Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-04
SEES PARALLEL IN QUERY
OF MORDECA| TO ESTHER
Right Nobly America Answer
ed Call, Declares Speaker in
Emmanuel Baptist.
nuT SAYS THE END i >oT YET
sour Boys We're MightIcst Factor In
Winning World War. aud Country
Lends In Reconstruction Of the
World"

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ne an,bn, i,,.. ~, 49,,
had I,.cr h..,.h., ~
King because sl. refused Ia come
into mis- presence AND the presence nf
~" nobility ia their drunken condl-
ton and Esther. q beautiful little
i"wess. had been selected as Queen
IN. her stead
Sow. j., was during tho qiIccn-
siip Of Esther that IIamau. who is
he villain ia the story. iavs a Mot
TO put the Jews I'm tn. .n,ir. -o,Iu,
TO death. He was Il proud. ovcrbcar-
ing nature caring not for God or man.
and because Of his p6si,ion i'm the
kingdom. n. desired every man 10
bow before him when passing. This.
| MUrdecai, the uncl" and godfather
Of Esther. refused 20 do declaring
God o. his fathers
II, was duo to Mord.cai's a,ti-
tude in no, falling on his face before
Haman that made him angry. ami
to get rid OF Mordecai Hannah pcr-
| suaded tho King. i'm a thourhtl.s So
| moment. 10 sign a decree that All
| Jews iu his entire realm should he
put to death Now lot us remember
that tho laws OF the Modes and Per
SLAMS changcth not, when the King
| had signed the decree. B, could no,
y" changed. II was thcu a law in
! viola bile and unChauCcabln
"Norderai cd, ~, ,h-,,',n
/ an. attendants a. ~, E
"a KIN nh ~ mo Jc,s
no nu,s an y.ct,,ro,i, . .t
To sbnw ma rroo, rriof All 49, ,,i.
,hiukIur r,n ana ieci,,s a..
! VIVA, can h. done IN save 49, Nc
/ Mo While "a. ws. ,LT,Lin ,'
/ could he done r.,bor Iu.ha H.
| h.roIr. Of o,,r eior,l gocs -, ,
| Ii,ion ~ her nrcis ava ,a,,ns n,'.
to know VIII mo s.nlcIo,b ,nd
ashes Norh.c,i ,ho,, .hn,,,t,, ~.
possiblv Es,her can i. usnJ 40 M
| instrument, in rho SIN, ~. ro,.
pie. II. bids Esther IN On in hofor.
J tho king and rIcaa for b.r non-io
! Esther sends hack no ronlv III, II
! thirty dave she h,: ro, 100, n.i,an
| b.forc tbc kim INA !, -
| that ~ any ona ,u,orcd 40 ,,na-
| court sth, ,hronc rooun wi,hou. he.
ing called wos M, IA ao,,n nv.
cent IN those ia whom ,,n I-rc
I extended his golden scen,nr vo-Iecai
! ,beu sends hacL "a b.r ri rns,,nnsa.
! For IL thou altogether b,Id.tb ~.
peaCo a, ,ris time ,bau sb,I, doIj,..r.
ance arise 10 the lows from aro,bcr
! place: hut thou and INV fathers
/ house c'1au ne destroyed. and who
! knoy-,;h whether ,nnr art cono IN
the kingdom, FOR SUCH = i'm. &C
this Then the little Jcw.ss ,,he
heroine of our s,nryl sends L,cL
her response 10 Mord,caI In inc
words which are famous h,caus.
OF their beauty In .xnression. ,hcir
subli,ncness I'm rersonal sacrifice AVID
! their LOYALTY IN her nconIn. 70
gather together All Tho lows In Sims
han and fas, for me. ana !
Will 90 in unto the King which f.,
! not according 70 Law and ~ rarisb
perish
Arose Ia onportunIty
Esther. the noble heroine not only
of our Story here. bur OF Jewish
/ history. arose 10 IN. opnortuni,v aud
responsjhiii-y ,hrus, unon bnr ana
through her rcrsoral snrri6r aho
/ saved her race
And so. today, when 7 look upnn
nv country with pride. when rea
lie that America owns over half tho
worlds wealth: when soc how ,io1
has blessed her. and raised her among
the nations OF the world ,horr