New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-04
Talmage Tells ofthe Hangingof
Hannah ON the GalloWs
Erected for Mordecai.
From Which is Deduceda Les.
sonor Two that Will Bear
Careful Pondering.

mon in full:
Here is an Oriental courtier, about the
most offensive man in Hebrew history, Ha-
man by name. He plotted for tho destruc-
ton OF the lsraelitish nation, and | wonder
not that in some of the Hebrew synagogues
to this day when Haman's name is men
toned, the congregation clench their fists,
and stamp their feet and cry, Let his name
be blotted out!' Hannah was prime minister
in the magnifcen court OF Persia. Thorough
ly appreciative of the honor conferred, he
expects everybody that he passes to be OBJ
.sequious. Coming in one day at the gate of
the palace, the servants drop their heads in
honor of his office; but q Hebrew named Nor
decai, gazed upon the passing dignitary with
out bending his head or taking off his hat
He was a good man, and would not have
been negligent of the ordinary courtesies of
life. but he felt no respect either for Hannah
or the nation from which he had come. But
he could not be hypocritical; and while 9th
ers made Orienta lsalaam, gettingclear down
before this prime minister when he passed.
Mordecai, the Hebrew, relaxed not a muscle
of his neck, and kept his chin clear up. Be-
cause OF that affront Hannah gets decree
from Ahasnerus, the dastardly king. for the
IT,,
course, would include Mordecai.
TO make long story short, through Queen
Esther this whole plot was revealed to her
husband, Ahasuerus. One night Ahasuerus,
who was afflicted with insomnia, in his sleep
less hours calls for his secretary to read to
him few passages of Persian history, and
SO while away the night In the book read
that night to the king an account was given
sOt q conspiracy from which Mordecai, the
Hebrew, had saved the kings li!e and for
which kindness Mordecai had never received
any reward. Hannah who had been fixing
up a nice gallows to hang Mordecal on was
walking outside the door of the kings Sleep
ing apartment and was called in The king
told him that he had just had read to him
the account OF some one who had saved his,
the kings, life, and he asked what reward
ought to be given to such a one
Self-conceited Hannah, supposing that he
himself was TO get the honor. and not mag
lining for a moment that the deliverer OF
the kings life was Mordecai, SAYS:
"Why, your majesty ought to make a
triumph for him, and put q crown on him,
and set him on a splendid horse, high step.
ping and full blooded, and then have one of
your princess lead the horse through the
streets. crying, BLOW the knee here comes a
man who has saved the kings !ife!''' Then
said Ahasuerus in severe tones to Hannah:
Il know all about your scounderlism Now
you go out and make triumph for Mordecai,
the Hebru, whom you hate. Put the best
saddle on the finest horse, and you. the prince.
on lead his horse through the street.
Re haste!"
vat SPECTACLE A comedy and trgedv
\ and the same time. There they go!
al, who had been despsed now starred
'ed in the stirrups. Hannah, the
~ .atoot, holding the pranclng, rear
mping stallion. Mordecai bends his
at last, but it is to look down at the
sded prime minister walking beneath
IN. Huzza for Mordecai! Alas!
lor Haman!. But what pity to have
the gallows, recently built. entirely wasted!.
1t is SO cubits high, and built with care
And Hannah had erected it for Mordecai by
whose stirrups he now walks as groom.
Stranger and more startling than any ro-
nance, there go up the scaffolding, side by
side the hangman, and Hannah the ex-
chancellor. $50 they hanged Hannah to the
gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai."
=. 1t is not the great calamities of life that
.feate the most worriment. / have seen men
felled by repeated blows OF misfortune ars-
ing from the DUST never responding. But
the most OF the disquiet which men suffer
lstrom insignificant causes; as a lion at tack
ed by some beasts ofprey turns easily around
and Stays him, yet runs roaring through the
forest at the allghting on his brawny neck
of few insects You meetsome great loss in
business with comparative composure; but
you can think o. petty trickeries inflicted up
on you, WHICH rouse all your, capacity
for wrath and remain in your heart
an unheara bic annoyance If you look
back upon your lie, you will find that
the most OF the vexations and disturbances
OF spirit. which you felt, were produced by
circumstances that were not worthy of no.
tice. If you want to be happy you must OF
care for trfes. Do not be too minute in
our inspection of the treatment you
receive from others Who cares
whether Mordecai bows when YOU
pass or stands erect and stiff as a cedar?
That woodman would not make much clear
ing IN the forest, who would stop to bind up
every little bruise and scratch he received in
the thicket; nor will the man accomplish much
for the world or the church, who is too watch
full and appreciative of petty annoyances
There are multitudes of people in the world,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES because they pass their
lives not in searching out those things which
are attractive and deserving, but in spying
out with all their powers of vision to see
whether they cannot find a Mordecai
Again: l learn from the life OF the man.
under our notice that worldly vanity andsin
are very anxious to have piety bow before
them. Hannah was a lair emblem of entire
worldliness, and Mordecai the representa-
tive of undinching goodness Such were
the usages of society in ancient times that,
had this Israelite bowed to the prime minis.
(
OF prospect for his character and nation
Mordecai would, therefore, have sinned
against his religion had he made any obes-
ance or dropped his chin half an inch before
Haman. When, therefore, proud Haman
attempted to compel homage which was
not felt, he only did what the world ever
since has tried to do, when it would force our
holy religion in any way to yield to its die
tates, Daniel, if he had been a man of re-
ligious compromises, would never have been
thrown into a den of lions. He nigh have
made some arrangement with King Darius
whereby he could have retained part OF his
form Of religion without making himself so
completely obnoxious to the idolators.
Paul might have retained the favor of his
rulers and escaped martyrdom if he had
only been willing to mix up his Christian
faith with a few errors. His unbending
Christian character was taken as an insult
Fagot and rack and halter in all ages have
been only the different ways in which the
world has demanded obeisance. TWAS once,
away up on the top of the temple. that Satan
co mmanded the Holy One of Nazareth to
kneel before him. But it is not now so much
on the top of churches as down in the aisle
and the pew and the pulpit that Satan tempts
the espousers OF the Christian faith to knee
before him. Why wasiO that the platonic
philosophers OF early times, as well as loland,