"Am I a dog," he said, "that you come to fight me with a shepherd's stick? Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field."
Then little David answered, "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."
Then Goliath marched forward in all his brass armor to kill David; and David ran, too, straight toward the giant. When he was at the right distance he put a stone into his sling and took good aim. Away went the stone and struck the giant right in the middle of the forehead! Down he fell on his face with a crash.
Then David marched up and drew the giant's great sword out of its sheath and cut off his head.
What a shout arose from the army of Israel when they saw that the great giant whom they so much feared, was dead! And this is the way a brave boy killed a great boastful giant, with all his bragging words and his brass armor.
THE "TOMB OF RACHEL" WITH BETHLEHEM IN THE DISTANCE
From a photograph taken by Mrs. Fontaine Meriwether, and used by her kind permission.
This picture is chiefly interesting for the beautiful view it gives of Bethlehem, lying white against the hillside in the distance.