_Then went Boaz up to the gate._ FRIENDS IN COUNCIL I. this is how business should be attended to. 1. Speedily. 2. Expeditiously. 3. Righteously. II. this is how difficult affairs should be settled, delicate claims adjusted, fair rights allowed and satisfied. 1. Openly and publicly. 2. By th... [ Continue Reading ]
_I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance._ THE ENDANGERED INHERITANCE Many men mar noble inheritances. I. The inheritance of physical health. The ancients were right who spoke of a sound mind in a sound body as one of the best gifts of the gods. God has written His will upon... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have bought all that was Elimelech’s._ REDEMPTION ACCOMPLISHED This passage brings to our view the great subject of the gospel revelation--redemption accomplished in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in human flesh for guilty man. Boaz took his kinsman’s shoes as a simple but s... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ruth the Moabitess _. .. _ have I purchased to be my wife._ THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH Two features which stand prominent in this description make it valuable for all time. 1. There is the publicity by which the interesting transaction was distinguished. All the people that were in the gate,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they called his name Obed._ LITTLE OBED No doubt there were circumstances connected with the birth of this child which surrounded it with a special interest. But take the birth of any child, and while few events are more common, few can occur on the earth which in sober reality are more moment... [ Continue Reading ]