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... heaven to all true believers ; not a mere deliverer from earthly bondage , but a Saviour from sin and everlasting death . We have God's house , as a shelter to us , where we meet every now and then , to warm each THE FAMINE . ་
... heaven to all true believers ; not a mere deliverer from earthly bondage , but a Saviour from sin and everlasting death . We have God's house , as a shelter to us , where we meet every now and then , to warm each THE FAMINE . ་
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... heaven iron , and your earth as brass : and your strength shall be spent in vain ; for your land shall not yield her increase , neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits . " How awful to be thus dealt with ! And may not God ...
... heaven iron , and your earth as brass : and your strength shall be spent in vain ; for your land shall not yield her increase , neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits . " How awful to be thus dealt with ! And may not God ...
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... heaven . Now , if you should ever be called upon to make such a choice , I advise you to let it be a matter of earnest prayer to God , that He would guide and direct your steps . And then , after having done this , you will have the ...
... heaven . Now , if you should ever be called upon to make such a choice , I advise you to let it be a matter of earnest prayer to God , that He would guide and direct your steps . And then , after having done this , you will have the ...
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... they all may belong to that " one family in heaven and earth , " of whom Jesus Christ is the Head . And when we choose friends or companions , we should choose them , if possible , from among those whose THE FAREWELL . 33.
... they all may belong to that " one family in heaven and earth , " of whom Jesus Christ is the Head . And when we choose friends or companions , we should choose them , if possible , from among those whose THE FAREWELL . 33.
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... matters stand with you ? Have you chosen the world as your portion , or have you taken Christ and Heaven , as your one gre am , that which you will live for now , E 3 THE RIGHT CHOICE . 41 God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sn ...
... matters stand with you ? Have you chosen the world as your portion , or have you taken Christ and Heaven , as your one gre am , that which you will live for now , E 3 THE RIGHT CHOICE . 41 God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sn ...
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afflicted answered become Bethlehem better blessed Boaz bread bring brother called CHAPTER Christ comfort condition country of Moab daily daughter dead dear doubt earth earthly elders Elimelech eternity eyes famine Father feel felt field give glean God's gone grace hand happy hath heart heathen heaven hour husband inheritance interest Israel kindness kinsman knew labour land leave lifted living look Lord matter means meet morning mother mother-in-law Naomi never once Orpah pass peace perhaps poor prayer probably Reader redeem rest rich Ruth Ruth's Saviour seemed showed sons sorrow soul speak spiritual step stranger suffered sure thankful thee thine thing thou thou hast thought told true turned unto widow wife woman young
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Page 123 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 34 - Entreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee ; For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my God ; Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried ; The Lord do so to me, And more also, If aught but death part thee and me.
Page 58 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 43 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me...
Page 120 - Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people.
Page 21 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Page 62 - ... It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 60 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
Page 124 - And if the man like not to take •his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Page 128 - Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.