Identifier: sweetstoriesofgo00poll (find matches)
Title: Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Pollard, Josephine, 1834-1892. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Bible stories, English
Publisher: New York, Akron, Ohio (etc.) The Werner company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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that those who went in to the king whenthey had not been sent for, would be put to death.But if the king held out his gold wand it was a signthat he would spare their lives. The king has notsent for me for a month, said she. How then can Igo to him ? Mor-de-ca-i sent back word to the queen to think The Good Queen Esther. 233 not that the king would spare her life if the Jews wereput to death. And it might be that God had put herin the place she held that she might keepthe Jews at this time. Then Es-ther sentword to him that heand all the Jews in thekings court should fastand pray for her, andnot eat or drink forthree days and threenights. I and my maidswill do the same, saidthe queen, and I willgo in to the king inspite of the law; andif I die, I die in agood cause. So on the third davafter the queen puton her rich robes, andwent in and stoodve-ry near to the throne on which the king sat. And when the king saw her, God put it in-to hisheart to be kind, and he held out to her the gold
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ES-THER AT SHUS-HAN. 234 History of the Old Testament. wand that was in his hand. And the queen drewnear, and touched the tip of the wand. Then the king said, What wilt thou, Queen Es-ther? and what wouldst thou ask of me? Were ithalf of my realm I would give it to thee. The queen said, If it please the king, I wouldlike him and Ha-man to come this day to a feast Ihave made for them. And the king bade Ha-man make haste, andthey both went to the feast. And while they drankthe wine the king told the queen to make known herwish. But she put him off and said she would tell himthe next day, if he and Ha-man would come to thefeast that she would spread for them. . And Ha-mans heart was full of pride, since thequeen chose him and no one else to feast with herand the king. And when he went out he felt thatall men ought to bow down to him. But Mor-de-ca-i would not. And Ha-man told all his friendshow kind the king and queen were to him, andwhat high rank he held, and said that his life wouldbe

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