Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-05-23
NO. 2s.

declaring tsa, -hiiher she wea. she
wcuid 20
Bat hat she 90 f-ieafs % 70 &C
aEnour her own reorie that shc shoais
make sueh choice ssxsi Boar
tiat she uus - not thiak tat
Nanmi s0uid have - ursed her % -
turu
nid she no' give oghcr rrasau 20
wanting fo come
Yes. ! believe Q IA hear arue o-e
say that Naomi haa told them hat
Ruth had renouncea TIE scis ~ her
fEcric. saying thar she had eorre to
kanN that they were 70 roas a. all.
ant that she cuuid not rttarn go serve
them
-Aud does she believe In the Cod %
the HehreWs-- cues-icrst rcar. vhn
vas a tevous lsraeHte and served God
wifh loyal VholsehearteiuesS
Yes the other sent On 70 cx-
plata. this WOMAN. Ruth. & Is said
ciuns % Naomi pleading that as she
hal chosen the Hebrew pecqls as her
r.supie and The Hehrew God as her
God she be permifted 70 return uifa
hes
-Ant since coming thither how hath
she done Boar coutinuca rsrsisri-r
in his questioning. Tor he had PR
eeived az the very beginning whcn
they had begun 20 tell him 81 Naoui's
return. that there vas prefl.iicc
against the Moablrish woman vho had
come With her. -ud he vas roo fair
minded TO condemn her hastily a,t
on too insufficient evidence
Her Whole Thought has SEEMED 20
- for the cou.sort % Naomi. and {,
must ~ admitted that she has Uo-kcd
unceasinEiy TO provide for their sim
pie Nants. vas ths admisslsn
Yes. spoke up another. and uhen
the ueighhors and f-ients - Naomi
would have provided for thcm. Ruth
declared that she had cone rot % b.
a burden bur help. and many IS the
deed % kiuaness which she hath found
time 10 do While yet busy With the
tasks which would buy them shelter
and food
The drift ~ the conversation having
hecn started in that direction. there
were others ready 20 tell o incidents
in which Ruth had displayed her
sweet. ssifsacridcing devotion 20 her
notheT-in-iaW. and also - her faith
in the God % the Hebrews. 50 that
whsn Hoar had lefr the group and
gone on 10 his own home he had much
% think about
Naturally b. felt special inieres, in
Naomi. because she vas the widow
q his near relative Elimelech. bu;
Vhv should hs trouble himself ah1u;
this MoahiIish woman - he thouEht
ss his mind kept recurring 20 Ruth
During the busy DAYS which followed.
for the barley and whsa, hsrvests
we're near AZ hand. and he had much
IN look after. he could not rid himself
nf the thought. and he went over and
ever again in his mind ali tha, be had
heard concerning Ruth.
FRS; Of all. he settled in his own
mind that her motives for coming 20
Bethlehem Sere purely u=selash. for
the strange land and strange people
could not u-er her the sane certainty
~ home and friends which he- own
land would have done Then that she
vas sincere in her desire 60 have the
Hebrew God a. her God vas manifest
from the devutiua which she hzH
shown since her arrival in Be,hie-
heaA
50. as the days vent hv. the desire
grew up in his heart fo see her r..
had reached an age wheu he feIt -
vas beyond sentiment. and for this
reason he could not quite define or IN
derstant the STRINGS within his own
breast. he knew b. srew into the
habit % listening for some tidinEs -
Ruth. and more than once be CUES
toned his neighhors and friends cor
cerainx her In this way he baeama
familiar With eve-y detail. aimost- -
her life in Betslehezu. and learned
much % the story Of her LIFE before
coming 10 Be,hleheu- for people dit
not seem 70 tire u the gossip which
eentered about Naomi and her Moah-
itish daughrsr-iu- an
she must b good WOMAN. Iosr
w0uld say 10 himself L am glad she
has come 10 Bethleheu.- and he would
20 on picsurinS 10 himself his home
with such a woman in it Then he
would laugh and shake OF the spell
as he would call t. But Ruth q Rs
lips came 70 be a sweet word. ana
Ruth came into his thoueht a. rhouzh
she had somehow always been There
50 IL vent until. during the midst ~
the barley harvest he came into his
field one day and. ~hils talking With
the foreman Of ths Feapsrs. his attsn-
iion vas attracted 10 ! figure quietly
following in the sake q the men as
they cur and gathered AMI stacked the
srain-
'Whuse damsel Is this b. asked
and While the words were being st.
tered. and before the servant could
reply. there came the whispering an
swer in his heart Ruth
AID as be looked uYon her. even b.
fore he had spoken 10 her and she had
made reply. he kneN that his heart
had been conquered