Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-09

and walked amid the pebbles that hat
been washed smooth, very smooth
by the rush Of the water
through al the ages. There
where David armed himself. He walket
around and picked up FIVE Of these pol
ished pebbles. He got them OF just tbs
right size. He prepared himself for fivt
volleys, so that II the giant escapes thu
first he vii; not escape the whole five
The topography OF the place so CORE
sponds with the Bibles story that / could
see the memorable fight go on. It Is the
oaly fight ever did watch.
PugiIism abhor, but here were two
the other Satin appointed. and
deciding the destiny Of nation, the des-
tiny Of world.
They advance to meet each other, but
the Bible says that David made the first
step forward. Nearer and nearer they
come, 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,
'and / will give thy flesh unto the fowls
OF the air and to the beasts Of the field. y
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. hear him laugh
through the mouthpiece of his helmet.
He will toast the little whiffet on the top
Of his long sword. He will call all the
crows for breakfast. .'Come to me,
you contemplate little fellow, and l will
make quick work with YOU The idea
that five-footer should come out against
a ten-footer! Let the two armies look
ing 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. SIN
the name of the Lord of Hosts."
How that cry rings through the Wady-
es-Sumptl He who fights in that spirit
wins the day. The almost Israelitish
dwarf enlarges into omnipotent proper
tions. The moment to strike has come.
Dayid takes his sling with stone in it
and whirls ii round and round his head
until he has put the weapon into suffi-
cient 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 Goliath scoffed at
David the giant so suddenly and con-
temptuously jerked up his head that the
helmet fell off. That is like enough.
David saw the bare forehead, a 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 this great
oak of military chieftatn struck it.
Huzza for David!
| But we must hasten on, for the danger
now is that night will be upon us before
we reach Jerusalem. Oh! we must see
it before sundown. We are climbing
the hills which are terraced with olive
groves, uplands rising above uplands,
until we come to an immensity of bar
renness, gray rocks above gray rocks,
| where neither tree nor leaves nor bush nor
grass blade can grow. The horses
stumble and slip and pull till it seems
the harness must break. Solemnity and
awe take possession of us. Though a
vivacious party, and during part of the
day jocularity had reigned, now no one
| spoke word, except to say to the drag
oman, "Tell us when you get the first
glimpse Of the city" never had such
high expectations of seeing any place as
of seeing Jerusalem. | think my feel
ings may have been slightly akin to
those of the Christian just about to en-
ter the heavenly Jerusalem. My ideas
Iof the earthly Jerusalem were be-
wildering. Had / not seen
| pictures of it? Oh, yes; but they only
increased the bewilderment They were
| taken from variety of standpoints. If
twenty artists attempt to sketch Brook
lyn or New York or London or Jerusalem
they will plant their cameras at different
places, and take as many different pic
lures, but in a few minutes l shall see
! the sacred city with my own eyes.
Over another shoulder of the hill we
go, and nothing in sight but rocks and
mountains, and awful gulches between
them, which make the head swim if you
! look down. On and up, on and up, until
the lathered and smoking horses are
| reined. in, and the dragoman rises in
front and points eastward, crying
''Jerusalem!" 1t was mightier 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 Egyptians had fought,
and the world had fought; the place
which the Queen of Sheba visited, and
Richard Caur de Lion had conquered.
Home of Solomon; home of Ezekiel; home
of Jeremiah; home of Isaiah, home of
Saladin.
| After have been ten thousand years
in Heaven the memory ot that first view
from the rocks on the afternoon of De-
cember will be as vivid as now. An
Arab on horse that was like whirl-
wind, bitted and saddled and spurred,
its main and flank 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 to stay at hotel outside
| the gates. In the dusk of evening we
halted in front of the place and entered,
but / said: ''No, thank you for your
i courteous reception, but must sleep to-
I night inside the gates of Jerusalem. ]
1 would rather have the poorest place in
side the gates than the best place out.
Ie." So we remounted our coach and
moved on amid ciamor OF
voices and between camels grunt-
ing with great beams and
timbers on their backs, brought in fol