The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-25

.hlns which is entirely harmless, is
IiortaI eVIl which will destroy his spiri;
W nc can make nun feel that his whol
iuture llfe and the saving of his spiri
, nahgs upon single worI or act IN a sin
4 glo meeting. This IS Sometimes true btI
scrS rarely. 1he traklIng of your child
noous Mhat OF this? Are the PRAYERS am
iaDorS OF our mother in our Young wears a
no aVallF Has the father had no infIu
eHce IN tho shaping of the character o,
',is son Have these things nothing tc
uo WIN christianity? Are our daily bus :
hcss ana our treatment of our fe low mon
OF no avail for veal or woe in our relations
70 our Uod les, a thousand times YES.
ana the man that tells you that he car,
save your soul IN an hour Is "A religious
SIaiiatah whom you would follow at our
| peril 1our past and future are the force
that make single act OF conseouenco in
your Christian life. If your standinr I'M
Ior prayers or going forward to the altar
"lo sighillcant OF your conversion, your
POS Pos. ail'l ii' ure lite arc what must prove
| the meaning OF this act. 1t is very little
| ih ltseif, and worse shan this-too often II
! Is Orpahs 5 Kiss. and the new convert goes
nack to Moab, n worse ido!a O.. than a
] was before. -
..IhH The lesson which comes homo to us
| rom Orpah and from Ruth, is that of mar
sonal loyalty. We have three sor;s of
J Pgopie IN the world, and IN the church.
we nave 10 run after some Christians 10
Eet theh 10 do anything. Tncy arc like
.io e'iiiu VINO can be bought with a sweet
meat Nhen the InorseI has melted i'm
HS mouth II Is harder than over In ruI.
tLe httlc one. You must continuaIIv
oHer more Inducements or the cbtIu viii
nc oosy. And the parent ends with hav-
;;ns sPoiloi the boy and done more work
III making hin do what there was TO be
accomplished than he would have done III
ne had performed the deeds himself. |
iIeFe IS another sort of people like Or /
pan, VINO are always ready win their o. |
iIFS 'I 70 serve God and TO do His will, nut \
VINO are only working for release from /
oolgatlon 10 HIM. They wish to have
hIin tell them to 20 back to their people
10 AoaD ana Its gods, and when they have
gained PERMISSION, they quickly take adj
i"n' 'age OF the oiter and are seen no more
III Tue vineyard of the Lord. Then there |
are Ruths who cling 10 duty with ali tho
ioNe OF their 1nmost hearts, and who
Wouio dle before they would desert their
friends or God. These are the sort of
Cnrlstlans of which the world is i'm naad
Not cold and formal saints who have ~.
aHectlon for their brethren or their God.
no Idise souls who have tho form of god
i,hess anu love, but no sincerity beneath
.iiei .neti Iorihsi put rather loving hearts and
vs. Hah4s' VINO have not only kisses !
Vi auectlon Tor their friends, but firm de- |
'eIInlhatlon TO go with the right to death
:, i on VIII notice several leading facts of
,suth experience. First, there was self {
ieIly.ng love and charity. 1t was a great
sacrifice for Ruth to leave hnr kipdnoJ
ind 90 off TO foreign Judah with Naomi a
o whom she was not bound by blood. Ir 4
vas only her poor old mother-in-Iaw and i
uere were strong and wealthy men in }
'loao VINO gladly would have been her l
,. but she was faithful TO her
marriage VOWS even when her husband a
vas no more, and she clung to her who /
ore MN with all her heart; MS sbo y
.Ieu @ out; 'Entreat me not to v
eaVe thoeE and, tie Lord do +
cath part thee and me- The beauty of II
ne scene would have been marred if \
aoml had been peevish or complaininr tC
'ut her need was unselfish as Ruth's Il
I'VE. she tried hard for Ruth's sake to b
avg ner go Dack 10 her people, but she e.
ouId not 90. Sac pictured to her tlaupb- Ii
'r-in-iaw the hardship and the losses e.
men would attend her If she went to III
ethlehem, but still she said thnt She te
oulu surely go. She went and soon he Is
anne the wife of BoaZ, kinsman of ber hC
lsband and inheritor of his we,Ith M
uths faithtuness received its recon- "
ense. She had been faithful when ex. NJ
'ctlng nothing and her lot became more b!
than at first. ar
Ruth followed a princiDle. Hor
age mad meant something to the woman. in
le had been true and loyal TO her love in to
r husbands life. She was faitbfuI with Ca
"oinahs true affection to his mother It's
zen ne dled. Gods hand was on her tn
e: lie had purpose in His deaIncs DIR
tn the woman. She was left in he'll. cit
'shess and want. Poor old Naomi and &c
TWO young daughters-in-law wero up
one IN the world. Their three husbands ga
re All dead. Naomi had left Judah No
/. .'Gr i., 1ne aHlictloh OF famine. She did XII
know what would meet her when She he
uthed. She was in n strange land. no
could do nothing there. She wouId on
pack to Bethlehem. There was grief \
liHu' mere was uncertainty before hei
IN knew all this and she clave 70 is
omi. '0 " is :
How much pain he could avoid If ba are
y trusted God. The future was very We
Snt before Naomi and her dauchte rim eve
II they knew 1t they were happy. 1t sor
uId be thus with us. If we ONLY knew ref
Tod's hand is guiding all his works ami q
never ceases to care for us. Tho tow
ngeilst tells an incident of a boat thar wa!
sailing on Niagara river Before IFS wal
upants knew their danger the wind /
wholly ceased and the boat had day
sed point in the stream below which hur
'raft had ever returned, they were in cnt
Latai rapids and Fastening TO their ing
tn. But look! 4 breath of air falls me.
ne san! The wind increases: it fills told
canvas Tue Keel begins to feel lis pes
e; the boat makes little headwav son
INST ne rapids; the wind becomes n | The
= til loot by foot the boat Greens on TO for
ner waters and the lives of ali on iscd
"a are saved. As the Dassenrars One
| IN the boat SO Ruth clave TO Naomi. Y.
vas forlorn hope, but the woman j dt,
ted God and He did not fail her. It door
because she was loyal to her duty and shy
e privilege OF her love. one
mail events control great issues. Ruth wins
To Bethlehem and became the wife thin
{oaz and the mother of Obed. Obed NJ.
Jessies father and David was Jcssie's tins
We trace Christ's ancestry 10 David. chur
thus Ruth's loyalty 20 Naomi led need
] 10 the birth of Christ our Savior. socia
was the first OF personal LOYALTY" resel
gam