The Progress., 1893-01-07
We have IN the story Of Haman and

n ordecai SGT at the gate of the king. for
u cteu in the scramble for position ana
" calth. He was man Of character, OF
fC rce and integrity. He had, in fact, on
o. ae Occasior saved the life OF the king,
L at his good deeds lad been forgotten,
Cahors had been promoted, and re had
been neglected. Upon tine other hand,
Haman had received the FIRST Office OF
the l.ugdOm. Ho was prime minister,
next 70 the king He had wealth and
power and honor and glory. There was
one thing irritated him. Mordecal, the
jew, refused to bow the knee TO hun,
and all his wealth and power was as
nothing so long rs this jew refused to
Weld the cardinal point Of his religion.
So Haman determined % destroy Nor
decai. and not only 30 destroy thu one
man but TO exterrinate the whole jew
ish race. He laid his deep plot with cum
ning, with daring, with conSulmnatc
deviltyy. He sought TO destroy his en-
elny and his enemy people. What was
the result Of this cnmity; The result
was th.y hanged Hamau On the gailJvS
that he built for Nordecai, and the king
| tool. the ring from lIaman's hand and
put it. on the hand OF MoTdccai and
made him the first man of the empire.
But foi the enmity Of Human Mordecli
had died an obscurel man.
ONE HUYERCD THOUSAND NINIsTEEs.
The truth is, ma.tS d,.st friend is las
enemy
Firsi-Becausa on, enemy * q bulwark
against sin and temptation. This Is ono
| Of the mighhcst powers that keeps the
pulpit pure and sIIong today. There
are 100 900 minister, in America. The
light that beats upon the pulpit is the
tiercest Tie minister is hated with
greater intensity Of hatred than perhaps
any other man III any walk 81 life by =
certain class The newspapers which
represent this class are 50 Lard put To 10
| their effort e. defame the character of
the ministry that they must needs EN-
! pluv 50 'cial news service. The result
of this autagonism Is that n tremendous
| moral restraint is thrown rUUnC thc pull
pit. The eagle eyes Of q Thousand enc
mics are 90 many bdv.ucts Of tsfcn-'
/ from tamptatiD. Tho number of men
who lapse from tho Christian pulpit Is
| infutesimal iB comparison so fhe num.
Der who wall, IN truth and integrity and
power. And here is one oi the secrets
we owe much to our enemies.
CEovrF CLEVELAND.
Sccond-Ourc enemy makes new ,.icuGs
m unexpected quarters. in fact man
| s. loved for tho enemies he makes. Soma
u1en owe tnsir greatness IN life % the
| fact that they naic certain enemies.
Grover Cleveland owed his FIRST nouiua,
ton for president ol tire United States
70 the fact that ho made a certain class
Of politicians his UDdvirg enemies.
| Grover Cleveland waE elected for q sec
ond term as president because of the un'
tiring enmity and maj gnant hatred OF a
certain class Of men. But for the slaE-
der. VituperatiOn and abuse Of the New
York Sun and the men whom it voiced
Cleveland would not have been noun
mated the second time nor elected. His
career introduced into American poll
tics ss "A maxim of daily political
life, 1--WE love him for the enemies he
mas made" One enemy will sometimes
make for man a thousand friends.
When attacked by an enemy have
found friends to spring up in the most
unexpected quarters and offer their as
sistance IN the most unexpected ways.
1t is popular nowadays for n certain
class of popgun preachers in New York
to attack men who are doing the Lords
work in their own way and doing it with
great success These little fellows i'll,
variably bring upon themselves the con,
tempt of the world, and always rally
have attacked.
KNOW THYsHIT.
Third-Our. enemy reveals unto our
selves our own characters. OF all the
revelations a man needs most be needs
to know himself, and of all the revela>
tons man gets the last one js this COM
plete knowledge of his own being. An
artist once built up marvellous com
posite portrait of one who bad died He
had refused 70 sit in his life for a pic,
ture, and so I'll, painting was ordered
made from the different features of his
children which resembled him most.
One child had a mouth shaped like the
father, another had eyes like him, an
other had the contour Of the head, an
other had his complexion.
SO from all these traits the artist cor
structed in imagination tho man and
made what was a marvellous likeness
upon his canvas From those who love
us we can get the good characteristics,
but it takes an enemy to point out the
wart, and the mole, and that which loved
ones would not emphasize or reproduce
If we desire true composite picture Of
ourselves il must be made both from the
verdict os friend and enemy. In fact only
our enemies will give us a certain kind
of knowledge. The criticism of an
enemy, therefore. is really worth more 10
US than the fattery of friend.
shall never forget my first encounters
with criticism. In our literary society
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