Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-10-12
of the jews.

for the time to strike the blow IN behalf
of household and country.
Triumph of the Jews.
The day Of execution dawned. Gov
eminent officials, armed and drilled,
cowed before the battle shout of the OPP
pressed people. The cry Of defeat rang
back to the palaces, but above the noun
tains of dead, above 70, 900 crushed and
mangled corpses, sounded the triumph Of
the delivered Jews, and their enthusiasm
was as when the highlanders came to
the relief of Lucknow, and the English
army, which stood in the very jaws Of
death, at the sudden hope Of assistance
and rescue lifted the shout above belch-
ing cannon and the death groan OF
hosts, crying: 1--WE are saved We are
savedi"
Ny subject affords me opportunity OF
illustrating what Christian character
may be under the greatest disadvantage
There is no Christian now exactly what
he wants to be. Your standard is much
higher than anything you have attained
unto. If there be any man so pulled up
as to be thoroughly satisfied with the
amount of excellency he has already at
tanned, I have nothing to say to such
one, but to those who are dissatisfied
with past attachments, who are toiling
under disadvantages which are keep
ing them from being what they ought
TO be, | have a message from God. You
each of you labor under difficulties.
There IS something in your tempera'
ment, in your worldly circumstances,
in your calling, that acts powerfully
against you. Admitting all this, l in
troduce to you Hadassah of the text. 3
noble Christian Notwithstanding the
most gigantic difficulties. She whom
you might have expected to be one Of
the worst of women is one of the best.
The Pious Orphan.
In the first place, our subject is an
illustration of what Christian character
may be under orphanage. This Bible
line tells a long story about Hadas-
sab. "She had neither father nor moth
or" A nohleman had become her guard
ian, but there is no one who can take
the place Of a parent. Who so able at
night to hear a child's prayer, or at twi-
light TO chide youthful wanderings or
to soothe youthful sorrows? An indi-
vidual will go through life bearing the
marks of orphanage. 1t will require
more strength, more persistence, more
grace to make such one the right
kind of a Christian. He who at 40
years loses parent must reel under the
blow Even down to old age men are
accustomed to rely upon the counsel or
be powerfully influenced by the advice
of parents, if they are still alive. But
how much greater tho bereavement
when it comes in early life before the
character is self reliant. and when nat
urally the heart Is unsophisticated aud
easily tempted
And yet behold what a nobility Of
disposition Hadassah exhibited Though
father and mother were gone, grace bad
triumphed over all disadvantages. Her
willingness to self sacrifice, her control
over the king, her humility, her faith
full worship Of God, show her to have
been one Of the best Of the worlds
Christians.
An Unhappy Childhood.
There are those who did not enjoy
remarkable early privileges. Perhaps
like the beautiful captive of tho text,
you were an orphan. You had huge sor-
rows in your little heart You some
times wept in the night when you knew
not what was the matter. You felt sad
sometimes even on the playground.
Your father or mother did not stand in
the door to welcome you when you
came home from long journey. You
still feel the effect Of early disadvan-
tages, and you have sometimes offered
them as a reason for your not being as
thoroughly religious as You would like
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