The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-21

arms. Here are two. ridges Of mountains 500
feet high, the Philisttnss or one ridge, the Iar
raelites on the other ridge. The fight is in
the valley between; at that season shaded
and swsst WITH tsfebintt and aeacia, David
the charipti6Bh- fot tbs Isfasites;; Goliath the
champion for the Philistines; David ttnder-
sized and almost efeminate, only a mouth
full FIR Gelisth, who was nearly tenfeet high.
They advance to mGet 6EFsh other bHt the
Bible says that. David made the fiTsSt stsp
forward, Nsarsr and nearer they come,
coraes within reach Of GoiiiatfH58 sAsrd. for
that would be fatal, and David has q weapon
with which he can fight at long range.
vances The mofa Tapadllys ''gome to me-"
said the giant, land / viii give thy Aesh
unto the fowls Of the air and to the beasts
of the field" You see Goliath going to
and 1sekai. He, the mountain Of 1esh, viii
fall over on thas little hillock. / hear him
latigh through the u1outhpieee of his he'll
met. He viii toast ths lttls Yhifet on the
top of his long sword. He; VIII cell all She
crows for a breakfast. "Come to me, y6a
contemplate little fellow and l will make
quick work with you. The idea that a FIVE
footer should dare to come out against a
tenzfeoteri Let the two armies looking down
lEOIl. Gn0 IIUSGS BUC 1AEC So SAN &SskShAo
ed, ST come to thee Id the naute Of the
Lord Of HostsF' Ahai that is the right
kind of battle shout. SIN the name of the
Lord of Hostsr'
How that cry rings through the Wadyes-
Sumpti He who fights in that spirit wins
the day. The almost Israelitish dwarf Gu
Iaress into on1nipotent proportions. The
mornent 10 strike has eon1e. David takes
his sling, with d Stone Id it, and Whiris 10
round his head until he has put the weapon
into sufficient 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 headp Did the stone that
David flung crush through the helmets No.
An old rabbi saws he thinks that when Go
Hath scoffed at David the giant so suddenly
and c~ontemptuously jerkeds up his head that
the helmet fell off. That is like enough:
David saw the bare forehead, a foot high, n
aimed at the centre of it, n the skull
cracked and broke in like an eggshell, and
the ground shook as this great oak ct d mill'
tary chieftain struck it. Huzza for David!
But we must hasten or, for the DANCE now
is tina night will be upon us before we reach
Jerusalem. Oil we must see it before sum
down. We are climbing the hills which are
terraced with olive groves, uplands rising
above uplands, until we come to an immen-
sity of b~arrenness, gray rocks above gray
rocks, where neither tree, nor leaf, nor bush.
nor grass blade can grow. TIL horses stum-
BILE, and slip and pull, till it seems the har-
ness must break. Solemnity and awe take
possession of us. Though q vivacious party,
and during part of the day popularity had
reigned, now no one spoke a word except TO
say to the dragoman, TELL us when you get
the first glimpse of the city" l never had
such high expectation OF seeing any place 40
of seeing Jerusalem. I think my feelings
may nave been slightly akin to those OF Che
Christian just about to enter the heavenly
jerusalem. Ny ideas of the earthly Jerllsar
lem were ~bewildering. Had not seen pic
lures Of it? Oh, yes; but they only increased
the bewilderment. They were taken from a
variety of s~tandpoints.
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 pictures,
but in a few minutes / shall see the sacred
CITY with nv own eyes. Over another shout.
der of the hill we go, and nothing in sight but
rocks and mountains and awful gulches be-
tween them, which make the head swim y
YOU look down. On and UP, on and no, until
the lathered and smoking horses are reined
in, and the dragoman rises In front, ana
points eastward, crying 'JerusalemE' IL was
mightier than an electric shock. we all rose.
There it Law, the prize of nations, the terminus
of famous pilgriuages, the object or Roman
and crusading wars, and for 10 Assyrlans hau
fought. and Egyptians had foaGiT. and the
world had fought-the place where the Queen
OF Sheba visited and Richard Occur de Lion
had conquered. Home of Solomon; home of
Ezekiel; home of Jeremiah; home of Isaiah;
home of Saladin. Mount Zion OF Davids
heartbreak, and Mount Moriah, where the
sacrifices smoked; Mount of Olives. where
Jesus preached, and Gethsemane, where He
agonized, and Golgotha, where He died, and
the holy sepulcher where He was buried. o
Jerusalem! Jerusalem. Greatest city on
earth, and type of the city celestiali
After I nave been ten thousand years in
heaven the memory of that first view from
the rocks on the afternoon of December 9
will be as vivid as now. An Arab on q horse
that was like a whiriwind, bitted and sad
died and spurred, its and tanks jet as
the highland there are no uch horsemen
as Arab horsenlen-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 q hotel outside the gates. In the dusk
Of evening we halted in front of the place and
entered, but I said: mo; thank you for
your courteous reception. but l must sleep
tonight inside the gates of Jerusalem. I
would rather have the poorest place inside
the gates than the best place outside" So
we remounted our coach and moved on amid
a clamor of voices, N between camels
grunting with great beams and tlmbers on
their backs, brought in for building purposes
for it is amazing how much a camel can
| carry-r1ntil we came to what is called tine
Joppa Gate of Jerusalem. Iii about forty
feet wide, twenty feet deep and sixty feet
high. There is a sharp turn just after you
have entered, SO planned as to make the en-
trance of armed enemies the more difficult.
On the structure of these gates the SAFETY
f@~R n-p@ MI IN RThtG
writer's used them for illustrations. Within
five minutes walk of the gate we entered
David wrote, Enter into thy gates with
thanksgiving y Lift up your heads, 0 ye
gatesF' s'The Lord loveth the gates Of Zion,"
5Open to me the gates of righteousness"
And Isaiah wrote, $50 through, go through
the gates.n And the captive of Patmos
wrote, THE city had twelve gates" Having
passed the gate we went on through the
narrow streets, dimly lighted, and passed to
our hating place, and sat down by the
window, from which we could see Mount
Zion, and said: ssHere we are at last, in the
capital of the whole earth" And thoughts
of the past and the future rushed through my
soul In quick succession, Inc l thought OF
that odd hymn, sung by 10 many ascending
spirits:
Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever Gear to mel
When shall my iaboEs have an emu
In Joy and peace and thees
When shall these ayes thy heav'n built walls
And pearly gates behold!
Thy bulwarks with salvation stroDgs
And streets OF shining gold?
And SO with our hearts full Of gratitude to
God for iourneying mercies all the way from
Joppa to Jerusalem, and with brlgh,
anticipation of our entrance into the shining
gate of the heavenly city when earthly
journeys are over, my second day IN Paies