The Forrest City times., 1890-10-11

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 moment he to stfIke has come. David takes hls sling with | st0ne th it uhd whirlA it round and round uptli No ha4 pft the Weap0p into sNlacieht h,omontum, and then tAflng Sure aim, hurls 1t. The giant throws Up his hands and rcels back and falls. The stone sank Into his forehead. That was the only available point of attack. Hut
 how about tho helpact on his headf Did the ] stone that David flung crush through his
 helmetf No; an old rabbi says he thinks that when Goliath scoffcd at David. the giant so suddenly and contemptuousiy jerked up his head that the helmct fell of.
 That Is like enough. David saw the bare centre, ol it, and the Akull cracked and
 broke in like an cgs shclt. aRd tho ground shook As this great oak of military chief tan struck It. Huxxah for david,
 But we must hasten on, for tho danger
 now Is that night will bc upon us before we tVhCu JcIuSulcln Oul We must Set " UcLuft snndown. We arc climbing tho hills which
 are terraecd with olive groves. uplands ris- ing above uplands, until we come to an i'm
 mensity of bnrrehhess, Frhy fbcks above gray rocks, where neither tree. nor leaf
 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 . vivacious party, aud during part Of the day joculari'y had reigned. now no one spoke word except to say to the dragoman Tell us when you get the first glimpse of of the city. never had any such high expectation of seeing any place as Of seeing
 Jerusalem. think my feelings may have been slightly akin to that of the Christian just about to enter tho heavenly Jerusalem. My ideas of the earthly Jerusalem were be- wildcfihg. Had I not seeh pictures of N Oh. yes; but they only increase tho ttwIld-
 erment. They wete thkeil from Variety oi
 standpoints. If twenty artists attempt to sketch Brooklyn, or New York. or London. | or Jerusalem. they will plant their cameras Ut different places. and take as many dinsr- cnt pictures, but in n few minutes l shall see tho sacred city with my own eyes. Over another shoulder of the hill we go and ! nothing in sight but rocks and mountains. and awful gulchcs between them, which
 make the head swim if you look down. On and up. on and up, until the lathcrcd and smoking horses are refined in. and the dragoman rises in front, and points east ward. crying "Jerusalcm.' 1t was n,ightics than an electric shock. We all rose. There tt lay. the prize of nations, the terminus oi famous pilgrimagcs, the object of Roman and crusading wars, and for 1t Assyriau
 had fought, and Egyptians had fought. and
 tho world had fought; the place which the Queen of sheba visited, and Richard Cuul de Lioh had conquered. Home of solomon Home of Ezekiel Home of Jeremiah Home of Isaiah. Home of saladin. No III, Zion of David's hcartbrcak. and Noun, Moriah. where the sacrifices smoked Mount of Olives where Jesus preached. and Gethsemane where he agonixed. and Col. gotha where he died. and the Holy Scpulchrs where he was buried. Q, Jerusalem, ter usalcm. Greatest city on earth and ty pc of the city celestial.
 After have been 10000 years In heaven the memory of that first view Yrom the
 rocks on the afternoon of December 2. will be as vivid as now. An Arab on horse that was like whirlwind. bltted and
 saddled and spurred, its mnne and Hanks
 jet as tho night--and thcrc are no such
 horsemcn as Arab horscmcn 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 Ut a holcl outside
 the gates. In the dusk of evening we halted
 In front of the place and entered. but said.
 "No, thank you for your courteous reccp-
 ton. but I must sleep tonight Inside the
 gates of Jerusalem. l would rather have
 the poorest place inside the gates than the
 best place outside" So we raanounsed ouf
 coach and moved on amid a clamor of voices.
 and between cameis gruniing with great
 beams and timbcrs on their back. brought in
 for building purposes-for is is amasin1
 how much camel can carry wc came to what is called the Joppa Gate of Jcruxa-
 fem. II Is about 70 feet wide, 90 feet dccp
 s,.1 v.nx.s Ia l.~1 <t. IL. .t-. after you have entered. 80 planned as to make the entrance of armed enemies the
 more difficult. On tho struture of those gates the safety af Jerusalem dcpended and all the Bible writers used them for iliustra-
 tiops. Within five minutes walk of the gate we entered. David wrote, Enter Into the gates with thanksgivIng" Lift up your heads. 0. yc gatcs." ..The Lord lov-
 tn the ga.es of Lson." 'Uprn ta me the gates of righteousness" And Isaiah wrote:
 Go through. go through the gates And the captive of Patm6s wrote; The city had twelve gates" Having passed the gate we went on through the marrow streets dlmty ughted, and passed to our haiting place Any sat down by the window from which VI could see Mount Zion. and said: Here we are at last. In the capit al Of tho whole earth" And thoughts of tisN past and the future rushed through my soul in quick sue
 'essicn. and l thought of that old hymn. sung by 80 many ascending spirits,
 Jerusalem. my happy homo.
 Name ever dear 10 mo-
 When shall my iabors have m end.
 In joy and peace and theey
 When shall these eyes thy hfav n- bull,
 walls
 And pearly gates behoids
 Thy buiwarks with salvation strong.
 And streets of shining ssnidf
 And so with our hearts full of gratitude to God for journeying mercies all the way from Joppa to Jsraxaicui. aES. ~ith brirht anticipation of our entrance Into The shin.
 ns gate of the heavenly city when car,bi, journeys are over. my second day in pa.ss stnc Is ended.