The Forrest City times., 1890-05-31
MANY HARD FALLS
Rev. Dn falmaes Takes a Lesson From
 tho Ringing of Haman
It is sa sAs Black Aavil q Trouble that Msn Aamnsr Oat their Fortunes Many
 Hard Yalls In Store for Us AL

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 In the Brooklyn Academy of Music last | Sunday morning, after the preliminary ex. ercises which in thIs conaregation arc | considered as important as any of the
 others, Dr. Tslmage preached from the
 text ''So they hanged Haman on shc | gallows that he had prepared for Nor
 decai." Esther 7,i0 Following is his l sermon In full
 l Here is an Oriental couruef, about the | most offensive man in Hebrew history. Haman by hame. He plotted for the I destruction of the fsraelitish nation, and wonder not that in some Of tho Hebrew l synagogues to this day when Haman' .
 name Is mentioned, tho congregation clench their fists, and stamp their feet and cry, 1 Let his name be plotted outr' Hamar ! was primo minister in the magnificent
 court of Persia. Thoroughly sppreciative of
 the honor conferred, he expects everybody thnt he passes to bc obscquious Corning l in one day at the gate cf tho palace, tho
 servants drop their heads in honor Of his otficei but Hebrew, named Mordecai, | gazes upon tho passing dignitary without 1 bending his head or taking of his hat. He
 was good man, and would not have been
 negligent of the ordinary curtesies of life,
 
 the nation from which he had como. But he could not be hypocritical, and while others made Oriental salaam, getting clear 1 down before this Prime Minister when he | passed, Mordecai, the Hebrew pelaxed not
 a muscle of his neck, and kcpt his chin clear | up. Because of that affront Haman gets q | decree from Ahasuerus, the dastardly king, l Tor tho massacre of all tho Israelites, and
 that, of course, will include Mordesai. To make a long story short through I Queen Esther this whole plot was revealed
 to her husband, Ahasuerus. Ono night | Ahasuerus, who was afflicted with insom | mia. in his sleepless hours calls for his | secretary to read to him few pages of Persian history, and 50 while away the | night. In the book read that night to the | king an account was given of . conspiracy, I from which Mordecai, tho Hebrow, had | saved tho kings life, and for wiich kind | ness Mordecai had never received any I reward. Haman, who had been fixing up | nice gallows to hang Mordecai ou, was | walking outside the door of the kings l sleeping apartment and was called in. The king told him that he a ad just had read to l him tho account of some one who had saved | his, tho kings life, and he asked what re. | ward ought to be given 10 such one. Se,f 1 conceded Hamau, supposiug that he him | sell was to get the honor, and not magin. l ing Tor moment that the deliverer of tho kings life was Mordecai. says; "Why, | your Majesty oug ht to make a triumph for
 him, and put a crown on him, and set hm | on splendid horse, high stepping and full l blooded, and then have one of your princes lead the horse through tho streets, crying, 1 Bow the knee, hero comes man who has saved the kings lifer' Then said Ahasu. erns in severe tones to Haman: "I know
 all about your scoundrolism. Now you go out and mako triumph for Mordecai. tho Hebrew, whom you hate. Put the best
 saddle on the finest horse, and you, the
 prince hold tho stirrup while Mordecal
 gets on, and then lead his horse through the street Make haste!'
 What spectacle! A comedy and tragedy at one and tho same time Thore they gol Mordccai. who had been dos pissed, now stsrrod and robed, in tho stir l rups. Haman, tho chancellor afoot, holi. ing the prauciug, roaring, champiny stal ion. Mordccai bends his neck at last. but
 1t is to look down at the degraded Primo Minister walking beneath him Huxza for Morlecaii Alas for Haman But what pity to havc tho gallows, recently built, en. tircly wastedl It is fifty cubits high and
 built with care. And Haman had erected 1t for Mordecai, by whose stirrups he now walks as groom Stranger and moro startling than any romance, there go up tho steps Of the scanoding, side by side the hangman and Haman, the ex-chanccl. lor "So they hanged Haman on tho gal. lows that he prepared for Mordeoai" Although so many years have passed
 since cowardly Ahasucrus reigncd, and the beautiful Esther answered to his tvf aud .Lo .~f~
 life and death of Haman we may draw living lessons of warning and instruction And, first we como to the practical sag.
 gestion that, when the hoart is wrong. things very insignificant will destroy our
 comfort, Who would havo thought that
 great Prime Minister, admired and ap
 pluaded by millions of Persians wou.d d
 have been so nettled and harrassed by any. thing trival! What more couli the great diynitary have wanted than his chariots and attendants, and palaces and banquetsi II affiuenee Of circumstanccy can make a
 man con,cntcd and happy, surely Hamau should have been contentod and happy.
 No, Aordc,aiis refusal Of bow takes tho glitter from the gold, and the richness from tbe purple, and the speed from the ohariots
 Nith u heart putYed up with every imitation Of vanity and revenge. 1t was impossible for him to be happy. The silence of Morslecal
 al the gate was louder than tho hraying or trumpcts in the palace Thus shall lt
 always bc If tho heart is not right. Cir. cumstanccs tho most triyal will disturb ths spirit
 IL is not the great calami,ies Of life that create tho most worr.ment I have seen men, felled by repeated blows of misfor. tune, arising from the dust never despond ing. But the most or the dlsaule. which
 men sufYer is from insignificant causes as lion attacked by some beast of pres turns easily around and slays him. yet runs
 roaring through the forest at tho aiight ing on his brawny neck of few insects
 You meet some great loss in business with comparative composure; but YOU can think of petty triekeries iniiiotoi upon yoa, which rouse all your capacity for wrath, and remain in you heart an unbear. aole annoyance. If you look back upon your life, you will find that the most Of the vsxations and disturbances of spirit which you felt wore produs by circumstances that were no. worthy of notice. If you want to bo hapny you must not care for triiles. Do not Do too minute in your inspection of the treat- ment you receive from othsrs Who carcs whether Mordocai bows when you pass, or stands erect and stin as eadari That woodman would not make much clearing in the forest who should seop to bind up every litue bruise and scratch ho received in the thicket, nor will that man accom- piish much for tho world or the church.
 who Is too watchful and appreciasive of petty annoyanceA Thsre ars mu.tItudes of people in tho world, constantly narrowed because they pas, their lives not in search. ing out those things which arc attr aotive and deserving, but in spying out win ali theIr powers Of vision to SOC whether they cannot find Mordecai.
 Again; Ilearn from the life of the man under our notice that worldly vanity and sin are very anxious to have plety bow De. fore them. Haman was a fair cmblc n of entire worldllnsss, ani Morl ecai tho re. prescntativc of untiinching godiiness. Such wers the usages of society ia ancient times that had this Israclits bowed to the Prime Minister 1t would have been an acknowledgment Of respect for his character and nat on. AiordecAi would. therefore, have ain nal agninat hta rsltvtan