The Penn's Grove record., 1891-08-14

smacking its lips in satisfaction after II bad
been draining His last drop OF blood, the
sheeted dead bursting from the sePulohers
at His cruciixion. Tell me, O 0eohsemane
and Golgothal were there ever darker times
than thosef Like the booming OF the mid
night sea against the rock, the surges OF
Christ's anguish beat against b gates Of
of heaven and all the dungeons Of bel.
But the day Of reward comes from Christ;
all the pomp and dominion OF this world are
to be hung on His throne. uncrowned heads
are to bow before Him on whose 9 there
are many crowns, and all the celestial wor-
ship is to come up at His fest hke tne nun
ming Of the forest, like the rushing OF the
waters. like the laundering Of the seas,
while all heaven, rising OF their thrones,
beat time with their scepters: .Halleiu1ah,
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth"
Again, l learn from my subject that events
which seem to be most Insignificant may b
momentous. Can you imagine anythtng
woman from Moab to Judeaf Can you
Imagine anything more trivial than the
fact that this Ruth just happsned 70
alight - as they say just y "
to alight on that field OF Boaxi xst
all ages, all generations. have an insersse N
Iug IACt tlAt Hu6 Wha
Of the Lord Jesus Christ, andan nations 4
kingdoms must look at that ons little inos
dent with a thrill of u~nspeakable and eeA!nN
satisfaction. 30 IL Ii In your history m
"a ne: events that you thought Of no mpor-
tance at all have becn Of very gfSas w
ment. That casual convsrsAaoa, ~ =
seain for 4 long while; but how 1t changed
ali the current Of your hfsi a..
II seemed to Be- Of no Importance maj
Jubi Invented rude instrumsnts o. music,
calling them harp n organ. pu1 tney
were tho introduction OF all the wofiusn
strelsy. And as you hear me vaprsSlon %
nave Geen taKen away from II, 70 all music
now of lutte and drum n cornet Il
only the long continued strains OF
Jubars harp and Jubals organ. II seemed
to be a matter Of very little Importance that
Tubal Cain learned the uses Of copper and
has its echo in the rattle Of Birmingham ma
chinery and the roar and bang Of factories
on the Merrimac.
Again, l see in my subject an Illustration
OF the beauty of female industry. Behold
Ruth toiling In the harvest field under the
hot sun. or at noon taking plain bread with
the reapers, or eating the parchsd corn
which Boax handed to her. The customs Of
society Of course have changed, and without
the hardships and exposure to which Ruth
was subjected, every Intelligent woman
will find something TO do. I know
there is q sickly sentimentality on this
subject. In some families there are
persons of no practical ssryics to the house,
hold or community, and though there are
80 many woes ali o ABOUT them in the
world they spend their time lanquishing
over a new pattern or bursting into tears at
midnight over the story Of some lover who
shot himself! They would not deign 10 look
at Ruth carrying back the barley on her
way home to her mother-fnlaw, Naomi.
Madame de Stael did q world Of work In
her time; and a day, while she was
seated amid instruments Of music, all Of
which she had mastered, and amid manu-
script books which she had written some
attend to all Of these thingsf' oh" she
replied, these are not ths things I am
proud Of. My chief boast IL In the fact that
l have seventeen trades, by any one Of
which I could make . livelihood II neces-
sary." And II In secular spheres thsrs IL %
much to be done, In spiritual work how vast
the fieldl How many dying ali o
about US without one word Of comforti
We want more AblgailA more Hannahs,
more Rsbeccas, more MaryA more Doborahs
consecrated-body, mind, soul-to the Lord
who bought them.
Once more learn from my mb1sct the
value Of cleaning. Ruth going Into that
harvest field might have said: There II .
straw and there is q straw, but what II
straw / can't get any barley for myself
or my mothsr.in-law out of these separate
straws." Not 10 said beautiful Ruth. She
gathered two straws and she put them to-
gether, and more strawe until she got
she went and gathered more straws until
she had another sheaf, n another and an
other and another, and then she brought
them altogether and she throshed them u
and she had an ephah Of barley, nigh a
bushel. Oh, that we all might be gleanersl
Eiihu Burritt learned many thtngs while
toiling in a blacksmith's shop AbeFcrombie,
the world renowned philosopher. was ply
stefan in Scotland, and he got his philosophy,
Or the chief part of IL, while as Q physician
he was waiting for the door Of the sick
room to open. Yet how many there are
In this day who say they are 20 busy they
have no tim for mental or spiritual i'm
provement; the great duties Of life cross
the field like strong reapers and carry of
all the hours and there 10 only
here and there a fragment left that Is not
worth cleaning. All, my friends. you could
go into the busiest day and busiest week Of
your life and find golden opportunities,
sheaf for the Lords garner. It Il the stray
opportunities and the stray privileges which
taken up and bound together and beaten out
will at last fill you with much JOY.
There are a few moments left worth the
cleaning. Now, Ruth, to the feldi May
each one ave q measure full and running
overt oh, you gleansrs, to the feldi And
II there be In your household al aged or =
sick relative that 10 not strong enough TO
come forth and toll in the feId, then let Ruth
take home to feeble Naomi this sheaf Of
cleaning. He that gosth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious sssd, shall doubt
less come again with rejoicing, bringing h14
.baa ua. nth him - Nav tina Turd EoA a
Ruth and Naomi bs our portion forsysri