_A HEBREW IDYLL_
‘The name of the other Ruth.’
Ruth 1:4
The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a
glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field,
in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand
years ago.
I. GLANCING BACK OVER... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHARM OF CHARACTER_
‘Intreat me not to leave thee.’
Ruth 1:16
Now, this chapter illustrates:—
I. A NOBLE INFLUENCE.—Observe the contrast. Here is Naomi bidding
Ruth go home. To go with Naomi means to share her poverty and
loneliness; probably to be without the shelter of a married woman’s
h... [ Continue Reading ]