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... that often , when they were in their new home , their minds wandered back to
Bethlehem , their own beloved Bethlehem ? Do you not suppose that , more than
once , the wish came across them that they had never left 16 THE EMIGRANTS .
... that often , when they were in their new home , their minds wandered back to
Bethlehem , their own beloved Bethlehem ? Do you not suppose that , more than
once , the wish came across them that they had never left 16 THE EMIGRANTS .
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the wish came across them that they had never left it ? The miseries of the land
which they had forsaken now seemed sweeter to them , than the joys which were
opened to them in their new abode . Often , as they sat down by the plains of ...
the wish came across them that they had never left it ? The miseries of the land
which they had forsaken now seemed sweeter to them , than the joys which were
opened to them in their new abode . Often , as they sat down by the plains of ...
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She was a godly woman : and though the Lord strewed her path with many trials ,
yet He never forsook her . No doubt her aching heart was often soothed by the
affectionate care of her two sons . But , most of all , she must have felt comfort in ...
She was a godly woman : and though the Lord strewed her path with many trials ,
yet He never forsook her . No doubt her aching heart was often soothed by the
affectionate care of her two sons . But , most of all , she must have felt comfort in ...
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Had they never been told how far their forefather Abraham had sent for a wife for
his son Isaac ? Had they never heard of the solemn charge , which that same
Isaac gave to the son whom he so dearly loved , “ Thou shalt not take a wife of
the ...
Had they never been told how far their forefather Abraham had sent for a wife for
his son Isaac ? Had they never heard of the solemn charge , which that same
Isaac gave to the son whom he so dearly loved , “ Thou shalt not take a wife of
the ...
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Ruth never repented of that day ' s choice . She had decided rightly , and God
blessed her in her decision . And let me ask you , How do matters stand with you
? Have you chosen the world as your portion , or have you taker Christ and ...
Ruth never repented of that day ' s choice . She had decided rightly , and God
blessed her in her decision . And let me ask you , How do matters stand with you
? Have you chosen the world as your portion , or have you taker Christ and ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The story of Ruth |
| Author | Ashton Oxenden (bp. of Montreal.) |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1862 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2006 |
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