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... sure that God placed it in the Bible for our benefit , let us en- deavour to draw from it some useful hints for our own conduct . But let me stop you for a moment , my dear Reader , and ask you to lift up your heart to God with some ...
... sure that God placed it in the Bible for our benefit , let us en- deavour to draw from it some useful hints for our own conduct . But let me stop you for a moment , my dear Reader , and ask you to lift up your heart to God with some ...
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... sure that God placed it in the Bible for our benefit , let us en- deavour to draw from it some useful hints for our own conduct . But let me stop you for a moment , my dear Ponder , and ask you to lift up your rt to God with some such ...
... sure that God placed it in the Bible for our benefit , let us en- deavour to draw from it some useful hints for our own conduct . But let me stop you for a moment , my dear Ponder , and ask you to lift up your rt to God with some such ...
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... fresh situation , is he not apt to mea- sure the goodness of it by the wages he is to receive , instead of thinking seriously how far his soul is likely to prosper in his new home ? But take my word 18 THE EMIGRANTS .
... fresh situation , is he not apt to mea- sure the goodness of it by the wages he is to receive , instead of thinking seriously how far his soul is likely to prosper in his new home ? But take my word 18 THE EMIGRANTS .
Page 92
... sure , disease . And yet there was an expression of peace in his countenance ; and when the clergy- man asked him , if he wanted anything , he replied , " I have all I need . Some would pity me , dying in this hospital ; but here I meet ...
... sure , disease . And yet there was an expression of peace in his countenance ; and when the clergy- man asked him , if he wanted anything , he replied , " I have all I need . Some would pity me , dying in this hospital ; but here I meet ...
Page 112
... sure it was . What a bright prospect was before Ruth and what joy to gladden the latter days of her aged mother - in - law ! The name of " Mara " was no longer suited to her , for now indeed she might once more be called " Naomi ...
... sure it was . What a bright prospect was before Ruth and what joy to gladden the latter days of her aged mother - in - law ! The name of " Mara " was no longer suited to her , for now indeed she might once more be called " Naomi ...
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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.