The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-16
TALNAGES SERMON.
Fifth Discourse of the Series to tn Q
Women of America.
"The Vail Of ModrsIy," showing the
Beauty Of This Virtue rs Illustrated
by Scripture Charactcr-A Writ
Net Fully Understood.


to Men" HIS subject was "The Vail of
Modesfy," aud his text:
The Queen vashti refused 70 come.-Esther,
1, ?.
II YOU will accept NV arm | viii escort
you into a throne room, In this hfth
sermon of the series OF sermons there are
certain womanlv cxCelencies which
wish to commend, but instead Of putin G
them in dry abstraction, I present yoi
their impersonation in one who seldom,
81 ever, gets sermon &c recognition.
We stand amid the j.alaces OF Shush an.
The pinnacleS are ahamr with the morn
ing light. The columns rise festooned 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 cmbazoned until
it seems that the whole round OF splen-
doris is exhausted. Each arch is mighty
leap of architectural achievement Gold
en- stars, shining Il uwn on glowing
arabesque. langingS Of embroidered
work, in which mingle the blueness Of
the sky, the greeuucSS of the grass, and
the whitencSS Of the sea f am. Tapes
tries hung on silver rings, wedding to-
gether the pillars of marble. Paw
reaching out III every direction. These
for repoSe, filed with luNuriant couches.
in which weary limbs sink until all IA
tiCue Is submerged. These for carousRl,
where kings drink down a kingdom at one
swallow. Amazing spectacle! Light of
silver dripping down yer stairs of IVORY
on shields of gold, Floors of stained
marble, sunset rcd and night black, and
inlaid with CLAIMING PEAR. Why, it
seems il heavenly vision of ame-
thvSt, and iacinth, aud topaz. aud chrys.
opra-US had descended aud ali4hted upon
Shus,Iau.
IN another part ~ the palace, Queen
WASN'T is entertaining the TrncrSScS Of
Persia at a banquet. Drunken Ahasuerus
SAYS to his servants: "N,u go ont and
fetch Na,hti from the banquet with the
women and bring her TO this banquet with
the men, and let her III p av her beauty"
The servants Immediately started to obey
tie kug's command. bui there was a
rule in Orionta' society that no woman
might appear in public without having
her face vailed Yet, here was
mandate that no one dare dis
pu:c, demanding tHat Vashti come
in unvalled before the multltu
However there was in Na,ht's soul a
principle more regal than Ahasuerus,
more hrillisut than the gold of ShuShan,
Of more wealth than the realm of Persia
which commanded her to isobev this
order of the X az: and so all the ri sht.
eousncs,, and holiness and modes ~ OF
her natures rise up into sublime refusal.
She says: 81 vii not go into the ban.
quet unvaled.' OF course Ahasuerus
was infur atei; and WASN'T, robbed Of her
positi.r, and her estate. is driven forth IN
poverty and rum - suffer the scorn
of nation and yet 20 receive
the applause u after genar-
ations VINO shall r3>n M to admira this
MARTYR TO k,ug,v insaIence. Well. the
last vestige of that Toast ) rome: the last
garland mas faded: The last arch has
faller. the Inst t.rLgrd has bean Do.
showed and SLu.han j, a run: hut as
long as the " orld stands there will be
multftude. Of 1naY and women. familiar
with the r BE. via, wi / come. into this Met
IRE oallar,- If Cd aud odmire tho divine
nortrait Of V,.htf the Onaan Va.bti tho
vailed Vasbti the sacrifice WASN'T tba
siIept
In tbe first nlaca T want Won 70 Icok
unsu Vasbti The Onoa, A Il,,, rilbo,,
ravad with white aro.,, o-orrd bar
forehead. indicated ha. n,e.rI, n,si+inn
II was no small honnr 70 T., onoar in srnh
o roor,,, +b,t ia, 70 H., ,.,at1o -
bar rob,eI So, tho IIoz, of bar ia,,als ,
And vat INV, frion5s IL :, rot ,,,oas',,,.,,
IA hove,,oIoco and ra~roI rol,, IN ID -
h. oroonl,. Wen 7 90 v.,,,,o, -r.,.L
s+,nt f,itI in ca ,,t,in,, ho,. fnI,+ ,,,,H.,
oil ,,,ao,,,,sr ana .nIe.t,2,,a ,a ~,