Telegram-herald., 1890-10-06

straxxlfng konses 81 sGesp ~. rs.lns
f,.au. I l. valley of Aj4la1. u tlrse -,
As ~ hls e4rlspr aays lie tkisf hzd car-
rsea ts,e s.,al.s - arson AID l,usxlsry. ana
Gown tscIu he nae borrs ths huaxser ear-
aen IL = saitly hear But hisAer than
xAeSs hills &c ul1antsd AFTER - kaa re-
secuted. fron ne tr@nsfxsd pasture 81 lie
s.rcxs = IAs k.a.soEa q fozSitl1x God.
Now we cone ~ ths krsok Elah. fron
Nhieh little DaTla toek ihe SlI8sth stones
witA which bs prcstf2sea Goliath Thera
l. : bridge span nlns ths rEsins. s0f At tbs
so4soa ~S crossed theTe = rat : arop II
wster IL tAe brook We went down inta
The raxans and walked anaid the pebbles
TIA. had been washed smoofh very smooth.
~ The rush II the waters tnrougA al the
sxes There Is where David arnsca him
sslf Be walked areuna and picked I'D
I've q these pollshea Psshles He At
them % Just the right sise He prepared
himself for ave volleys, 50 that II tie giant
escapes the frSt he VII net escape the
whole nVe. The topography ~ The place
20 ocrrespends with the binls story thar l
could see she memorable hgh xo on. Ii
Is the oaly hfhg / ever die watch
Pugillsm ] sbhoT. but here seFx two cham
pions one God appointed tie other
Satan appointed and deciding the destiny
OF a natioe, the destiny of world Il vas
q MarAtAoa, al Arbeia. q VI aterl0o Blen-
helm, Sedan, e0noentered into twD right
arms Here are two ridges 81 m0nnta.ny
so feet high. the PhiliStines on one ridge,
the Israelites on the other ridge. The light
Is Ia the valley between. ~ that season
shaded and sweet with tsrebnth ana aca.
cis, David the champion for the Israel
ties, Goliath the champion for the Ptilis-
tines, David UndrrsiEed aud almost efemi-
nate, only mouthful for Goliath. who Was
nearly ten feet high.
DAVID AND GOLIATH
They advance % meet each other, bat the
Bible says that David made the first step
forward. Nearer aud nearer they come.
but DO not think David will wait until
he comes within reach OF GOlisths : sword.
for that would be fatal, aud David has
weapon with which he can fight al long
range Closer and closer they come, hut
David advances the more rapidly. Cons
20 me" said the giant, "and Will give thy
flesh unto the fowls OF the air and 20 the
beasts Of the neld." You see Goliath go
ing 20 give David for banquet 10 the
yulture and iackaL he. the mountain Of
lesh, 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. lie
will call all the crows for breakfast
"Come 70 me, you contemplate little fel-
low, and l will make quick work with
you. The idea that u hve-footer should
dare TO come out against a ten-footerl Let
the two armies looking down from tho
ridges watch mel" David responded, II
come 10 thee in the name Of the Lord Of
Hostsi" Ahai that is the right kind OF
battle shout. "In the name Of the Lord OF
Hostsp
How that cry rings through the Wady-
es-Sumpti He who fights in that spirit
wins the day. The almost Israelitish dwarf
enlarges into omnipotent proportions. The
moment 10 strike has come. David takes
his sling, with a stone in il, and wbirls il
round and round his head until be has
put the weapon into sufficient momentum,
and then, taking sure aim, hurls il. The
giant throws up his hands and reels back
and falls. The stone sank into bis fore
head. That Was the only available point
Of attack. But how about the helmet on
his hesdt Did the stone that David flung
crush through the helmetf No. An old
rabbi says he thinks that when Goliath
kcoffed at David the giant 80 suddenly and
contemporary ierked up his head that
the helmet f.ll oil. 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 eggshell, and
the ground shook as this great oak OF a
military chieftain struck il. Huzza for
Davidl
ROMANCE AND RELIGION.
But we must hasten on. for the danger
now is that night will be upon US before
we reach Jerusalem. Obi 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 barrenness, gray
rocks above gray rocks, where neither tree.
nor leaf, nor bush. nor grass blade can
grow. The horses stumble, and slip and
pull till IL seems the harness must break.
Solemnity and awe take possession Of us.
Though a vivacious party, and during
part Of the day jocularity had reignsd,
now no one spoke a word except TO say TO
the dragoman Tell Us when you get the
first glimpse of the city" I never had
such high expectation of seeing any place
as Of seeing Jerusalem. think my feel
ings may have been slightly akin 20 those
OF the Christian just about 10 enter the
heavenly Jerusalem. My ideas OF the
earthly Jerusalem were bewildering Had
/ not seen pictures of iti Oh. yes; but
they only increased the bewilderment.
They were taken from a variety OF stand
points.
II twenty artists attempt 10 sketch
Brooklyn or New York or London or Je-
rusalem they will plant their csmeras Al
different places and take ~ many different
pictures, but in few minutes ! shall sec
the sacred city with my own eyes. Over
another shoulder Of the hill we 90. and
nothing in sight but rocks and mountains
and awful gulches between them, which
make the head swim II you look down.
On and up. on and up, until the lathered
and smoking horses are reined In. and the
drsgomsn rises in front and points east
ward, crying Jerusalem ii was might
fer than an electric shock. We all rosa
There it lay, the prize OF nations, the ter
minus OF famous piigrimages, the objec;
OF Roman aud crusading wars, and for il
Assyrians had fought and Egyptians had
fought. and the world had fought-th'
place which the queen of Sbebs visited