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Job Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Satan On His Travels Job_1:7 : ’93And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.’94 In 1648 was printed the largest book ever published, namely, two huge volumes of near five thousand … Continue reading “159. Satan On His Travels”

Victoria’92s Jubilee Est_5:3 : ’93What wilt thou, queen Esther?’94 This question, which was asked of a queen thousands of years ago, all civilized nations are this day asking of Queen Victoria. ’93What will thou have of honor, of reward, of reverence, of service, of national and international acclamation? What wilt thou, Queen of the nineteenth … Continue reading “156. Victoria’s Jubilee”

Haman Hanged Est_7:10 : ’93So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.’94 Here is an Oriental courtier, about the most offensive man in Hebrew history, Haman by name. He plotted for the destruction of the Israelitish nation, and I wonder not that in some of the Hebrew synagogues to this … Continue reading “157. Haman Hanged”

Hadassah Est_2:7 : ’93And he brought up Hadassah.’94 A beautiful child was born in the capital of Persia. She was an orphan and a captive, her parents having been stolen from their Israelitish home and carried to Shushan, and had died, leaving their daughter poor and in a strange land. But her cousin, an Israelite, … Continue reading “154. Hadassah”

The Times We Live In Est_4:14 : ’93Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time at this?’94 Esther the beautiful was the wife of Ahasuerus the abominable. The time had come for her to present a petition to her infamous husband in behalf of the Jewish nation, to which she … Continue reading “155. The Times We Live In”

Hunger in India Est_1:1 : ’93This is Ahasuerus which, reigned from India even unto Ethiopia.’94 Among the seven hundred and seventy-three thousand six hundred and ninety-three words which make up the Bible only once occurs the word ’93India.’94 In this part of the Scriptures, which the rabbis call ’93Megillah Esther,’94 or the volume of Esther’97a … Continue reading “152. Hunger in India”

Vashti the Queen Est_1:11-12 : ’93Bring Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown royal to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look upon. But the Queen Vashti refused to come.’94 We stand amid the palaces of Shushan. The pinnacles are aflame with the morning light. The … Continue reading “153. Vashti the Queen”

Tomb and Temple Est_1:1 : ’93From India even unto Ethiopia.’94 In all the Bible, this is the only book in which the word India occurs; but it stands for a realm of vast interest in the time of Esther, as in our time. It yielded then, as now, spices and silks and cotton and rice … Continue reading “151. Tomb and Temple”

Music in Worship Neh_7:67 : ’93And they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.’94 The best music has been rendered under trouble. The first duet that I know anything of was given by Paul and Silas when they sang praises to God and the prisoners heard them. The Scotch Covenanters, hounded … Continue reading “149. Music in Worship”