Sharp County record., 1888-06-07
TALHAGES SERMON.
The Educational Influences OF 9oI-
row and Misfortune
The beautiful story of Ruth and Ho'"
Woven into sermon on the 'U'lS
.euing Influences Of Tod-
sent Affections

1av r 0aVi++ TaImage took FOR ,Le
srb7ect of 70 recent sermon Inc p'ooN
r-n Tabernacle the story Oh ls"'H ',-'' .-
poaz drawing -haretr0m % lesson or .-'
tr4reurn of incidents on human ives
His text was: .-,.- -,,,
and sine went. and came. and ELeanea III .u7
4--T -r-ar tra rarnars. and her han was lo
rs--- -r r mart af the field belonging UNTO
8orz who was Of the kindred OF E-melech.-
Ruth tt.. ..-.--,.i
Tbe time that Ruth and Naomi arrived
ar Pa-HTanpn il was harvest time. -5 was
.r.a custom when sheat fell from load
I'M the harvest field for the raapers TO re-
fuse TO gather it ND; that was TO De -e5J
for the Door who might happen TO come
along that way. If there were landIuLS
,- y~aTu scattered across the field after
the main harvest had been reaped IN
stead af razing 1t. as farmers do now, 1t
was. bv the custom of the Iand. left in its
1Iace. so chat the Door coming along that
-wav. might CLEAN it and get their bread.
But YOU say.
..Wharfs the use Of all these harvest
fields to Ruth and Naomi? Naomi Is too
.-oId and feeble to go out and toll in the
sun: and can YOU expect that Ruth. the
Young and he beautiful. should tan her
cheeks and blister her hands in the laT-
vest feld2"
B0az owns q large farm. and he goes out
TO see the reapers gather in the grain.
Coming there. right behind the swarrhv,
sun-browued reapers. he behOlds beau
tifuI woman gleaning-a woman more mt
to bend TO 70 harp or sit upon % throne
than to stOOD among the sheaves. An. that
was an eventtul day!
1t was love ar first sight. BOaz forms
an attachment fdS the womauIv cleaner
an attachment full of uudvJug interest to
the Church of God in all ages: while Ruth.
with an eDhab. or nearly q buslei. of bar
lev. goes home to Naomi TO tell her the
successes and adventures of the dav. That
Ruth. who left her native land of Moab in
4 darkness. and tOiIed through an indy
ing affection. for her mOrher-In-taw, IN the
harvest field of BOaz. is atfiauced TO ore
. OF the best families IN Judah. and becomes
In after-tIme the aucesTess of Jesus
Christ. the Lord of glory, Ont Of so dark
night did there ever dawn so bright a
morning.
. LEARN. in the first place. from this
. subject. how trouble develops character
. Tt was bereavement. poverty and exile
/ that developed. Illustrated and announced
/ to- all ages the sUbiimItv of Buth's onarac'
ter That is a verv unfortunate NAN VINO
. has no trouble. eSNas sorrow that made
John Bunvau the better dreamer. and Dr.
Young the better poet. and O'COnueIl the
better orator. and Bishop Hall the better
/ preacher. and Havel0CE the better soldier
/ and KittO the better enCvcloDRdIst. anC
Ruth the better daughter -In-iaw
Misfortune and trials are great educa.
tors. A Young doctor comes into a sick.
room where there is a diving child. Per.
Laps he is very rough IN. his pres scrpuon
and very rough IN his manner. and rough
in the feeling of the pulse. and rough il
his answer TO the mothers anxious Ques
pAiOn. hut years roll on and there has beer
- one dead in his own house: and now be
comes into the sick-rO0m. and with tear
full eve he looks at the dying child, anC
says:
.'Oh. how this reminds me OF nv Char
lieu Trouble, the great educator. SOr
row. [ see its touch in the graudest paint
ing: I hear it's tremOr in the sweetes
song: I feel its power IN the mlghuest ar
gument.
greciau mythology said that the rOUnJ
ain OF HipprOcreue was struck ont by rE
foot of the winged horse Pegasus. I hav
often noticed IN life that the brightest ant
most beautiful fountains of Christian
comfort and spiritual life have been sTUC
ont bv the irOu-shOd lOOr of disaster AM
raIamIrv Z see Daniels courage best b.
the fash OF Eebuchaduezzar's furnace.
see PauI's Dr0wpss best when [ ind Mn
on the laundering ship under the glare %
ihe lightning IN the brnazers of MeIita
God crowns His children amid the howl
ing OF wild beasts and the onODpIug %
blOOd-suIashed guIIIOtIue and thG crack
ling fires of uarrvrdom. 1t took the per
securions of Marcus AureIius to deveiol
POIvcarD and Justin Martyr. Tt took rh
worlds anarhema TO develop Martin
Luther. lit took all the hOstilities agalns
the Scotch 10vauaureTs and the fury o
Lord CIavnrn0use to develop James Rem
wick. and Andrew Melville. and Eugi
McKail. the glorious martyrs OF ScOrC
history. 1t took the stormy sea. ana rh
December blast and the desoiate Nev
England coast. and the var-wnOOD %
savages. r0 show forth the pr0wess of tn
Pilgrim Fathers.
When amid the storms they sang,
And the stars heard. ana the sea:
and the sounding a1sles OF the dim wood
Rang 20 the anthems OF the free
1t took all our past National disTesse
TO lift ND our Nation on that high Caree
where it viii march along after the for
eiru ar7stOcracIes that have mOcEed an
/ the tvranuIes that have -eered. shall b.
swept down under the 1muIpOtent wrat
of God. VINO hates despOusm. and vino
bv the strength OF His own red right arm
will make all men free. And. so It's IN
div1duaIlv. and IN the family, and IN rh
church. and IN the world. that thrOug.
darkness and storm and trouble men
women. churches. nations are developed
Again. see IN my rexU the beauty o
unraIterIng friendship I suppose rher
we're plenty of friends for Naomi wuII
she was in prosperity, BUU OF all he
acuuaInranCes how many were willing "a
rrudge off with her toward Judea. when
she had to make that lonely Journey, on
the heroine OF my text. One. aBsOIuter
one. ( suppose when EaOmI's lusDaut
was living. and they had plenty OF money
and all things went we'll. they had q grea
. many on Tprr. 6T1r suDUOsp rlar after ne