The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04
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~ SE9MON IN TIE TkSERNAClE
PULPIT o. BROOKLYN.

II tie Brooklyn academy OF Au-
sic Sunday lnorai.ig- d. Ialmase
preached fro,u The text, so they
hanged Hamaa on the Sallows that
he prepared Cor NorG;ecai Esther
7:10. Following Is tlescrmon:
Here is az Oriental courtier, about
the most offensive man in Hebrew
historv, Haman by name. He plot
ted for :he destruction Of the Istae-
Etisl nat;on, and ] wonder not that
in some OF the Hebrew synagogues
to this day when n&:nans name IS
mentioned. the congregation clench
:heir fists, and stamp their feet and
cry, Let his name be blotted out.
Hanlan was prime minister III the
magnificent court OF Persia. Thor
oughly appreciative Of the honor con-
felred. he expects everybody that lie
passes to be obseQuious. Coming N
one day 1t tie gate Of the palace, the
servants drop tbe;r heads IN honor OF
MS Once; ott 3 leDie", n'sineo .Aot-
decai, gazes upon the passing usll-
tary without bending lis head OF
taking off his hat He was :: good
man. and would not have been negli-
gent of the ordinary cotutesies OF
life, but ne felt no respect either tor
Haman OF the nation 1rom Whlcn ne
had come. But he could not be
hypccr;t.cal: and While others mace
oriental S;>laala, getting clear down
before tI:s prime minister when he
passed, IoT1ecal, the Hebrew, relax,
ed aos : muscle O. his necs, ano:
kept i:;s chm cleo a2. becaqse OF
that a5Ecnt aan122 gets a oecree
ron ilasS:;e-as, 1z:s .;astacdy kn'S'
zor the ns@ss&c-a o 81 the isEaeaEes.
;uao 1aat. o. coarse, WiiAlnc4ade -'Lof-
decal.
To make long story short,th1oush
Queen Esther tAls WhoIe plot was
revealed to her husband, Anasuecus.
One night Ahasuel1is, who was affect
ed with insomnia, n his sleepless
hours calls for his secretsryto to read to
nm a few passages OF Persian history,
and SO While away the night In
the bookre&d that night to the KING
an account was given o. a conspiracy
from which Noreeca1 the Hebrew
had sayed the kings lte, ana Tor
which kindness Mordecal had never
received any reward Raman, who
had been fixing I'D g nice gallows to
hang Mordecai on, was walking out
a side the door Of the kings sleeping
apartt ttnent and was called N. The
king told BIN that he Ead Just mad
read to him the account OF some one
who had saved his (the aos NE
and he asked WHIST reward ought to
be given to such q one. The selt-con-
ceited Halnen, supposlng that ne
himself was to get the honor, and not
imagining for 6 moment that the de-
liyerer of the king life was Iordecai,
says: 'Wly, yol:r majesty oHght to
make triumph for him, and put q
crown OF him, and set him on Q
splendid horse, housekeeping and
full-hlooded, and then have one OF
your princes Lead the horse through
the streets. crying Bow the knee,
here comes : man who has saved the
kings life,,'" Then said Ahasuerus
IN severe tones 10 Han1an: Z know
an about your scoundrelism. Now
YOU go out and make q triumph for
Mordecai, TIE Hebrew, whom YOU
the best saddle on the
finest horse, and you, the prince, hold
the sSirrup while 1Iordecai gets on,
and then lead his horse throdgh the
street. Make haste!o ::
What !. spectacle! 4 comedy and
tragedy at one and thsEsame time.
There they 90, NsGdecai, who had
been despisea eaoW starred and robed
IN the ssseg Harlan, the chan
eelkof afoof; holding the prancing,
rng. champing stallion. Morde-
cal cai bends his neck at last, but it is to
look down at the degraded prime
minister walking beneath him. Huzza
for Mordecai! Alas for Haman! But
what a pity to have the gallows, re-
Gently built. entirely wasted! It is
iftv cubits high, and built with care.
And Haman had erectedlt for Nor
decai, by whose stna~ups he now
walks as groom. Stranger and more
startling than any romance, there go
up the steps Of the scaHoldmg; side
by side, the hangman, and Hama9
the eS-chaccellof. 80 they nanSeo
Haman on the ganoWs thae ne hao
prepared 1oG Morcecal-
Although 50 many years nave pas
sed since cowardly Ahasuerus reign
ed. beautiful Esther answered TO ms
whirns, and Persia pel5shed; yet from
the life and death OF Haman we may
draw living lessons OF warning anc
instruction. And. hrst. we come 20