The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-06
FALLING PRIDE, j:
Talnage Tellsofthe Hangingof
Hamall on the GallOws
Erected torMOrdecai.
From Which is Deduceda q Les.
sOnorTwo thatWill Bear
Careful Pondering.


from the text, ESQ they hanged Haman on
the galows that he had prepared for Nor
tlccai. I" Esther: vii 10. Following is his ser.
mon in full:
Here is an Oriental courtier, about the
most offensive man in Hebrew history, Ha-
man by name. lie plotted for tho destruc-
ton of the Isracltish nation, and wonder
not that in some Of the Hebrew synngogues
to this day when Haman's name is men,
toned, the congregation clench their fists,
aud stamp their feet and cry. "I.et his name
be blotted out!" Haman was prime minister
in themagniiiccnt court q ofPersa Thorough
ly npprcciative OF tho honor conferred, hc
expects everybody That he passes to bc OBJ
seIuious. Coming in one day ut the cute of
the palace, the servants drop their heads in
honor of his office; but Hebrew named Nor
decai, gnzed upon the passing tlignitary with
out bending his head or taking oil his hat
He was good man, md would not have
been negligent of the ordinary courtesies of
life but he felt no respect either for lIaman
or the nation from which he had come. But
lie could not be hypocritical; and while 9th.
crs made rientalsalaam, getting clear down
before this prime minister when he passed,
Mordecni, the Hebrew, relaxed not muscle
cnGse OF that nffront Hamnn gets decree
from Al'nsuerus, the dastardly king. for the
massacre o all the lsrucites and that, of
course would include Mordecai.
To make n long story short, through Queen
Esther, this whole plot was revealed to her
husband, Ahnsuerus. One night Ahasucrls,
who wns afflicted will, insomnia, in his sleep.
less hours calls for his secretary to read to
linn few pnssnges Of Persian history, and
No while AWAY tho night. In the hook read
that night to the king an account was givon
of 81 conspiracy from which Mnrdeca, the
Hebrew, had saved tho kings lie, aud for
which kindness Mor,lecni had never received
any reward. lldmai,, who had been fixing
up Il nice gallows to hang Mor.lecai on. was
walking outside the door of the kings sleep
ing apartment md was called in. Tho king
told him TINT he had just had read to him
the account of some one who ha,l saved his,
the kings, life. and he asked what reward
ought to lie given to such one.
Selc-concetei lIaman, supposing TINT he
himself was To get the honor. and not imag
lining for II moment that the deliverer OF
the kings life was Mor.lccai, says
why, your mnjesty ought to make IL
triumph for him, and put crown on him,
and M, him on IL splendid horse, high step.
| ping and full blOodcd, and hen hive one Of
your princess lead tho horse through the
streets, crying, BLOW tho knee, here comes u
man who has saved the kings ifel" Then
said Ahns,lerus in severe tones to Haman:
~ know all about your scounderlism. Now
you go out and make triumph for Mortecai,
the licbru,' whom you hate. Put the best
saddle on he finest horse, aud you. the prince,
| hn Sti hi,
then lead his horse through tho street
Make hastc'
What n spectacle! A comedy and trgedy
nt one and the same time. There they go!
Mor'lecai, who had been despised nov starred
nni robci in the strrups. Hamnn, the
ing. champing stallion. Mordccai bends his
neck at last. hut it is to look down at tho
degraded prime minister walking beneath
him. Ilnzza for Mortecail Alns!
for linmnn! But what IL pity TO have
It is 80 cuhits high, and built with citr
And Haman had erected it for Mordccai by
whose stirrups no now walks us groom.
Stranger and more startling than any ro.
nance. there go up the scnfiotling, side by
chancellor. $50 they hanged lIaman to tho
gallows that he hnd prepared for Morlccn"
1t is not the great calnmites of lie that
create the most w0rriment. hnreseen men
fcllcd by repeated blows o! misfortune, aris-
ing from the dust, never dcspondinr. But
the most of the disluiet which mei suffer
ominsisnifficnnt cnuses; ns lion attack
ed by some beasts q: prey turns easily around
and says him. yet runs roaring through the
| forest mt the nlighting OH his br,lwny neck
Of u few insects You meet some great loss in
business with comparative composur; but
you can think OF patty trickeries inflicted up
| on you. which rouse all your r;tpncIty
| for wrath. md rpmNiu in yOiIr han rt.
nn unl'earable annoyance. II 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.
ticc. you want to lie happy you must not
care for trites. DO not be too minute in
our inspection of tho treatment you
receive from Others. Who cares
whether Mordecai bows when you
pass, or stnnds erect and stiff us IL cedar?
| That woo1man would not make much clear
| ing in the forest, who would stop to bind up
every little hrMse and scratcl, lie received iii
the tilickct; nor will the man accomplish much
for the world or the church, who s too watch
iul and apprcciati"c Of petty annoyances
There Bre multitnles of pcople in the world,
constantly narrowed because they pass their
| lives not in searching out those things which
are attractive anu deserving, but in spying
out with all their powers of vision to SEQ
whether they cannot tind u Mordccai.
Again: learn from the life Of tho man
under our notirc that worldly vanity and sin
are very anxious to have pety bow before
them. Hamnn was Il ,nr emblem of entire
worldlincss, and Mordecni the representa-
tive of unfinching godIiness. Such wcro
the usnges of society in ancient times that,
had this lsraelitc bowed to the prime minis.
ter it would have been an acknowledgement
OF respect for his character and nation.
| Mordecai would. therefore, have sinned
! nroiYat hia huu l,a fuotla npy Isniv
ance or dropped his chin half IN inch before
| Hamnn. When. therefore, proud Humnn
attempted to compel q homage which was
not felt he only did what the world ever
since has tried 10 do, when it would force our
holy religion in any way to yield to its die
tates, Daniel, if he had been man OF re.
ligious compromises would never have been
thrown into II den of lions lie might have
male come arrangement with King Darius
whereby he could have retained part o his
form o! religion without making himself SO
completely obnoxious to the idolntors
rulers and escaped mnrtyrdom If he had
only been willing to mix up his Christian.
fnith with few errors. His uhbendina
Christian character was taken us IN insult.
Fagot and rack md lalterin all ages have
been only the different ways in which the
world has demanded obeisance II was once.
away up on the top of the temple. that Satan
commanded the Holy One of Nazareth to
kneeI before him. But it IL not now 80 much
| on the top OF churches as down in the aisle
| and the pew and the pit that Satan tempts
the espO,lscrs of the Christian faith to knrrl
before him. Why wns i6 that the plntonic
philosophers OF early times, as well us I GLAND,
Spnoza. and Boiling broke Of later days, were
so niady opposed to christianity? Certain.
| ~ not because ii favored immoruiitics. or ar
res. ed civilization. or dwar.ed tho intellect.
| The peninc reason, whether admitted or not,
was benause the religion o. Christ paid no re-
spcct to their intellectual vunities. Blount,
and Boyle and the host o! iniidc;s hntched
out by the vile reign of Charles. tn. Second,
us reptiles crawl out of II marsh 0i slime,
could not keep their patience because. rs they
passed along. there were sitting in the gate
OF tho church such men ns Matthew, and
Mark and Luke, and John, who would not
bend an inch in respect to their philosophise.
Satan told our first parents that they
would become gods if they would only reach
up and take n taste Of the fruit. They tried
yet, satisfied with the experiment. We have
now many desiring to be as gods, rencling
| up after yet another apple. Human reason
scornlul of Gods word. may foam and strut
with proud wrath Of Hnman md attempt to
compel the homage Of the good, hut in the
| presence OF men and angels 1t shall hc con-
founded. God shall smte thee, thou wllited
wall" When science began to make it's
brilliant discoveries there were great facts
brought to light that seemed to overthrow
the truth of the Bible. The urcheolOgist
with his crowbar, and the geologist with his
hammer, the chemist with his batteries
charged upon tho Bible. Moses account OF
the creation seemed denied by the very