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... are told , " Orpah kissed her mother - in - law ; but Ruth clave unto her . " The ties of home and kindred were too strong for poor undecided Orpah . She could not resist them . And so she sorrowfully parted with Naomi 38 THE RIGHT CHOICE .
... are told , " Orpah kissed her mother - in - law ; but Ruth clave unto her . " The ties of home and kindred were too strong for poor undecided Orpah . She could not resist them . And so she sorrowfully parted with Naomi 38 THE RIGHT CHOICE .
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... poor . And many a one , who met them on their way , must have wondered what could be the errand on which these two widows could be going . Anxiety and distress were marked upon their countenances ; and there was some- thing in their ...
... poor . And many a one , who met them on their way , must have wondered what could be the errand on which these two widows could be going . Anxiety and distress were marked upon their countenances ; and there was some- thing in their ...
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... poor and sorrowful dress ? who used to be attended with maidens to wait upon her , and is now alone ? Can a few years have made such a change in her ? " Is this Naomi ? " So unlike is the rose when it is withered , to what it was when ...
... poor and sorrowful dress ? who used to be attended with maidens to wait upon her , and is now alone ? Can a few years have made such a change in her ? " Is this Naomi ? " So unlike is the rose when it is withered , to what it was when ...
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... poor Naomi ! Her heart was full of sorrow ; but there was a " needs be " for all she suffered . Many years before , she had walked through the streets of Jerusalem with a happy countenance , in the enjoyment of this world's comforts ...
... poor Naomi ! Her heart was full of sorrow ; but there was a " needs be " for all she suffered . Many years before , she had walked through the streets of Jerusalem with a happy countenance , in the enjoyment of this world's comforts ...
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... poor and sorrowful ; having lost her partner and her children , and all that seemed to make this life worth having . And yet , if Naomi is now in heaven , do you think she feels that she had one pang too many , or one sorrow too heavy ...
... poor and sorrowful ; having lost her partner and her children , and all that seemed to make this life worth having . And yet , if Naomi is now in heaven , do you think she feels that she had one pang too many , or one sorrow too heavy ...
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afflicted barley Behold better Bible Boaz and Ruth Boaz knew bread called Canaan CHAPTER Christ city of Bethlehem comfort corn country of Moab daughter daughter-in-law dead dear Reader diest dwell earthly elders Elimelech ephah eternity famine Father feel felt friendless give glean gleaner harvest heart heathen heaven husband Jerusalem Jewish law Judah kindness kinsman labour land of Israel land of Moab lifted living look Lord hath Lord's MACINTOSH Mahlon and Chilion maidens Mara marriage marry morning Naomi said unto never once Orpah peace PLUCKLEY poor prayer reapers redeem rich Ruth the Moabitess Ruth's history Saviour servants sons sorrow soul spiritual Story of Ruth stranger thankful thee thine eyes things thou art thou hast thought town of Bethlehem turned unto Boaz unto Naomi unto thy mother-in-law widow wife woman word worldly
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Page 125 - 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 36 - 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 60 - 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 45 - 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 122 - 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 23 - 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 64 - ... 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 62 - 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 126 - 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 130 - 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.