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before Elimelech is cut off ; and Naomi is left a widow , a mourning widow , in a
foreign land . There is something melancholy in the thought of this dying Jew
breathing his last among strangers . It is true , he had probably a tender wife , and
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before Elimelech is cut off ; and Naomi is left a widow , a mourning widow , in a
foreign land . There is something melancholy in the thought of this dying Jew
breathing his last among strangers . It is true , he had probably a tender wife , and
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... comfort in looking up to that heavenly Friend , who was watching over her . And
something now seemed sweetly to whisper to her , “ Thy Maker is thy Husband ; "
“ The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the fatherless and widow .
... comfort in looking up to that heavenly Friend , who was watching over her . And
something now seemed sweetly to whisper to her , “ Thy Maker is thy Husband ; "
“ The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the fatherless and widow .
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And now none are left , but these three widows , lonely and unprotected , in the
land of Moab . And did not Naomi , think you , now feel more than ever the
sweetness of God ' s promises , and of God ' s presence ? She was troubled on
every ...
And now none are left , but these three widows , lonely and unprotected , in the
land of Moab . And did not Naomi , think you , now feel more than ever the
sweetness of God ' s promises , and of God ' s presence ? She was troubled on
every ...
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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 ind distress
were marked upon their ountenances ; and there was somehing in their manner ...
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 ind distress
were marked upon their ountenances ; and there was somehing in their manner ...
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He who said to the Widow of Nain , “ Weep not ; " and to the troubled sea , “ Be
still ; can in one moment dry up all your tears , and give peace to your soul . If you
have never gone to Him in your affliction , go to Him now : and you will find Him a
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He who said to the Widow of Nain , “ Weep not ; " and to the troubled sea , “ Be
still ; can in one moment dry up all your tears , and give peace to your soul . If you
have never gone to Him in your affliction , go to Him now : and you will find Him a
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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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