Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-07

was not at liberty to also take Ruth
as his wife And so II came about
that Ruth, by the approval OF the
legal authorities and with the blessings
Of the populace OF Bethlehem became
the wife of Boaz. The closing chapter
OF the story tells Of the birth az obod,
son Of Boaz and Ruth who became
III. father OF Jesse and the grand
father Of David, the 'swooi singer ot
Israel Thus did this woman of
Moab, who chose IN. religion and The
race OF Israel over her own 'aith and
people, become linked g'uCalogIcaIly
with th, Iiu, uf heTedity that was dis
tined tO bring into this world the
Savior ot men.
Nothing "HappcnA S".''
We al come To decision days. We
reach dilommas IN lfC mat compel rs
to decide one way ar 'he other. ana
upon shiS decision often hangs 'hC
whole destiny Of our Iu'UIr ifC. as
woll'.as 3he lives Of others. ard starts
| In motion Il course IL events the SN-
! tenn of whose Influence We are unable
to measure We nave all iNC ply
! ling whose dread at responsibility
leads him 10 toss up - penny :" decide
! which road he snail travel when y
comes 'O thc parting ~ ~" SAYS lie
| fails 10 realize. how h.H NE VONsc-
| oucncSs are THAI he mas SAus t"o!ishN
submit Sp the arhti'am'rf u$ chance.
Nothing "happcas So ~ 'his nt".
! Blind chance Is fraGi. ma Ne who
relies on " s. th" worst d'c,iN,G at
! AL humanity. Some men d'p'nd az
| guCSsWort 30 decide such things. some
! from lach Of knowledge "a = sense of
! thoir own fnCompctcuCN. l'aI' 'H' "a.
IspoushIlity - rest UPol r'"ul" an
| things Shaf have no ConcF"t ~ 'h'I
"'clfarC. some, Through ruI" COW
lrdicc oy iazNcss. jus; d.ifI w!Ih ia.
! tidu. leaving The decision {" - NN UUa
| fault, letting 3ate mark "ut ~ own
pathway tor them =" travel. some
Uf these Weddings nf" /" be pi''1
| all ara ~ be blamed. COD Uii nUt pat
| you here. endowed with intelligence.
! a free normal agent and = responsible
soul, fox you 20 submit; III" dcs'.n!ra
! OF your existence to the developments
| Of ''fate" or "Chancc.' N"u arc given
| the power tO make N"uc U"U decisions
! and on SuU alone rests 'ho :cSponsi-
| bllity whether those decisions He good
I or baQo Your ignorance, your cow
| 1rdiCc, Sour disinClnatiOl to decide
| are only IN evidence because You fan
| to 3ak" advantage of the sources 81
wisdom and courage that axe 80 yOuT
|
! haze first an intelligence ;W tea good
| from bad: you have a conscience to
steer you among the shoals of error,
YOU have the admonitions and prayers
| If mother and father 10 guide SOU
| smong the bewildering peTpIeNties
| that crowd into the experience Of man
but, even If all these fail. you have
| he guidance Of scripture, with u
! iignpost for every crossroads between
the cradle and the grave, and above
| all. you nave the privilege Of getting
On your knees and appealing 90 that
| God from whom all wisdom comes.
| and who has never yet ignored the
petition that comes from sincere
! soul. If you decide in harmony with
| your own carnal desires or selfish .X
! peCtatiOns, you may like OrpAho return
| TO the ways where God is neither
| known nor taken into account: bUt II
you take God into your confidence
| you can afford to brave Ghe sneers of
men or the blows of bad lucko" secure
in the promise that to His children all
| things shall work together for good
The Tongue of Gossip
The people of Bethlehem We're not
| much different from those of the pres
ent day. The tongue of gossip is alike
| active, whatever the place or the time
l
! pride In wealth and social position has
| prevailed IN all ages and all nations.
| We can imagine the trials of Naomi.
| She had been somebody" before hard
! times had forced her husband to seek
| his fortune In other lands. She had
| been happy in the possession OF Il good
| man and two fine boys to be proud
| Of. Now she comes back among her
| old friends and 0cquaintances shorn
| Of worldly wealth and bereft of family
| Did her former friends take her back
into their circle or give her sympathy
aud aid? Not at all. Some were
| Mortified at her downfall while others
| could only regard her with CON
| descending pity. Surely this woman
| must be great sinner to be so griev-
| ously afflicted, and besides. this
bringing with her of strange
heathen woman did not look just right
and might easily be the occasion of
| scandal. Naomi must not took for
| sympathy or help. her only hope is to
| i've down the suspicious OF her neigh
| bors and let time restore her to their
| confidence and respect All of this
reads very much like a chapter out
Of modern everyday life. II is much
easier to suspect people than to take
| their honesty as matter of course
| especially If their lives are not order
| ed precisely according to our ideas
| Of propriety We do not openly ac-
| knowledge the old Jewish idea that the
unfortunate are 'smltten of God" yet
we do have lingering suspicion that
the unsuccessful man is either morally
| at fault or is in some other way TO
| blame for his low estate. We may
not say these things but we often act
on that theory nevertheless. But
| Naomi was prepared for the trial
Hers vas God TO whom she ascrlbed
all power for good and an Overruling
control OF evil. Her lot had been u
bitter one, but her misfortunes did
not make her turn away from Cod
she rather clung to her faith the more
desperately in the confidence that good
| would come out OF evil. To her
neighbors she humbly protested that
her sorrows were great enough with
out the weight Of their reproaches
And the events justified her faith
Very often the heaviest scrrows
of the child OF God are the means OF
bringing the greatest happiness and
| glory. No matter how dark the clouds
of woe we know that the sunshine
Of grace will be all the brighter and
! fuller of blessing after while. 1t takes
a great deal of the bitterness from ad-