Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

and walked amid the pebbles that had
oeen washed smooth, very smooth,
nY the rush of the waters
through all the ages. There is
where David armed himself He walked
around and picked up five of these pol
lshed pebbles. He got them of lust the
right size. He prepared himself for five
volleys, so that if the giant escapes the
mr. nrst nc will not escape the whole five.
Inc topography of the place so corre-
sponds with the Bible story that could
see the memorable fight 20 on, 1t ia tho
only fight I ever did watch.
Pugll1sm abhor, but here were two
championship one God appointed.
the other Satin appointed, and
deciding the destiny of o nation. the dos
| tiny of u world.
! Ihey advance to meet each other, but
the Bible says that David made the firsk
step forward. Nearer and nearer thew
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
night 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 see Goliath going to give David for
banquet to the vulture and jackal.
he, tho 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 ton
OF his long sword. He will call all the
crows for a breakfast. ssCome to me.
you contemplate little fellow, and 1 will
make quick work with you. The idea
That hye-footer should come out against
q ten-footer! Let the two armies look
ing down from the ridges watch me!o
David responded, II come to thee in the
name of the Lord of Hosts" Aha, that
ls the right kind of battle shout. Gin
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 Israelitish
dwarf enlarges into omnipotent propor-
tions. The moment to strike has come.
David takes his sling with stone in it
and Whirls 1T round and round his head
until he has put the weapon into suffi-
Gent momentum, and then taking sure
aim hurls 1t. 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, foot high,
and aimed at the center of it, and the
skull cracked and broke in like an egg
she'll, and the ground shook as this great
oak of q military chieftain 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 shutdown. We are climbing
the hills which are terraced with olive
groves, uplands rising above uplands,
until we come to an immensely 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 popularity had reigned, now no one
spoke a word, except to say to the drag
oman, sTell us when you get the first
glimpse of the city," never had such
| high expectations of seeing any place as
of seeing Jerusalem. I think my feel-I
ings may have been slightly akin to
those of the Christian just about to en-
ter the heavenly Jerusalem. My ideas
of the earthly Jerusalem were be-
wildering. Had I 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 few minutes 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
refined 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 C@ur 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 o: 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 a whirl-
wind, bitted and saddled and spurred,
there are no such horsemen as Arab
horsemen-had come far out to meet us,
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