Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
NUMBER 35

90 Nay. | VIII not aDlde neTe' Nnllh-
er thou goest, | will go, and where thou
lodgest. | will lodge; thy people shall
be my people, and thy God my God"
Do you not grasp what | mean! In
order to worship the true God, Ruin,
gentle Ruth. was ready to turn her
back upon the land Of her birth. She
was ready to 90 forth into exile, ready
to starve and even die in order that
Naomis God might be her God. Are
you and | ready to suffer as did Ruth
to be true disciple of Jesus CHRISTI
All. sometimes we change our minds
in reference to a human love. There
s a beautiful story told that when Hen
ry NJ. Stanley started on his last great
trip across the African continent he
went with a heavy heart, for the only
woman he had ever loved did not love
him. But when he returned and met
] her the first question he was asked by
| Miss Dorothy Tenant was this: Mr..
| Stanley. do you find London much
changedT And the intrepid explorer
quietly answered: mo. | have not
found London changed, and have not
changed. either" Then he looked her
gently i'm the eye as lie said, Have
you changedY With that the famous
model Of Nlillais' great picture, entitled
"Yes or No?7 softly answered, "Yes,
have changed" And the "No" Of re-
fusal was changed to the Yes Of
wedding bells. But though some Of us
may change in reference to the wooing
of a. Human love- Ruth never changed
in regard to her allegiance to the divine
love. She was ready to go into exile,
to starve and even to die, as she de-
clared to Naomi, "Thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God" Can
we dare we, say as much? Will we
give to God today our whole hearts,
full Of devotion and self sacrifice?
And what was the result Of this self
sacrifice and love for the divine Mas
ter? All, Ruth herself never realized
what it's far reaching result was TO be.
think, even from Ruth's standpoint,
at times she must have become very
discouraged and felt that her sacrifices
amounted to naught. Everything that
she expected miscarried. She left her
own home TO 90 to the land Of her
husbands family. There, Of course,
she expected to be welcomed and cared
for. Was she? No sooner did Naomi
and this beautiful young girl cross the
Jordan and come up to the home land
of Bethlehem than her old neighbors
and friends came out to taunt and to
rldicule her. They met her with these
mocking words: "Is this Naomi, who
persuaded her husband to go and live
in that wicked country Of Moab? Is
this Naomi. who went and married her
two sons to the daughters Of the heath
en- Afoabites? No wonder your nus
hand and both your two sons are dead.
! God has cursed you with poverty and
bereavement" Cannot you see the
tears trickle down the poor wrinkled
cheeks of the old woman and hear the
painting sobs choke the throat Of the
beautiful young girl when the sneer-
Ing. mocling words are uttered, us
this Naomi"
Naomis Trial.
And this is not all Not only did the
neighbors and the people mock Naomi,
but they literally left her to starye.
She seemed to have no friend in the
world. She went down and down, as
some of you have gone down in the
struggle Of life. She got so low that
one day Ruth, who was compelled to
do something to earn bread for them
to live upon, went out to CLEAN atter
the reapers. The few grains of wheat
which the reapers accidentally dropped
were not allowed to be picked up by
the reapers. but were always left to be
gathered by the needy poor. Then II
was. when it seemed as though Ruth
could not sink lower, that BoaZ saw
her and loved her. When we think we
are the most friendless and hopeless
then the Lord is going TO open for u.s.
as he did to Ruth. our greatest oppor-
tunitv of usefulness if we only remain
true to him. Are we willing TO go 10
the land of exile for himi Are we
willing TO trust him? Are we willing
TO let him use us for his serYiceF l
ask Of YOU this question here and now,
amid the dark clouds in your life. VIII
YOU trust him and remain true to him
, now?
Like Ruth cleaning in the fields as a
pauper. in the darkest hours of your llie
can YOU not learn to trust him and be
true to him? All, Ruth had her Boaz.
Through her B0az she became the an
cestress Of Jesus Christ. You today in
YOUR fields have your Saviour and
, through him you shall yet win mighty
triumph. Are you, like Ruth, able to
, stand the test Of being true to your
| divine Fathers lover
Our sermon opened with a dirge. 1t
began at the door Of three gaping
-, I graves "The book has a sad open
ing" once said Joseph Parker. ut be-
l gan with famine and misery. 1t opened
= like a cloudy day. 1t went onward in
| TO widowhood twice told, and the 1rst
+ chapter is like a rain Of tears" But,
0 thank God, it ends in triumph. 1t ends
+ by the ringing of the wedding chimes.
e Like Ruth, let us all bend the knee to
I the King of kings, who is Lord OF
lords.
Ny dear friends, as Ruth found shell
e ter in the home Of Boaz, canst thou not
D find haven in the love and the rescue
u Of Jesus Christ? Child, wilt thou CLEAN
( today in thy Masters harvest fieldf
5 copyright, 1906. by Louis Klopschl
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