Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
TIE HANGING OF HAMAN



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Here Is al oriental ooUrt.er, about the
most offensive unsn Il Hebrew history
Hsmsa oy nsme He plotted tor tie de
struetioa q the Israsisish nation and
wonder not that la serne Of the Hebrew
sya&SOgass 10 tbs day. Shen HAE~n's
name 4 mentioned. the congregation ehach
tbasr nses. ard stamp their toes ard cry.
~Lss his name t< dotted oat'" hasaan
vxs prefne rninster in she magnificent
ooVrt of Persia Thoroughly sPPrecissivs
0f the honor Conferred he expocts every
bctyshat be pssses % be otseqrioas. oorn-
bag ia one stzy 81 the gate OF the palace ths
servants drop thsir hsais N honor of MS
onice, but Hsbreyy. named 4ordeeai.
gszes upon the passing dignitarg without
tendTtsg his bead OF taking on his hat Hs
was = good man. zed would not have been
negligent OF he ordinary courtesiss Of life.
bat be felt 70 respect either for HAman OF
the nation from which be had come. But
he could not be bypocritieal, and while
Others made oriental ss.laara, getting clear
down before this prime minister whea he
I passed, Aordecai, the Hebrew. relaxed not
muscle Of his neck, and kept his chin
clear up Because Of that afrront EEman
| gets decree trou Ahesuerus, the das-
tardly king, fox the massacre of al the Is
raelttes, and that, Of course, will include
/ MordecGL
THE PLOT REVEALED.
To make long story short, through
] Queen Esther this whole plot was revealed
1 10 her husband, Ahasuerus. one night
/ Ahasueris, who WAS afflicted with insom-
nia, In his sleepless hours calls for bis score
| tary toread 10 him few passages Of Persian
! history, and so while away the night. In
the book read that night 70 the king an ac-
I count was given OF conspiracy, from
which Mordecai, the Hebrew, hsd saved
| the kings life, and for which kindness
! Aordecai lad never received any reward
H&Iaan. who had been fixing up nice gal
lows 10 hang Mordecsi on. was walking
! OUTSIDE the door Of the kings sleeping
1 apartment and was called IN. The king
told him that hc hsd just had read TO him
| Tie account OF some one who had saved his,
the kings life, and he esked what reward
| ought 70 be given TO such one. SELF
conccIted Haman, suppossng that be him
self was 20 get the honor, and not inagin-
ing for a moment that the dsliversr OF the
kings life was Mordecai, says: Why, your
majesty ought 10 make \ Triumph for him,
and put q crown on him, and set him on q
spleadid horse, high stepping end full
t<oo6ed, and then have one of your princes
lead the horse through the streets, crying:
Bow tho knee, here comes o man who has
saved the kings lifer" Then said Aha
suerus in severe tones 20 Haman: Il know
al about your scoundrolisrn. Now you 60
oct and make triumph for Mordecai, the
Hebrew, whom, you hate Put the best
= saddle On the finest horse, and you. the
prince, bold the stirrup while Mord ecai
gets on, and then lead his horse through
the street. Make hastel'
A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY
What spectacle, A comedy and tragedy
at one and the same time. There they go
AOTNiecai. who had been deSpised. now
starred and robed, IN the stirrups. Hlman.
the chancellor, afoot, holding the prancing
rearing, champing stallion. Mordecsi
bends bis neck a. last, but it is 70 look
down at the degraded prime minister walk
ing beneath him. Hu4za for Mordecai
Alas for Hamanl But what pity 20 have
the gallows recently built entirely wasted
It Is fifty cubics high, aud built with care.
And Hsm2n had erected it for Mordecai
by whose stirrups he now walks es groom.
Stranger and more startling than any TO
nance, there go up toe steps Of the scat
folding, aide By side, the hangman and
Haman theex-chancellor. ":So they hanged
Haman ca the gallows that he had pre-
pared for Mordecai."
Although so many years have passed
since oow2rdly Ahasuerus rcigned, and tie
beautiful Esther answered TO his whims,
and Persia perished, yet from the life and
death of Haman we may draw living les
sons OF warning and instruction. And
first, we como to the practical suggestion
that, when the heart Is wrong. things very
Insignificant win destroy our comfort
Who would have thought that great
prime minister, admired and applGuded BY
millions Of Persians, would have been So
nettled and harsssed by anything trivial
What more could the great dignitary have
wanted than his chaTiots and attendants
and palaces and banQuctss II af1aence Of
circumstances can mako a man coDtcnted
and happy. surely Harnan should have
beoa oontented aud happy. No; Mordecaf'
refusal of q bow takes the glitter from tbs
gold. and the richness from the purple, and
the speed from the chariots. With heart
pulled up with every in1ntion OF vanity
and revenge, il was impossible for him y
be happy. The silence Of Mordeoai at ths
gate was louder than the bTaying Of trum
pets In the palace. Thus sball it always b
II the heart is not right. CarcuJnstsnces
the most trivial viii disturb the spirit
sosE Lrtryo IEs-oEs.
II IA not the greet oalanities OF life TIA
create the most wrTiment ] have seeI
men. feiled by repeated blows ~ misfortune
arising from the dnst, asv,r dsspoTriirs
Bot tho uaDst o; the dis,net which na'
suffer is from insignificant causes, ~ :
lion attacked by some eesSt II prey turns
easily around snd slsys h; n. yet runs roar
log shrUugh tbs fcTset st the alghtins or
his bTswny neck & few Insects. 1r
meet some gTeat loss in business with com
Tar2.ve oop1prs1rc. but You csn think o
petty trickeries Unlisted upon you whicl
rouse al your capacity for wrath, aDd re
main II your hesFt ST uubearsble annoy
soce- II you look back upon your iifs yor
viii fnd hat the mos. Of the veXataons snt
distrubances % spirit which Y0n fsJt wer'
Tr0dnced bT Circumstances that were nc
v~orthy 4 notice II you want 90 he ha2pl
y-u must rot cara 70 trifes Do not 3
too minute ia your Inspection n the treat
nlept Fc1 receive from others. " NJ care
whether Rordsesi bows when To1 Pass- n