Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
WE ARE ALL CLEANERS.
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GLkswooD. Colo, Aug "A sermon,
red0lsnt with the breath Of the vast har-
vess Seids q tBs SesI. Indicates that Or
IslmaSs has found Ia the scsnes thrcaxa
which hs 6as been travelling ana ia a.
present surroundings. saxgesci0ls OF Cos
pei leasoGs His texL - taken from Ruth
H. 3 And she weaE aad came and CLEANED
IN the held after the reapsrss and her hap
was 70 iisht on part u tbs field belong
ing unto Bosz. who was of the kindred Of
Elimeiech.
Ntsr,n a few weeks have been In North
Carolina, Virginia, Penasylva1ia, New
YORK, Ohio. Michigan. Canada. Indiana,
Illinois. Kentucky. Missouri. and they are
one great harvest relG. aud 10 season can
be more enchanting la aay country than
ths season Of harvest.
The time that Ruth ard Naomi arrive
st Bethlehem Il harvest time L. WAS the
old custom when a sbeaf fell from .
load in the harvest field for the reapers
TO refuse 10 gather II up, that was 20 be
Ieft for the poor who might happen TO
come that way. II there were handfuls OF
grain scattered across the neld after toe
main harvest bad been reaped. instead OF
raking IL, as farmers DO now, il was, by
the custom OF the land. lefs IN les place, so
that the poor coming along that way
might CLEAN 1t and get their bread. But.
you say, What Is the Use OF ali these
harvest fields 20 Rath and Naomi, Naomi
II too old ead feeble 20 ~, OUT and toll in
the sun. and eau yod expect that Ruth,
the young and the beautiful, should tan
her cheeks and blister her hands Ia the
harvest fieldH
Bosz owns a large farm. and hs goes out
TO see the reapers gather In the grain
Coming there. right behind the swarthy.
sun Drowned reapers. no bcaolds = beauti-
fai woman gIeaning-a woman more fit 20
bend 70 harp or sit upon a throne than TO
stoop aTnoag the sheaves- All. that was
al eyentful dayi
LOVE- AT FIRST sIGnr.
It was love at first sight. boaz forms an
attachment for the womanly gleaner-an
attachment full OF undying interest To the
Church Of God in ali ages; while Ruth,
with al ephah. or nearly bushs. OF bar
ley. goes home 10 Naomi to tell her the
successes and adventures OF the day. That
Ruth. who left her native land Of Moab in
darkness, aud ioarnesed through an un-
dying affection for her mother in law, Is in
tho harvest field Of Boaz. is aiianced to
Que OF the best families In Judah. and be
comes In after time the ancestress OF Jesus
Christ, the Lord of Glory Out OF so dark
"A night did tease ever dawn so bright a
mcrninss
learn in the first place from this sub
iect how trouble develops character. Ii
was bereavement. poverty and exile that
developed. illustrated and announced TO
all ages the sublimity Of Ruth's character.
That is a very unfortunate man who has
no trouble. It was sorrow that made John
Bunyan the better dreamer. aud DR. Young
the better poet, and O'Connell the better
orator. and Bishop Hall the better preach
er. and Havelock the better soldier. and
kitto ths better encyclopaedia. and Ruth
the better daughtsr-in-law.
THE VALUE or TROUBLE.
once asked an aged man Ia regard to
his pastor, who was a very brilliant man.
Why IS 1t that your pastor. no very bril-
liant, seems To have 50 little tenderness in
his sermonss" WELL" he replied. ''the
reason Is our pastor has never had any
trouble. When misfortune comes upon him
his style viii 90 different" After awhile
the Lord took a child out of that pastor $
house. and though the preacher was just
as brilliant as he was before. on, the
warmth, the tenderness OF bis discoursesl
The fact Is that trouble is a great edu-
Gator You see sometimes a musician sit
down at an instrument, and his execution
Is cold and formal and unfeeling. The
reason Is that all his life he has been pros
pered But let misfortune or bereavement
come 10 that man, and he sits down at the
instrument. and you discover the h1thos
in the first sweep Of the keys. Mi'<orsn nu
and trials are great educators
A young doctor comes into a sickroom
where there Is dying child. Perhaps he
is very rough In his prescription. and very
rough In his manner. and rough in the
feeling OF the pulse. and rough in his an
swer 10 the mothers anxious question, but
the years roll on and there has been one
dead in bis own house. and now he comes
into the sickroom. and with fearful eye he
looks at the dying child and he says. "Oh,
how this reminds me OF my CharlieP'
Trouble. the great educatorl Sorrow
see ITS touch in the grandess painting;
hear its tremor in the sweetes. song; feel
FslWrF III bUF tliikubtE-S NJ
Grscian mythology said that the foun-
tain of Hippocrene was struck out by the
foot OF the winged horse, Pegasus have
often noticed in life that the brightest and
most beautiful fountains of Christian com
fort and spiritual life nave been struck out
by the iron shod hoof Of disaster and car
lamity | see Daniels courage best by the
fash Of Nebuchsdnexzar' furnace. see
kase hon \ AL
the laundering ship under the glare OF the
lightning In the breakers OF Meita. God
crowns his children amid the bowling o.
Wild beasts and the ehopping of blood
splasheG zuiliOsins and the cracking fires
OF msrtyrdom.
II took the prosecutions Of Marcus Aure-
lius TO dev>iop Polycsrp and Justin Mar
tyr It took the pope's bull. snd the csrdi-
pals curse. and the worlds snstbema 10
develop Martin Luther. II took all he
hostilities against the scotch Coveuantsrs
aud tn. fury Of Lord Clavsrhouse TO de.
velop James Renwick. and Andrew Mel
vile. and Hugh McKsil, the glorious mar
tyrs of Scotch history. IL took the stormy
sea. and the December blast. and the desc
late New England coast. and the war
whoop az ssvages 20 show forth the prowess
cf ths Pilgrim father .
When amid the storms they s~ns
AMI the stars hearl. and the ses
And the sounding sisles OF the diTn wood
Rang 20 the anthems Of the free.
It took all our past national distresses
and it takes ell our present national sor
rows. 20 ift up eur nation on that high
career where it viii march along after tht
foreign deSpostsms that have moeked and
the tyrsnnies That have jeered shall N
swept down under toe omaipotent wrsta
OF God. who hates oppression. and who. hl