The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-05
II Man HUNG.
HE SERMON IN THE TABERNACLE
PULPIT OF BROOKLYN.

In the brooklyn Academy OF Mu-
sic Sunday morning, DR.. Talmage
preached from the text, $50 they
hanged Haman OH the gallows that
he prepared for Mordecai" Esther
7:10. Following is thosormon:
Here is IN Oriental coutior, about
tho most offensive man in Hobrow
history, Hamm by name. Ho plot
ted for the destruction of the Israe-
htish nation, and / wonder not that
i'll sOmo of the Hebrew synagogues
to this day when Humans namo is
mentioned, the congregation clcnch
their fists, and stamp their feet and
cry, "Lct his name bo blottcd Quit"
Haman was prime minister in the
magnificent court Of Persia. Thor
Oughly appre ciativc of the honor con
lerrcd, he expects everybody that he
passes to be obscquious. Coming in
ono day at the gate OF the palace, tho
servants drop their heads in honor of
ms Oihcc; but IL HobroW, named Nor
dccal, gazc3 upon the passing digni-
tnry without bending his head OF
taking oil his hat. He was Il good
man, and would not hnYo been ncgli-
gent Of the ordinary cOurtCsies of
life, but he felt no respect either for
Hnman on thc nation from which he
had come. But he could not be
hypocritical; and whilo others made
oriental 8alQam, getting clear down
before tins prime minister when he
passed, MOrdecai, the Hebrew, relax
cd not muscle Of his neck, and
Kept his chin clear up. Because of
shat HltrOnt Homan gets IL decree
from AhaSucrrS, the dastardly king,
tor the massacre of all the Israclitas,
ana that, OF course, will include Nor
dccui.
10 ma lIc along story short, through
Queen Esther this whole plot was
revealed to her husband, Ahusucrus
One night Ahasucrus, who was affect
etd with insomnia, i'll his slcepless
hours calls for his secretary to read to
Inn few passages of Persian history,
and so while away tho night. In
the book read that night to the king
an account was given Of u conspiracy
from which NLordccai tho Hebrew
had saved the kings life, and for
winch kindness NIOrdccai had mover
received any reward. Haman, who
ilad been fixing up II nice gallows to
hang MordccM on, was walking out
side the door of the kings sleeping
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 (thc iling's) life,
and hr asked what reward ought to
hc %ll"n to such Il one. Tho sclf-con-
ccItct hamnn, 6uppOsing that he
hunSctl was to get the honor, AID not
imagining for Il moment that tho dc.
hYrr"r OF the king $ life WAS NIordccai,
says: Nv ny, your majesty ought to
make Il triumph for him, end put Il
crown on him, and set him on a
splendid horse, high h-stcpping and
tuli-bloodcd, and then have ono of
your princes lead the horse through
tn" streets, crying Bow the knee,
mere comes man who has saved the
f'ngs life. ," Then said Ahasucrus
III severe tones 20 Human: "I know
al about your scOundrclism. Now
yoN go out and make triumph for
.hordccaI, the Hebrew, whom you
hate. Put the best saddle on the
lncSt horse, and you, thcprincc, hold
the S'isruD while Mordccai gets on,
and thcn lead his horse through the
street. Make hastc!"
What II spectacle! A comedy and
tl%%"dy ut one and the samo time.
Ih"rr they go. Mordccai, who had
been dcSpScd, now starred and robed
III the Stirrups. Haman, the chan
ccllor, ofoot, holding the prancing,
rearing, rhNnplng stallion. Mordo
rM bends his neck ut last, but it is to |
HOOK down ut the degraded prime
'nlnIStrr walking bcncath him. H,zza
ior Nor~trcai. Alas for Hi:man! But
"h"l Il pity 20 have the gallows, re |
gently built, entirely wasted. It i |
iiIir rUDlt* high, and built with care.
2nst Human hud crcctcdit for Nor
d"rHl. by whose stnlups he now |
walks as groom Stranger and more
"tnrtlmg than any romance, there 90 I
up t!lg steps OF the sca!1oldiug, side |
D,y SIdr, the hangman, and Haman
the cA-chanccllor. so they hanged |
Hannah on the gallows that he had
prepared for NTorGecai."
Although SO many years have pas
@Cd since cowardly Ahasucrus reign
cd, beautiful Esther answered to his
WllmS, and Persia pcrishcd; yet from
the Life and death Of Hannah we NAV
draw living lessons of warming and
instruction. And, first, we come to
the practical suggestion thai, when
the heart is wrong, things very insig
niticant will destroy our comfort.
Who would have thought that q
great prime minister, admired and
npplaudcd by millions of Porsians,
would have been SO ncttlcd and har
H0ssCd by anything triviaR What
more could the great dignitary have
wanted than his chariOts and attcn-
tiantS, and palaces and banuuets?
Ii ai1lucncc of circumstances can mako
= man contcntcd and happy, surely
l1aman should have been contcntcd
md happy. No; Mordccai's refusal
Of u bow takes the glitter from. the Ii
gold, and richness from the purple, II
md the speed from the chariots.
With Il heart pthfed up with every
of vanity and revenge, it was [
for him to be happy The {
silence Of Mordocai ut the gate was J