The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
A Scriptura| Explanation Of Easter
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Out in the country the people keep
he sabbath day ~ going TO church
and the sunday school. when they arc
not too tired or too lazy. OF course
they keep Christmas and the 4th. ~
July; but they don't know mGcn
about Easter in fact, many Of the
very best people who say their pray-
e"s a night and grace when the,
eat. VINO attend ell the revival NEE
ings, quarterly Conference. and Union
meetings. and who are well up
Vocal Unions don't know much about
Easter; if they've heard Of it, the
supposed il was in memory of some
old woman who lived somewhere N
the long ago, who. for some reason
or other, is remembered about tna
time that Spring begins to green,
whose name vas EdStC-.
Never having seen a Catholic ror
an Episcopalian service. ana being
entirely ignorant Of the meaning Of
the feast days alluded to in the al
manac. they have never bothered
their heads with the matter.
recently head q story that in
vests Easter with brand new inter
est, and for the Instruction. Of those
who may wish to know something
about it ! viii 10 my bes- to repeat
il.
An old gentleman who makes his
own hog and horniny, and rides
neighbor who asked him what all
this talk about Easter meant
Don't know what Esther Caster
means? Brother. YOU surely don't
read your Bible. WIZ, Esthe~ (eas-
ter) was a good queen away hack
Wonder IN the days of the Persians.
the wife OF a King called Hashurus.
who wa l reckon, mighty wicked
man. One time he had & big feast
in his palace: he ana all the governors
We're feastins and drinking in one
room, while his wife, who was named
Nashti, and the governors wives were
foaSt.ng in another room, Old Hashu-
rus got maudlin drunk, and the bal
ance of the crowd was as drunk, and
as big fools as he was when old Hash
urus sent for Vashti, his Wife. 70
come into the room where the drink
ing and carousing were going on.
Nashti vas a lazy Of refinement
and she just wouldn't so into that
room where the drunken crowd was
carrying on. Like other drunken
fools win do, old H:shurus got into
a rage against his wife, and, by the
advice of the drunken governors, he
sent word back to Easht that she
could leave the palace, or words to
that effect-that she couldn't be
queen any longer. Vashti+ allowed IT
made no difference with her; SO.
without pucker o. a pout she left
and went back TO her folks, as we
may suppose.
Then whom the King got sober ami
found out what fool he had made
of himself he was worry miserable. and
his friends said they must set him 4
now Wife or he'd go crazy. So they
put advertisements in all the papers
for all the fair young virgins of the
realm to assemble ct ShUsan. the pa
ace, that from among them :; new
wife might be selected by the King
As luck would have il the King sell
ected Easter (Esthcr), who was the
neice of an old Jew by the name Of
Nordecaf. who sat in the Kings
gate. The King loved Easter (Es-
theD and, as bad as he was he
treated her all right. But a fellow
named Iaman didn't have any use
for Old MOrdeca-. Casters uncle, and
he tried to have him hung-even went
so far as to have u callov's built but.
by some means or other the King
found out that Mordecai had be-
frienGed him and TIE hanging was
Tut off. In the meantime Ji2ran got
the King to issue decree that a!
thc Jews in all the provinces should
lie put to death on certain dav.
Mordecai heard Of it and he went t.
see his neice. Easter, the Kings wife
end told her sac mu.t see the \ing
and get him to revoke the decree.
Taster was afraid 20 go bef~"e the
King. at first. but when her uncle
Nordecai t~id her it mus be done, or
she, and all her Jewish relations AMI
friends would be killed, she finally
made up her mind to undertake the
business. SO, she put on her best
dress. and ali her bracelets and other
fine ieWelry, fixed he" hair in the
most beautiful manner. powdered her
face, put on her sweetest looks end
opening the door of the KINGS cham
Der she stood before the King. Sh
looked so sweet and lovely the King
pointed his scepter at her. and b2dS