The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-11
,ECREq OF TRUE BEAUTY.
HOW OBTAINED.
=. ralmage Draws a Strong Lesson
From the Story OF Hsdsssah.

beautiful child was born in the capitai
II Persia. She was nm orphan and captive.
., narsnis having heen stolen from their
,.r,etish home and carried 10 Shushan and
tsi die leaving their daughter poor and
\, , siran~c land. But an 1sraelite who had
tsen carried into the same captivity was at
TOD by the case of tho orphan. He edu
.s,ei her in his holy religion. and under the
roof Of that good man this adopted child be-
an 10 develop swertness and excellency
,fch1racter. W ever euualed. certainly never
,urpassri. Beautiful Hadassah Could
mai aionind father ever spare her from HIS
hon.ehold? Her artlessness. her glrlish
.pors. her Innocence. her orphanage. had
round Themselves thoroughly around his
heart. lust as around each parents heart
among us there are tendrils climbing and
sstening and blossoming and growing
Stronger
sxnect he was like others who have
oyai ones nj thome--wondering sometimes II
sickness will come and death and hereave-
menf. Alas. worse than anything that the
.,her expects happens 10 his adopted childp
,hasuarus. n princelv scoundrnl. demands
aat Htiassah. the fnirest one in all the
nyioT. become his wife. Worse than
les,h was marriage to such monster of in.
iptvi How Vrent tho change when this
young woman left tho homo whore God was
rorshiped and religion honored 10 enter a
raare devoted TO pride. idolatrv and sensu-
Inv, As lamb to tho slaughterl :"
Ahasuerus knew not that his wife was n
Iawess. Al the instigntion Of the Infamous
rme minister tho Ring decreed that all tho
evs In the land should be stain. Hadnssnh
eals the cause Of her people breaking
through the rules of the court and present.
ms herself in the very face Of death, crying.
t | perish. | perish ~ oh. II was n sal
Inc among that enslnved people They had
81 L.
Eortow. ghtnt and CHASTITY. sat in thousands
households, and mothers wildly pressed
heir inf0nis To their breasts rs the days OF
nassacre fastened on. praying that the same
worl stroke which slew the mother might
so slav the child. rosebud and bud perish
b, in the same blast.
But Hadassah is bus, at court. The hard
cart OF the king is touched by her story.
nl although he could not reverse his de-.
zee for the staying OF the Jews he sent forth
order that they should arm themselves
br defense. On horseback. on mules, on
romcdaries. messengers sped through tho
nd bearing the kings dispatches. and
out OF JOY went up from that enslRved
'ople at the faint hope OF success. doubt
o. many a rusty blade was taken down and
harpened. Unbearded youths grew stout ne
lnts at the thought Of defending mothers
i sisters. Desperation strung up cowarls
20 heroes, and fragile women graspinr
cir weapons swung them about the cradles
patient for them TO strike the blow in be.
li OF household and country.
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,.,. 80 49,. @ W tne eoppresseu people.
above the mountains OF dead, above
900 crushed and mnngled corpses sounded
triumph ot the delivered Jews and their
ihusiasm was Is when the highander4
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