_On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen._ RIGHT USE OF WEALTH I. We see how, in the providence of God, the wealth which worldly men would use in opposition to the interests of God’s cause and people may be wrested from them, and made availa... [ Continue Reading ]
_Besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman._ COUNTERACTING EVIL It requires earnest and vigorous efforts on the part of the pious to undo the evil wrought by the wicked, and left by them as a legacy to the world. How much thought and research have been expended in this way in answer... [ Continue Reading ]
_For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people._ GREAT CHANGES The world is full of changes. There are no elements of stability belonging to it. When all appears fair and promising, some unlooked-for event takes place, to darken the prospect, and to render it cheerless and gl... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen._ A MONARCH’S IMBECILITY Always distrust the man who is the victim of circumstances. Great men make their circumstances and little men are made by them. Ahasuerus here pleads his circumstances, and rather than acknowledge an error, plunges the wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Jews had light, and gladness, and Joy, and honour._ PROPER USE OF POWER Now let us pause for a little, and take from this passage one or two of the important lessons which it suggests. 1. In the first place, the conduct of Mordecai under the strange revolution which had been wrought in his co... [ Continue Reading ]