Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-06-12
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ser I'VE sPiRrr az TILE AGE.
For the Little Ones.

Ny DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS II propose tell
ing you a story about a little orphan girl,
and / pledge myself il shall be true. She
lived a great many years ago, and her father
and mo her died leaving her entirely home
less and i~riendless, save that size had one
kind uncle, who was Ms poor as herself law
ing no meaas to make her as comfortable as
many are. This was rot her greatest misfor-
tune she could have lived in poverty and still
have been happy in the land where she had
been born and partly brought up, and where
she could call upon that God who has said
blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom OF heaven But she and her
uncle, and a large number Of her country
smen, we're taken captive and carried by their
enemies into a strange land, far fiom all the
friends that were dear to her childhood. Oh,
how sad she must have been to leave the
graves Of her father and mother, to be car
Tied captive among strangers who regarded
mot the God Of her ~parentSl DO not your
little hearts pity and weep over the poor or
gphan girl thus torn away from her native
land, and forced TO go 20 q co lntry of I'M
godly peoplel
But the poor ogphau girl had to 60. 1t is
said that she Was very beautiful so lovely
that tho King oil that vast country fell in love
with her and made her Queen Of the king
dom over which he geigncd. How changed
the condition OF our orphan girl! Soon aE-
ter she was crowned Queen, there was a
wicked man whom the King had promoted to
great authority, who required all his subjects
20 bow and reverence him. But the uncle Of
our orphan girl would not bow down to that
wicked Prince. Thisso enraged this haugh-
'ty despot that he got the King to sign a de-
cree, that not only this poor man, but all who
had been taken into captivity with him
should be pat to death on a certain day.
What an awfuldecrce, that thousands should
tbe put to death because one poor man rev.
'erenced Cod How could this great calamity
be prevented; for il was death for any one,
even the Queen, TO approach the King in his
court, where he was at that time, unless
called and as the Queen had not been called
it was risking her life to so to him in behalf
of her uncle and the people Of her native
land.
But her uncfc, still trusting in the God o.
their fathers sent her word that she neeC
not expect TO escape, because she was in tn,
Kings house, any more than her Kindred
So she told the messenger to 60 and tell he
uncle to gather all the people Of her eountr,
that was in the city to fast for her, neither 4
eat nor drink Il viii fast, also, she said
and will go into the King, and if | perish
ItIl6us hat vow Oal IL NC InlS u
the language Of the poor orphan girls Yes
though she had been elevated 10 the dignit,
OF a Queen, she had not forgotten her poo
uncle and eOuntrymen. And did she dar
approach the KingY Yes, she went. An
did she succeedY Yes, the King received h
kindly and granted her request in favor
her kindred, and sent runners to change III
decree and save them FROM the wicked desier
Of this bad 1nan.
But what do You suppose became Of Il
man who had been disappointed in his d.
sign to have 80 many put TO death? l
had madea very high gallows to hang Il
Queens uncle upon and when the Xii
found out the plot, he ordered the Prince
be hanged on the same ~gallows, and his L
sons, instead OF the poor innocent man.
Thus We see that the righteous are rewar
al and the wicked punished even in Ii
world This God fearing uncle Of our orph
righteous Queen was hOnored to the hiphe.
the King put upon dim q royal crown a
placed him above all the princes Of his kin
dom and this poor orphan girl was ma
Queen and saved her people from death.
will leave them IN their exalted station. a
refer you to the bible for the truth of IN,
history. You will ind it in the Book
Esther. d. NJ. WHJTNER