The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-22


hold, his bcdstead was bedstead OF
iron; is it not in Rabbath of the chill
drcn of Ammon? Nine cubits was the
length thereof and four cubits the
breadth of it,"
The story OF giants is mixed with
myth. William the Conqucror was said
to have been of overtowcring altitude,
but when, in after time, his tomb was
opened. his bones indicated that he had
been physically of only ordinary size.
Roland, the hero, was said to have
been OF astounding stature, but when
his scpulchcr was examined, his armor
was found only large enough to fit an
ordinary man. Alexander the Great
had helmets and shields of enormous
size made and left among the people
whom he had conquered, so rs To give
the impression that he was a giant, al
though he was rather under than over
the usual height of Il man. But that III
other days and lands there were real
giants is authentic. one of the guards
of the Duke of Brunswick was eight
and half feet high. In museum in
London is the skeleton of Charles
Brine eight feet four inches in stat.
urc. The Emperor MaNimin was
over eight feet Pliny tells of giant
nine feet high, and two other giants
nine and half feet SO | am not in
crcdulous when come to my text and
find King Og Il giant, and the size of
his bedStead, turning the cubits of the
text into fcct-thc bcdstcad of Og the
king, must have been about thirteen
and half feet long. Judging from
that the giant who occupied it was
probably about eleven feet in stature,
or nearly twice the average human size.
There was no use of Rabbinical writer's
trying to account for the presence of
this giant, King Og, as they did, by
saying that he came down from the
other side of the flood being tall
enough to wade the waters beside
Noahs ark, or that he rode on the top
of the ark, the passengers inside the
ark daily providing him with food.
There was nothing supernatural about
him. He was simply Il monster in size.
Cyrus and Solomon slept on beds of
gold. and SacdanapaluS had $50 bed
StcadS of gold burned up with him, but
this bcdstcad of my text was iron
every thing sacrificed for strength to
hold this excessive avoirdupos, this
Alp Of bono and flesh No wonder this
couch was kept as a curiosity at Rab-
bath and people went from far and near
to see IT, just rs now people go to mus
Gums TO behold the armor of the an
clients
Nou say what a fighter this giant,
King Og, must have been. No doubt of
it. ] suppose the size of his sword and
brCaStplatc correSpCnded TO the size of
his bcdstCad, and his stride across the
battlefield and the full stroke of his
arm must have been appalling With
an armed host he comes down To drive
back the Israclitcs, who are maching
ON from Egypt to Canaan. We have
no particulars OF the battle, but
think the Israclitcs trcmbled when
they saw this monster OF n man moving
down to crush them. Alas for the
ISraclitcs,
WIN their troubles never cease?
What can man five and half
feet high do against warrior of eleven |
feet, and what can short swords do
against sword whose CLEAN must have |
been like fash OF lightning?
The battle of Adrei opened. Moses |
aud his army met the giant and his !
army. The Lord and Hosts descended |
into the fight and the gigantic strides |
that Og had made when advancing into |
the battle were more than eQualed by |
the gigantic strides with which he re-
treated Uuzla for triumphant Israel! |
Sixty fortified cities surrendered to |
them. 4 land of indcscribablc opulcncc !
cones into their possession, and all |
that is left OF the giant King is the iron
bcds,cad. mine cubits was the length |
thereof and four cubits the breadth of
IL"
Why did not the Bible give us the |
size OF the giant instead of the size of |
the hcdStead? Why did it not indicate |
chat the man was eleven feet high in |
stead Of telling us that his couch was |
thirteen and half feet long? No doubt !
among other things il was To teach us |
that You can Judge of man 10y his SUR
rouudingS
Show me mans associates, show
me a mans books, show me mans |
home, and | will tell you what he is
without your telling me one word about |
him. You can not only tell |
man according 10 the old ad- |
age by tho company he keeps
but by the books he reads, 10y the |
pictures he admircs, by the church |
he attends, by the places he visits, |
Moral giants and moral pigmies, in
tellectual giants and intellectual pig |
mics, like physical giants or physical
pigmics, may be judged by their sur