Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-03-12

want to go to grandma!
This nearly led to a fight be.
tween the two children, and she
had hard struggle TO calm them
a little.
She is my granny, the little
girl muttered morosely.
No; she is mine, the boy
answered, and put his arms
round his grandmother's neck.
They sat down to the Seddar.
1t was easy to see that the whole
ceremony was made only to
please the mother. Mr.. Stras.
hun began to read the. alag
gadah" not with the solemn tone
which the occasion requires and
not in the cusmary singing voice,
but as if he wished to be done
with it as quickly as possible;
and in the old woman's eyes it
looked as if lie was making fun of
the whole affair.
Slaves we were unto Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Eternal, our
God, brought US forth from
thence with mighty hand and
outstretched arm.
The reading of the"H aggadah"
vas continued in a cold, dispas-
sionate way for a considerable
time, until the place was reached
when all present at the table are
ordered to take their wine goblets
into their hands, not drink from
them, but simply as symbolic
sign.
And it is this same promise
THAT God made to Abraham)
which hath been the support of
our ancestors and of US also; for
not one only hath risen up against
US, but in every generation there
are some who rise up against us,
to annihilate US but the Most
Holy, blessed be He, hath deliver
ed US out of their hand.
The master of the house began
to read these words with the
same Indifferent, lukeTarm voice
which he had used all through
the reading, but when he came
to the words, but in every gener-
alton, his voice suddenly waver-
ed. The memory of the recent
horrors that had befallen his peo-
pie in Russia was still too fresh
that the words should not have
touched him to the quick.
The old woman shivered. All
the terror and panic which she
had gone through lately, appear
ed wildly before her, and she
was once more carried back to
her home-her cruel, pitiless
home. She saw before her the
pale, frightened faces of men and
women, whose lives were not
safe for moment.
And the Egyptians ill-treat-
de US, afflicted US, and laid heavy
bondage upon us
She thought of the new
Pharaoh, from whose land her
children had redeemed her.
For Pharaoh decreed the de-
struction of the males only
But here they intended to de-
stroy a whole race-they did not
spare either old or young. What
kind Of 5eddar were they now
celebrating in the old home 2
What abundant favors hath the
Omnipresent conferred upon US I!
1t was not her righteousness
that had brought all this about.
She had not deserved that the
Most High should show her so
much favor.
At this moment her son in law
took his goblet in his hand and
said in an impassioned voice,
We therefore are in duty bound
to thank, praise, adore, glorify,
extol, honor, bless, exalt, and re-
verence Him, Who wrought all
these miracles for our ancestors
and US. For He brought US forth
from bondage to freedom, from
mourning into holy days, from
darkness to great light; and there
fore let US chant unto Him new
song, Hallelujah.
Tears appeared in the eyes of
the old woman and she pressed
tightly to her breast her grand
child, who until then had been
sitting quietly on her lap, and
her tears fell upon the little girls
face.
Don't cry, granny, the child
said, throwing her two little arms
around her old grandmother'sI
neck.
The rest of the family looked
at her wonderingly and seemed
to ask with their eyes what it
meant.