Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-21
I1TG 1t FIRST SIGHF.
o.Ilc,ts slatter FseIingIy Handled
~ ,hs Foremost Pulpit Ora
tor of the Day.
..,asrtsI Meeting, L Chance Ac.
/" ,,,,ne.. A Cssus al acquaintance
..,Bsys Great Significance.
-. Deyslops ohsracter-rhs Beauty
fr'n.,.,,sring Rriendship Hardship
often Lssds to Joy-A Sermon.

'' s.aorLYS, N. Y, Msy 2o.-The open
Ds s.nn At the Tabernacle service to-day
~ .i,s with the words,
sn "Nore love to Thee. o Christ.
More love to Thee"
ana, m.kipg running commentary on
a n.sssges of Scripture, the Rev. T.
Wit ~: Tslmsge, D. D, took the text:
D Ds.a ese went and came, AID CLEANED in
I'D after the reApers; and her hap
" ~ Ugh. on part Ct the field belong
=" Rosz, who was Of the kindred Of
" .slscb. Ruth IL, 8. He preached
- lines these words The following sermon:
HS We fine that Ruth and Naomi arrive at
.. psthlehem is harvest time. 1t wss the
h ND when shea fell from load IN
ss:' ,S field for the reapers to refuse
:. r.ther 1t up; that wss to be left for
". mar who might happen to come along
W. w. w,y. II there were handfuls Of
I VI, scattered scross the field after the
~ ~ harvest had been reaped, instead Of
mn .irg II. as farmers do now, it was, by
~ r5stom Of the land, left in its place,
y f,st the poor, coming along that way,
~isst CLEAN it and get their break. But,
an s,y: "Whst is the use OF all these
i.,ysst fields to Ruth and Naomi? Naomi
Inn old and feeble to 60 out and toll in
NJ SIM, and can you expect that Ruth,
IA youug and the beautiful, should tan
-, cheeks and blister her hands IN the
ar7sst held?"
Ro,z Owls large farm, and he goes
ant TO see the respers gather in the
v-,iu. Coming there, right behind the
,T,rtby, suu-orowned reapers, he be-
boIds beautiful woman cleaning wo-
u.u more fit to bend to q harp or sit
Inou throne than to stoop among the
ssssyss. All, that was an eventful day!
Il was love at first sight. Boaz forms
an attachment for the womanly CLEANER
IN attachment full OF undying interest to
me- Church of God In all ages; while
Ruth, with an ephah, or nearly bushel
Of barley, goes to Naomi to tell her the
successes and adventures Of the day.
Ttu Ruth, who left her native land OF
Moab in darkness and travelled through
a undYing affection for her moLher-in.
l,K, in the harvest field OF Boaz, Is affi-
srced to one Of the best families Of Judah,
,nd becomes in aftertime the encestress
dJssus Christ, the Lord Of glory. Out
dso dark night did there ever dawn so
bright morning? =.
lean in the first place from this sub
jet how
TROUBLE DEVELOPS CHARACTER.
Twas bereavement, poverty and exile
that developed, illustrated and announced
tai sges the sublimity of Ruth's char.
EIer That is very unfortunate man
who hss no trouble. 1t WAS sorrow thai
made John Bunysn the better dreamer.
and Doctor Young the better poet, and
0'COnnell the better orator, and Bishop
Hall the better preacher, and Havelock
tie better soldier, and Kitto the better
encyclopedias and Ruin the better
d,Gghter- iu-law.
IOnCe asked al aged man in regard to
his pastor, who was very brilliant man
why Is 1t that your pastor, so very bril-
liant seems to have so little heart and
tsnderness in his sermon2" "Well," he
replied, 'the reason Is our pastor hat
never had any trouble. WhenImisfortunt
comes upon him, his style will be differ
sat" After awhile the Lord took child
out Of thst PASTORS house, and though tht
preacher was just as brilliant as he was
before, Oh the warmth, the tenderness Of
us discusses. The fact Is that trouble
ia gtest educator. You see sometimes
inusicisn sit down at an instrument, land
as execution ia cold and formal and IN
Eelns. The reason is that all his life he
lE been prospered But let misfortune
bereavement come 10 that man, and ht
WIS down st an instrument, and you dis
@'si he pathos in the first sweep o.
he keys.
Alaiortune and trials are great edu
a.oS. A young doctor comes into 9
SSSs'oom where there is dying child
ss!aaps he is very rough in his prescrip
WI, and very rough in his manner, snt
"asa In the feeling of the pulse
~ rough In his answer tC
=. mothers anxious question; bu,
,.ns Toll on and there has been one dead
= as own house; and now he comes into
i ~ tsek'foom, and with fearful eye he
aHS u The ding child, and he says
Nh IVY now this reminds me OF my Char.
W. Trouble, the great educator. Sor
j, .o' see lis touch in the grsndest psint
,os l near It's tremor in the sweetest
"lsi feel lis power in
TIE MIGHTmsT ARGUMENT.
~ o, - st mythology said that the fount-
~, W hippocrene was struck out by the
ns "Vl Iae winged horse Pegasus. l have
M. Ivuced in life that the brightest and
-S1 beautiful foun+sina ~ Cbrist;.n
o. .oa ana spiritual life have been struck
nJ,Sae lron-shod hoof of disaster snd
ia | see Daniels courage best by
- osn Of Nsbuchadnezzs furnace.
Un prowess best when 1 find him
SsTs laundering ship under the glare oil
Cas slngln the breakers OF Melita
h' oWns his children amid the no VI
bSod VIA beasts and the chopping Of
NJ, spashed guillotine and the crack.
ps,.. ute Of martyrdom. 1t tool
ndsSs,Haons of Marcus Aureliuf
ASossi Polycarp aud Justin Martyr.
g,,,S;aa 1ae worlds anathems to develop
,st,. u Luther. l. took all the hostilitief
IN !. me Scotch Covenanters and the
I,nss n LORD Clsverhouse to develop
sppS nsnWlck, and Andrew Melville, an6
S:j,r, LEASH, The glorious martyrs o.
clSs history Il took The stormy sea
Zen december blast, and the desolats
,rsAnd coast, and the war whoor
L. onses to show forth the prowess O.
asrin fathers
's,s amid the storms thew Gang
Ast ths .n s,srs heard, and the ses;
Rag tbe ,noing sisles of the dim wood
In ~ A.