartbreak, AMI Mount Moriab. whore Ghe
sacrifices smoked; Mount OF Olives. where
Jesus preached, and Gethsemane, where Hs
agonized. and Golgotha, where He died, aud
the holy sepulcher where He was buried. o
Jerusaleml Jerusalem! Greatest city on
earth and type of the city celestiall
After have been ten thousand years In
heaven the memory OF that first view from
the rocks on tae afternoon of December Z
will be as vivid as now. An Arab on horse
that was like whirlwlud. bitted and sad
died ami spurred. its name and hanks jet as
the nght-and 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 to
stay at hotel outside the gates. In the dusk
OF evening We halte1 iu front OF the plac, and
entered, but said: mo; thank you fol
your courteous reception, but l must sleeI
tonight inside tho gates OF Jerusalem.
would rather have the poorest place inside
the gates than the best place outside" Sc
we remounted our coach and moved on amid
clamor OF voices and between camel:
gruntins with great beams and timbers or
their backs, brought In for building purpose:
for 1t is amazing how much camel car
carry-uutil we came TO what is called tbs
Joppa Gate of Jerusalem. 1t Is about forty
feet wide, twenty feet deep and sixty fee
high. Thers is q sharp turn just after yo.
have entered, so plannsd as to make the Ell
trance of armed enemies the more diff cult.
On the structure Of thess gates the safety
OF Jerusalem depended, and all tho Bibl
writers used them for illustrations. Within
five minutes' walk Of the gate we entere'
David wrote, Enter into thy gates witt
Thanksgiving Lift up your heads, o y
, gates " The Lord lovoth the gates Of Zion,
"0pen to me the gates OF Righteousness.
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