West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-16
MODESTY.
SERMON BY REV. DIR. TALMAcE.
Certain WOmanly EvcelIencies Which
are TO be Commended.

TEXT: The Queen Vashti refused 70 como.
Esther t. L.
II you viii accept my arm will escort you
into throne room. I'm this fifth sermon of
the seri 5 of sermons here are certain woman
~ excellencics which wish 10 commend, hut
instead of putting them I'm dry abstraction, |
present you Their impersonation in one who
seldoal, II over, gets sermonic recognition.
- we stand amid the palaces OF Shushan
The Iinnt cleS are afiaDle with the morning
light. The columns rise festooncd and
wreathed, the wealth OF empires flashing
from the grooves; the ceilings adorned with
images OF bird and beast, and scenes of
proves and conquest. The walls are hung
with shields, and emblazoued until IL seems
that the whole round OF spendOrs is ex-
hausted Each arch is a mighty leap of
archlteCtural achievement. Golden stars
SHINING down on flowing arabesque Hang
lngS OF embroidered work, i'm which mingle
the DlueneSs OF the sky, the greenness of
Ihe grass and the whitcneSs of the sea foam.
tapestries hung on silver rings, wedding to-
Rether the pillars of marble Pavilions
reaching out I'm every direction. These for
repoSe, hlied with luxuriant couches, in
winch weary limbs sink until all fatigue is
submerged These for carousal, where Kings
Drink down kingdom at one swallow
amazing spectacle! Light OF silver dripping
Gown Gown over stairs of ivory on shields of gold.
Floors OF stained marble sunset red and
mRht black, and inlaid with cleaning pearl.
hhy, IL seems as II a heavenly vision of
amethyst, AMI iacinth and topaz. and
cnrysopraSns had descended and alghted
upon Shushan. II seems as il billow
OIL celestial glory had dashed clear over
heaven S batticments upon this metrop-
OILS OF Persia In connection with this
iha there is a garden, where
seated at banquet Under the spread OF
OAK, ma linden, and acacia. the tables are ar
ranged. The breath of honevsucklo and
iiralik,ncense fills the air. Fountains leap up
Inrh flaa a. a. III
ialnCoWs falling in crystalline bapt,sm uDon
hoWerlng ShrubS-then rolling down through
ch6hnels or marble, and widening out here
a eIi there INTO pools swirling with the finny
tribes OF foreign aquariums bordered with
scarlet anemones hypericums and many col
ored ranunculus. Meats of rarest bird and
neast smoking up amid wreaths of aromntics
my my vases hiIed with apricots and almonds.
me basket piled up with apricots. and
uates, ana hgs, and oranges ana pomegran-
ates' Melons tastefully twined with leaves
OF o5, acacia. The bright waters of Eula,us
ri,llng the urns, and sweating outside the
I'm I'm III hashing beads amid the traceries
w me from the royal watts of lspahan and
Shltazi IN bottles of tinged she'll and llv
snaped cups of silver and hagons and tank.
arus OF solid gold The music rises higher
t oIu 'ne reVelry breaks out into wilder trans
port and the wine has flushed the cheek and
Oouched the brain, and louder than oil other
eo iSs are the hlccough of the inebriates the
nrds ''"e VI '"e ui ""A'
:, In another part of the palace Queen Vashti
Is entertaining the princesses of Persia at n
banquet Drunken Ahasuerus says TO his
servants: You 20 ont and fetch Vosbti
from that banquet with the women onj
DTllS her 10 this banquet with tina mon and
iet me display her beautyn The servants
i ,, start TO obey the kings com
Hland, but there was a rule i'm Oriental soc.-
ETY. that no woman might apDear i'm nubIic
without having her face yelled Yet hero
wa a mandate, that no one dare DISPUTE. de.
t,hl1nul9g that Eashti come in unveiled before
the multitude However there was In Vosbti's
soul principle more regal than Ahasne-ue
more orlilant than the gold OF Shushan. of
more wealth than the revenue of Persia
", %u IN commanded her to disobey the order
"a the King: and so all the righteousness
anu holiness and moles,y of her natur1
Ilsss up INTO one sublime refusal Sac
s1ys; viii not go into the BANQUET
sHitNellel- VI course, Ahasuerus was
miuI1ated; and EaShti robbed of her no
sitIon and her estate, is driven forth in
Poverty and ruin to suffer the ,orn
W nation, and yet to receive the
s sbPPInu ,;so OF after generations, who
kInSly lnsolence. Well, the last veStige of
shat FEAST IS gone: the last gar. and has faded.
the last arch has fallen: the last ,nknrI las
oeeI destroyed, and >hushan is a ruin; but
az iong as the world stands there will be
nustitudes OF men and women, familiar with
the blb4e, who will come into this picture
gaIery or God and admire thediyine portrait
80 , ~ Ile queen. Nashu the vel ed
F9shti the sacrifice, Nashti the silent
In the first place, want YOU to look upon
NaShIl th9 Queen. a bius ribbon rayed
VITA white, drawn around her foreh adj in
ulcaIei her queenly position. 10 was no
sintlil honor TO be queen n such q realm os
tnat Hank TO the rustic OF her robesl See
the biaze OF her jewels. And vet my fricnIs
~ Is iloL necessary to have palace and REAL
IoDe ~ order to be queenly. When l &c
woman with stout faith in Cod putting her
100 upon all mcauness, and selhshness an
E9uiess display, going right forward to serve
ChrIst and the race 10y grand and glorious
-, L say mat woman is a queen,
ana the ranks of heaven look over the
DStJ einent5 upon the coronation. and
whether she come up from the shantv ON
the commons or the mansion of the
s sIll.l square, greet her with tho
SlouJ: AN hail Queen Nnshtin What
BioIy was there on the brow Of Mary OF
scotland; or Elizabeth, OF England. or
Margaret, Of France. or CatharIne. Of Rms
sa, compared with the worth of some of our
CnrlsJlan mothers, many Of them gone inso
Eloiy or or tnat woman mentioned in the
ccfipturcs, who put her all into tn Iord's
treasuryf-o Of Jepht1ah's daughter who
made demonstration ofunselish Uatr,Otisus
or or ADigau WHO rescued the herds and
ho.ks or her husband or Of Ruth who
toiled under tropical sun for moor OH
helpless Naomif-or Of Mrs. Adon.ram Jud
son, who ndled the lights OF salvation anil
the darkness OF Burmah or OF Mrs Hemnns
Whlch VIII DO forever associated with
hunters horn. and caD;ive's chain, aud
bridal hour, ana iute's throb AMI curfews
sheil al the dying dny,-and scores aud nun
oreas or women, unknown on earth. who have
gwen water 70 the thirsty and bread TO tire
nuhgiy, ana med icine 10 the sick AMI smiles
% the as ouraRed-the.r footsteps heard
along dark lane. md in government bosp tai
uiit ~ nimshOuse corridor. and bv prison
Blvei 4here may be no royal robe-there
may 90 no paIatial surroundings She doe.
nog need them. for all charitable men will
vhite with the cracking lips OF fever sfru-I,
hospital aud plague hlotchei lazaretfo i'm
kre tin2 her as Size pos.es: "Hlii hail
Queen Nnshti 81
among the queens whom honor are the
female day school teachers Of this lqud
puJ upon their brow the coronet Trcy are
the sisters and the dau yhters Of ou- fo,tue
ana cs, selected out of vast number of
oppleants because " their cspeoial int.
teicctuai and moral cndOwmnnts There a-r
IN none OF your homes women NOR. worthy
htee persons, some OF them. come ont from,
aHuent homes. choosing teaching as usofY.
profession. others Ln linz that iather is older
Than Doc usi ~ ard that Dob eYesight AMI
ttfcnZtu Hr. not as good as once. go tY teach
lnE fD Hgrtu Dis load But + tell yoI tho
history 4 tH. maj r.ty OF the female teach
cTs il tha publ fcIoJ.s whom i say. "Fathrr
fs d'ai Altr tls estate was setflsI tho
rliIT th were comfortable before. Gre
roWu ou tnaIr pfu fc.1u ess.
it 81 herd f0r men TO- earn living in This