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chief example. Cried Esther. II.

/ the GIit4 SEicu ISAtttg.
/ perish / perish"-as a woman ,
Jewess and a queen; which IL far
better than to live as a fearful and
remorseful slave. When her meaner
side is touched woman can he small
and spiteful and frivolous; but when
her nobler nature is appealed 10 She
reveals a capacity for heroism SUI
perior 20 mans. This best aspect OF
woman is the truer TO her real nature.
To cite instances of the noble courage
and fearless se~lf-sacri1ce of woman
hood, in illustration or the Esther
story. would be merely stressing the
obvious. The young queen could
dare her kings wrath, n risk her
own life. for the sake of a great 10y
atty and a great ideal. We think
none the less of her that she EN-
ployed her womanly wiles to accom-
pliSh her
swain has been this study of one Of
| the Did Testament hero tlaes if il has
! pot fired hearts with the purpose to
do some service for race and religion.
In addition to living ones own true
life, one should seek to serve the time
and the world. his day and genera
ton" as the old phrase has ii, in lar
ger, deeper ways. The Briton should
do something distinctively for the
empire; the American for his country;
and both for world brotherhood.
Write a poem or a book, a song or a
Se1IIloU, uo d SSIA-1Ol CITING uNAhs
labor for some great ideal; belong eff
fectiyely to some national or world
movement: give and pray for the big
gest cause you know: in some way II
is possible for the least of us to follow
Esther's example in serving her own
people.
Hanged High as Haman."
Boastful Harnan-still true to the
| oriental type-recited to his family
and his parasites the honOrs that mad
| come upon him. He basked in their
a%dultation and f1attery. And in their
hearing he made boasts OF vengeance
upon his enemy, Mordecai. Sure OF
his status at court, he built a high
gallows for the Jew, so that his honor
might be avenged.
There is no better caution than
Let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall" Also there
is a proverb about falling into the pit
one has digged for another. The
essential difference etwee Hannah
and Mordecai was hat one was a
small and corrupt man, though high,
and the other was a great and honor
able a though obscure. John Ran
dolph Stidman has a pertinent poem:
After all, and after all.
Since ever the world began,
| Just two have lived, and two have
died,
In lowly mien, in lordly pride.
The rogue and the honest man.
| After all, and after all,
The classes are but two:
And both are rich and both are poor.
And both still know, as they knew
before.
The things hat they ought to dc.
After all, and after all,
ESCAPE it we never can,
Only the choice OF one have we,
And you must be and I must be
A rogue or an honest man.
At one and the same time Haman
sought his own elevation and his
enemy's downfall. He really secured
the reverse. Mordecai was made first
before the king, and Haman was
hanged on his own gal1ows. It is such
instances Of poetic Justice as this
and they are not infrequent-that re-
mind us that
"Still, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own"
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Ascend a step in choosing a friend.
The Tslmud.
A o O man does good merely 10y
Hving.-3uIWer.
-TOlStOi.
Religion is the answer to the ques-
ton, do L live, and what is my rcla-
ton to the Infinite universe about me?
Men may rise on stepping stones
Of their dead selves 10 higher things.
-TennysOn.
Great thoughts come from the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Though we travel the world over to
find the beautiful, We must carry il