Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-10-18

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will see the sun stop above Gideon, but
now we have only to do with the moon,
and You must remember that it was
more of an orb then than it is now. 1t
is burnt out world now, an extinct
world now, corpse laid out in state in
the heavens, waiting for the Judgment
day to bury it. But on the day of which
| speak the moon was probably a living
world, yet it halted at the wave Of Josh
ua's finger, ''Stand thou still.' Do not
bulge an inch until Joshua finishes
those five kings, who are there tumbling
over the rocks. sword of man slashing
them, hailstones out of the sky letting
them.
And there is the cavern of Makkedah,
where they fed for safety, and where
they We're afterward locked III, and from
which they were taken out to be slain,
and in which they were afterward buried;
and you do well to examine that cavern,
for within few hours it became three
things which no other cave ever was
fortress, prison, sepulcher.
Now we come to the brook Elah, from
which little David took the smooth
stones with which he Frustrated Coli
ath. There is bridge spanning the
ravine, but at the season we crossed
there is not a 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 five of these pol
ished pebbles. He got them of just the
right size. He prepared himself for five
volleys, SO that if the giant escapes the
first he will not escape the whole live.
The topography of the place so CORE
spends with the Bible story that [ could
see the memorable fight go on. 1t is the
only fight ever did watch.
Pugilism I abhor, but here were two
championship one God appointed,
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
''Come to me,2' 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
a banquet to the vulture and jackal.
He, the mountain of flesh, will fall over
OH that little hillock. / hear him laugh
through the mouthpiece of his helmet.
He will toast the little whiffet on the top
# hi lnt,f Tn,l HOY oil oil hn
crows for breakfast. Come to me,
you contemplate little fellow, and | will
make quick work with you. The idea
that fiye-footer should come out against
a ten-footer. Let the two armies look
ing down from the ridges watch me''
David responded, Il come to thee in the
name of the Lord of Hosts Aha, that
is the right kind of battle shout. ''In
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 proper
lions. The moment to strike has come.
David takes his sling with a stone in it
and whirls it round and round his head
until he has put the weapon into snffi-
,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 icrked 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 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
renncss, 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 aud
awe take possession of us. Though a
viyacious party, and during part of the
day jocularity had reigned, now no one
spoke 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. / think my feel
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 not seen
pictures of it? Oh, yes; but they only
increased the bewilderment. They were