Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07

man has over q woman, and the influence
a woman has over man. Notice how
Boaz first inquired into the character OF
Ruth before showing her any attention.
Notice the kind Of character that
brought out his admiration. Notice
that the first impulse of the heart
that admires Or loves another Is to do
something, to show some kindness to that
other True admiration or love begetS
How 70 HELP THE LEADER
Speak a few words about the high stand
ards women should hold up. for men.
Quote John Ruskin: 1T ought to be im-
possible for every noble youth-it is i'm
possible for every one rightly trained-to
love any one whose gentle counsel he can
not trust, or whose prayerful command
he can hesitate to obey You
cannot think that the buckling on Of the
knights armor by his lady's hand was a
mere caprice of romantic fashion. 1t Is
the type of an eternal truth-that the
souls armor Is neevr well set to the
heart unless a woman's hand has braced
1t. and it is only when she braces 1t loose
ly that the honor of manhood fails. Know
you cot those lovely lines:
"Ah, wasteful woman! She who may
On her sweet self set her own price,
Knowing he cannot choose but pay
How given for nought her priceless gift.
How spoiled the bread and spilld the wine.
Which, spent with due respective thrift,
Had made brutes men, and men divine!"
Parallel Passages-Proverbs, xxxi:25-26;
Proverbs, xxi Hip; Proverbs, xxxi:29-31
Proverbs. xii:4; Genesis, xxix:18; Genesis,
xxxv:19-2O; Proverbs xviii: 90; Ephesians,
v:31; II Corinthians, villa.
Applied Truth.
The story Of Ruth has a sweet parallel
in the story of Drumsheugh's love for
Marget Howe. as told by Ian Maclaren in
1.-The Days of Aud Lang Syfe." did
We ken Mha 1t was, Weelum?' Ye never
mentioned her name, but a. jaloused. an
there's name like her in the Glen"
| mo, nor in braid Scotland for me!
She'll aye be the bonniest as weel as the
| noblest O. weemen in ma cen till they be
fstickit in deith. But We never saw Mar
( get in her bloom, when the blossoms was
on the tree, for a mind We were ava in
/ Edinburgh thae years. 1t wesna
her winsome face nor her gentle ways
her soul. the gudeness at lookit DOT on
the warld through yon gray cen, sac
serious. thoughffu', kindly. Nae man cdd
say a rouch word or haze i'll thocht in
her presence; she made We better JUST tae
| hear her speak an stan aside her at her
| wark. A hardly ever spoke tae her for
the three year she ives wis. an a. said
ma word O luve. A hopit some day tae
win her, an a. ives MAR than content tae
haze her near me. Thae years were bitter
| tae me afterwards. but. man, a. wudna
be witfioot them moo; they're a. the time
a ever he'd WI Marget ;"
There's a stile on the road tae the hill,
an a hawtLOrn-tree at the side OF; II
| ives there she met a sweet simmer even
in, when the corn was turnin' yellow, an
telt me they wud be leavin' their hoose at
Martinmas. Her face he'd LIGHT on it a.
! he'd never seen. Am tae be marriet,' she
said, 'tae William Howe. . A
leaned over that stile for two lang oors.
Mony time ave been there sim then
by NIGHT and day. Hoo the glen wud
| LAUGH, for am no the man they see. A
saw the sun gaze doom that night, an a.
felt the darkness IA on me, an a kent
the LIGHT he'd game DOT O. ma life for ever. u
From A Singular Life, by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps was heav.
| lily oyerworked. He gave himself few
| pleasures and the summer peo-
pie at the. Point knew him not -
And yet at every march and counter.
march In the drill of duty he was aware
OF he-. 1t could not be said that She
ever overstepped the invisible line which
he had elected to draw between them
though 1t might be said that she had tn