The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-02
BOOK OF ESTHER IN LIGHT
OF OTHER SCRIPTURES.
Story From History Illustrates
Gods Dealing With His Spir-
itual Children.

At the Washington and Compton Avenue
Presbyterian Church Yesterday morning.
the h Reverend eI III. Harris H: Gregg Of Chicago
sermon, In part. was as follows:
The great themes Of scripture are all
looked upon from many viewpoints. Each
book OF the Bible presents many aspects
for study. The historical. doctrinal. moral
spiritual. practical. prophetical,. typical and
literary, study are all essential to a COM
prehensive familiarity with the word Of
God. Error consists in pursuing one Of
these lines Of study to the exclusion of the
others.
varied lines Of study. It covers a portion
Of the period of the exile. It unveils his
tory and behind 1t We stand in the silence
and presence Of God. beholdins the untold
ways. But these facts are doctrinal as
well as historical. They are illustrative Of
New Testament truth. and therefore typical
The feast OF King Ahasuerus has many
analogies to the Kings feast Of Chrisrs
parable in Matthew, chapter xvii. This
feast. The wedding garment Of Gods right
eusness is the free gift OF Gods grace.
The My condition is the acceptance Of the
invitation. In the feast of this universal
King Ahasuerus, there is nc limit placed
upon anyone In driking Of the royal wine.
IN the parable Of Christ. the joy Of saliva
tion is only limited to the extent Of ones
capacity for its enjoyment.
apart from Ahasuerus. He invites her to
his feast, to enjoy his presence and love
ana to adorn 1t with her beauty. But, like
Israel in the parable of Christ. she refuses
to come because she thinks she is salts
fed with her own feast. Then the unaIter-
able decree OF the Medes and Persians goes
forth that Vashti shall never appear in the
kings presence: as the decree against
Israel. in the parable.
The whole kingdom Is then searched FOR
9 Queen. Esther, a Jewess, an alien and an
orphan. Is found and prepared, presented
and accepted. and then a feast is held. The
Whole earth is now being searched for. the
church, for a bride for Christ. Gentiles,
VINO are aliens and orphans outside the
covenants OF God with Israel, are accepting
the invitation with a few from Israel. and
they will sit down az the bride, at the mar
riage supper of the lamb.
BY the conduct Of Mordecai. the kins-
man OF Esther, Haman. the Amalekite, is
aroused to great anger against him, and
secures the Kings sentence OF death upon
the entire Jewish race. Hannah Is q type
OF satan. who has at present great power
not asked how respectable he was in his
community nor how good a citizen, but
simply, Are you q Jew Being a Jew
meant death on the appointed day. It was
folly to make light Of It. To ignore It would
not secure escape. This world suddenly lost
all its charms for the Jewish race.
$50 with the human race. BY one man
sin entered into the world and death by
sin. and 60 death passed upon all men,
The question 10 simply, Are we kinsmen to
that 'one man'7 Then judgments awaits
everyone who IL related to him. Az In the
time Of Haman, It often looks in the world
to-day u Satan had everything In his
sHamsn ID not know that In sectrinr
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