_Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar._ HOPE AND FOREBODING I. Hope blighted. In the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them. The human reasonableness of this hope may be shown-- 1. From their own numbers. 2. From the insignificance of the Jews. 3. From the k... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities._ THE WISE CONDUCT OF THE JEWS The Jews acted-- 1. Wisely. They acted in unison. “They gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives.” Union is power: concentration of strength is mighty for good and for evil. How awful the extent o... [ Continue Reading ]
_But on the spoil laid they not their hand._ LEAVING THE SPOILT It is not always good to seize all the money to which one has a legal right. There are many cases in which a regard to one’s own credit, and there are others in which a sense of duty, should bind up our hands from receiving what we mi... [ Continue Reading ]
_On the thirteenth day of the month Adar._ A NATIONAL MEMORIAL This national memorial-- I. Was established by supreme authority. II. Was approved by a grateful people. III. Was sanctioned by the marvellous nature of the events celebrated. IV. Was hallowed by the manner of its celebration. V.... [ Continue Reading ]