The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-03

/ Of the beauty of female industry. beholo
/ Ruth toilinr in the harvest-field under the
/ hot sun, or at noon taking plain bread WIN
/ the reapers, or eating the par 'Aeu cOIh
/ BOaz handed TO her. The Gust ms OI 50
! ciety, OF course, have changed, ana "lLhout
/ the hardshiDs and exposure to which Ruth
/ was subjected, every intelligent woman
/ will find something to do l know there Is
| a sickly sentiment on this SUBJECT. IN
| some families there arc persons OF no
| practical service to the hOusehoId or COIL
| munity: and though there are SO many
! woes all around about them IN the world,
/ they spend their time langulsblng over new
| nettern or bursting into tears at midnight
! over the story # some lover who shot him
| self They would not deign to look at Ruth
| carving back the barley on her way home
/ 10 her m 1ther-iu-law, Naomi, All this fas-
| tidiousuess may seem to do very well while
! they are under the shelter Of their father
house but when the sharp winter OF mis-
fortune comes what Of these butterhlesf
Persons under indulgent pareutage may get
upon themselves habits Of incidence; but
when they come out into practical life their
soul will recOil with disgust and chagrin.
They viii feel in their hearts what the poet
so severely satirized when he said:
Folks are so awkward. things so impolite,
They're elegantly painted from morn till night.
Through that gate OF Incidence how many
men aud women have marched, useless on
earth, TO a destroyed eternity! SpinOla
said to Sir Horace We're: "Of what did
your brother dien' ''Of having nothing 10
do" was the answer. "Ah." said Spinola,
that's enough to kill any general of u.s.
Oh can it be possible in this world, where
there is so much suffering to be alleviated,
SO much darkness to be enlightened, and so
many burdens TO be carried, that there is
any person who cannot find anything TO do !
Madame de Stael did world of work in
her time; aud one day, while she was seated
amid instruments Of music, all of which she
had mastered, and amid manuscript books
which she had written, some one said to
her: How do you find time to attend TO all
these thingsp 80, she replied, these are
not the things | am proud of. My chief
boast is in the fact that l have seventeen
trades. by any one of which | could make a
livelihood if necessary" And if in secular
spheres there Is SO much to be done, in
spiritual work how vast the field How
many dying all around about us without
one word Of comfort! We want more Abs
gals more Hannahs, more Rebeccas, more
Marys, more Deborahs consecrated- body
mind, soul-to the Lord who bought them
Once more l learn from my subject the
value Of cleaning. Ruth going into that
harvest field might have said: There is a
straw, and there is a straw, but what is a
btThWg L Cdu RbJ duy DhTleV lVT HybelI
or my mother-in-law out of these separate
straws." Not 50 said beautiful Ruth. She
gathered two straws, and she put them to-
gether, and more straws, until she got
enough to make a sheaf. Putting that
down, she went and gathered more straws,
until she had another sheaf, and another
aud another, and another, and then she
brought them all together, and she threshed
them out, ana she had an ephah of barley,
nd oh 81 al ha
CLEANERS
Elihu Burritt learned many things while
toiling in blacksmith's shop. Abercrom-
bic, the worldrenowned philosopher, was
physician in Scotland. and he got his phil
osophy. or the chief pnrt Of it, while. as a
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 80
busy they have no time for mental or spir-
itual Improvement; the great duties of life
cross the field, like strong reapers, and
carry off all the hours, aud there ia 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 oppor-
tunities. which. gathered, might at last
make a whole sheaf for the Lords garner.
1t is the stray opportunities aud the stray
privileges which. taken up and bound to
gether and beaten out, will at last fill you
with much Joy.
There are few moments left worth the
cleaning. Now, Ruth to the field May
each one have measure full and running
overl ., you cleaners, to the field And
if there be in your household an aged one or
a sick relative that is not strong enough to
come forth and toll IN this field, then let
Ruth take home TO feeble Naomi this sheaf
of cleaning: HE that goeth forth aud
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt
less come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him" May the Lord God
OF Ruth and Naomi bs our portion for
ever