Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-10-07
NUr1BER IS

Them. Their tongues may be as Dlt-
for as gall. Queen Esther never prld-
Oh herself upon her sharp tongue. Like
Sarah. the wife Of Abraham, she knew
tbot If was no disgrace for woman -
be fair to look upon. Thus as W -
Of great common sense she tried - 10
her work with sweet looks ana GEN
words and not with verbal sledGe Ian
mer. spear, sword, battering ram ana
hurricane.
How as a beautiful woman OF great
common sense did Queen Esther WIN
her brilliant victory? In the first place.
she goes to the king and asks as an
osnecial favor that he, with his con-
temntible and dlshonorable prime MN
ister wicked Haman by name, wouio
come and take dinner some night in her
royal nalace. Though this was against
the law. yet the king consented. Ihen
nethiuks | can see this beautiful wo-
man preparing for her plan OF Dattle.
cbo nuts on her most attractive roDes'
cbo has her hairdresser intwine her
black locks in the way most becoming
TO her dark Hebrew features. she
has the dining room fragrant "lul
nowers and adorned with the most
beautiful Of tapestries. She has the
BANQUET table laden with the choicest
Of delicacies. And while the guests are
eating and the musicians are playing
this beautiful queen picks up one OK
her strlnged instruments, and so1ty
tbe notes are sounded. Then she be-
ofns to sing an old love song, ana the
king. enrapurod with her beauty
Looks at her in tender and passionate
affection. She drops her eyes ana
with n quivering voice and a heaying
breast eloQuently tells the story OF
her life and how Haman wanted 10
slay her people. She paves the way
for the victory by what we may call
today Christian strategy.
When you and l want to win our VIC
tories for Chl<st, do we do as queen
Esther did? DO we use Christian STRAIT
eey? DO we. to use vulgar term, try
to rub people the right way? Do we
90 to them tenderly, lovingly, gently
and vet firmly and try to lead them 10
Christ. as Queen Esther paved the way
I'm an oriental banquet hall for the res
cue Of her people?
Faith In God.
But though Queen Esther went into
- this battle for her people determined
, TO use Christian stratagem, yet this,
} after all. was only the secondary part
, Of her strength. Her great strength
! came from the fact that she, first and
s last and all the time, was depending
= uDon the God Of Abraham, Isaac and
a Jacob. the God of her people. This
{ beautiful queen had been brought up
f I'm religious atmosphere. Her foster
/ father. Mordecai, was a deyOut wor-
r sinner at the divine throne. She was
e grounded in the Hebrew faith when
e child. She knew that God was omnipo-
= tent and if she went forth IN MS
f strength she might be omnipotent too.
oh. my friends, will you and ! go forth
i. 10 battle for God feeling that the di-
f vine power Of God is in us and that we
J. through him can do all things?
. How clearly the power Of God can be
81 seen in this story In order to in.
[? crease your faith in.<Ae operations OF
y the divine power L want you TO step
r aside a little while from the queens
n banquet hall to see how God also paves
T. the way for the conquest OF his chli-
.e dren 4 few nights before the king
b. and his prime minister banqueted with
20 Queen Esther Ahasuerus was unaDie
.s TO sleep. Back and forward he tossed
'r upon his couch. Then in disgust he
u said TO himself: 81 cannot sleep. linen
b. ot least let me pass the hours Of night
IS away proftably." SO he began to call;
d. Light guard. light. Send my secre-
u. tarv TO read to me-" Turn to the sixth
II chapter of the book Of Esther: ION that
ID night the king could not sleep, and he
to commanded to bring the book Of the
is Chronicles. and they were read before
II him." The book Of Chronicles was
)e simply the daily newspaper OF olden
m fines As the court secretary read on
re he reads how Mordecai, the foster IA
be tber Of the queen, had ferreted out an
n- intended crime whereby two or the
ne chamberlains, Bigthana and Teresh Dy
II name. were going to kill the king
d. Then when the queen told the story ol
ot her life and that Mordecai was her los
be- fer father at once the king said: Yes
n- Nordccai. That is the Hebrew wh'
III; saved my life.' DO you not naturally
.lI grasp the result? At once the king wa
N. Influenced toward the Hebrews, an'
ed this casual reading paved the way TO
To granting the request Of the pleading
ed queen. You say this sleeplessness o
the king was a happen so. You sa.
Of tho reading Of the Chronicles that nigh
re was a little thing say these thlng
lis vore ordained of God and vital in thei
ny after results.
If Thus by the seemingly insignifican
m things Of life God is paving the wa
for the benefit of his children. An
of bv the seemingly insignificant thing
Ia he is today paving the way for tn
'at salvation of some souls within on
Fly church walls. Years ago there wer
on Queen Esthers pleading with Chris
,ht for the salvation Of their dear one
dy For years and years that pleadin
on went on. SO today by a seeming II
ca Significance we were led to come
nd this mornings service. Our mothers
lat our fathers. our wives, our children
prayers are about to be answere
Now is the accepted time for some
ur- us. The Holy Spirit is working in o'
rec hearts now. as he worked in Shusha
cal banquet hall.
zen copyright, 1865, by Louis KlopSch.l
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