Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-07-15

reading. The golden
DR.. Newton text, Thy people
shall be my people,
and thy God my God" Ruth lis.
IN SEARCH OF BREAD
EAMINE in Judah, where Elime-
Il lech and his wife, Naomi, and
their sons, Mahlon and Chilion,
dwelt, drove them to Moab, in
search of bread. Elimelech died,
and the sons married young women
of Moab, Ruth and Orpah. And
then the sons died. Naomi, feeling
that she must not longer remain
in Moab, announced her intention to
return to her native land, and babe
Ruth and Orpah farewell. In one
brief decade Naomi had lost hus-
band and sons, and nov she longed
for home.
sTNTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE
THEE"
~ RPAH accepted Naomi's sug-
~ gestion, and turned away to
her own people; but not so with
Ruth. She loved Naomi. She could
not give her up. Naomi had done
something for Ruth in those years
of sorrow and loss.
''Intreat me not to leave thee, or
to return from following after thee;
for whittier thou goest, l will go;
and where thou lodgest, 1 will
lodge. Thy people shall be my peo-
pie, and thy God my God. Where
thou diest, l will die, and there will
! be buried. The Lord do so to me,
and more also, if ought but death
part thee and me-"
With these sublime words, Ruth
dashed herself to Naomi, and to-
gether they started on the long trek.
to Bethlehem.
WHEN FAITH CONQUERS
HERE we witness conquering
Ii faith-conquering faith in the
hearts Of Naomi and Ruth, And they
come to Bethlehem. 1t was, the har-.
vest season, and Naomi directed
Ruth to CLEAN in. the field Of Boaz,
a wealthy and generous-hearted
citizen Of Bethlehem. Faith in ac-
ton! And the world loves the story
Of Ruth becoming the wife of Boaz,
and thus the mother Of Obed, the
grandfather Of David the king in
the ancestral line of Jesus Christ,
the King Of kings.
And Naomi, through her conquer
ing faith, held in her arms the little
baby, Obed, and dreamed Of Gods
unfolding purposes to bless the
world.
In this unsurpassed romance we
witness faith in adversely, faith in
association, faith in conduct, faith
in claim, faith in confidence, and
faith in a glorious climax.
WHEN FAITH CONQUERS
T IFE is always ennobled when
II faith conquers. 1t is easy to
imagine how history might have
missed this beautiful love storv,
had not Naomi been a woman Of
conquering faith. She might have
given up and over to her great
sorrow, and pinned away in grief
and defeat.
But Naomi followed the CLEAN.
And her trust in God shed its gen.
tie glow into the lonely heart of the
Moabite widow, Ruth Ruth clave
unto Naomi. She could not do other.
wise. Truth is stranger than fic.
tion."
And all history was enriched. II
is ever so when faith conquers.
Thus the poet states the case:
"God moVeJ in myHs,jogJ pSyt
Hi, WondsvJ 10 perform,
"He plants bis footuspJ on tbs sea,
and rides Epos The torn"
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Foith
Icannot conceive that God could
make such species as the human
merely to live and die on this earth.
II did not believe in future state,
/ should believe in no God.
John Adams.
Where there is no faith. there can
be no endeavor.