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THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF AUG. 28
THE MOABITISH DAMSEL
By LONNIE TOMLINSON.
It was at the dawn of the fourteenth
century before Christ, because of a
severe famine in Judah, that a certain
farmer, known as Elimelech, with his
wife and sons bade good-bye to their
kinsmen and friends of the vicinity
and village of Bethlehem to take up
their abode in the land of Moab, in the
hope of finding more favorable condi
tions for agriculturel pursuits. Their
journey was soon completed and they
had arrived at their new home, the
ideal of their fruitless fancies.
Naomi, the thrifty wife, immediately
set to the task of arranging the home
affairs, and the father and sons mak
ing preparations for an early planting;
they were expecting to make their so
journ prosperous. But, in the midst
of their alertness and at the climax
of their fond expectancies, providence
intervened and severed from them the
beloved husband and father, Elime
lech. This caused, necessarily, a short
age in the first year’s harvest, but re
alizing that mother must be cared for,
and being in a strange country with
no kinsmen to call on, the two sons,
Mahlen and Chilion, energetically pur
sued the course as already mapped
out. Each young man soon fell in
love with a Moabitish damsel; wooed
and won and took unto themselves,
that which is called in this day, a bet
ter hi.lf —wife.
After the marriage of her sons,
Naomi, as she was a widow, was very
conveniently fixed at home, and was
administered unto with marked hospi
tality and maternal love, by Orpah
and Ruth, her daughters-in-law. For
ten years the new found home, with
its fertile and prolific fields, yielded
them prosperity and they were all
happy. But, again, when the barns
were scantily filled, for the harvest
time had not come, the hand of prov
idence was laid heavily upon them;
both brithers died, leaving Naomi
their widowed mother and wives. This
left only one surviver from the Eph
rathitic family who had come from
Judah. They left their native home
because of the scarcity of food, think
ing they might find a more favorable
locality in which to provide suste
nance for life; the change was fatal.
A traveler from Judah was passing
through Moab, and stopped at a spring
not far from the house of Naomi,
to quench his thirst. While he sat
upon a rock rear the bubbling spring,
after a refreshing drink, to rest, a
woman also, whose nativity he soon
recognized, came for water. This was
Naomi, and during a short conversa
tion the man told of the present pros
perity, which for some time had pre
vailed, in Judah, and that no famine
was there now.
The woman decided to dispose of
her little estate and return to her
old home to live with her kinspeople.
Soon she had made ready all things
reached the top. I also lack two years
in high school; then I hope to go to
the Judson Female College, afterwards
to the W. M. U. training school in
Louisville, Ky. I hope my work will
be successful and I believe it will, for
I shall let nothing discourage me and
shall never give up until I have accom
plished those things which our Grac
ious Heaveniy Father has set before
me. SMILES.
Editor s Note: Because of the per
sonal nature of this letter, the address
o fthe author is not g’ven, but the ed
itor rejoices to know that his visit and
motto have helped this worthy, strug
gling girl in the pursuance of her no
bie purpose.
to begin her journey, not expecting her
daughtersin-law to go with her; and
when she had gone a little way the
two women were there. She advised
both to return to their mothers, and
Orpah bade good-by and returned, but
Huth, who had been so devoted to her
mother in-law, refused to leave her.
•‘Return thou after thy sister-in-law,
Naomi said.
But Ruth replied, weeping, “Intreat
me not to leave thee, or return from
following after thee; for whither thou
goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, 1 will lodge; thy people shall
be my people, and thy God my God;
where thou diest, I will die, and there
I will be buried; the Lord do so to
and more also, if aught but death part
thee and me.”
Naomi, seeing that the woman was
sincere in her refusal to return unto
her own home, said no more, but re
sumed her journey, and Ruth with
her.
Fatigued and weary after several
weeks of travel, they arrived at Beth
lehem. It has been over a decade
since Naomi had left, and there were
numerous changes. The village had
grown, and there were many strange
faces. Her kindred and old acquaint
ances greeted her happily, and being
introduced to Ruth, and being told who
she was, they interestingly welcomed
her, as she was a foreigner and a
beautiful woman.
They came to Bethlehem at the be
ginning of the barley harvest, when
there was employment for many who
would glean. The woman assisted ex
tensively in the harvesting of grain,
and Ruth being a widdw, and eager to
help support her mother-in law as
well, sought employment. Naomi had
a kinsman of her husband’s —Boaz--
who owned a great estate, and on it
were large fields of barley. So Ruth
went to the employer, the overseer of
the harvesting, and engaged work'.
She was very vivacious and spirited
in her work which necessarily at
tracted attention. When Boaz, the
owner, came down to investigate the
work his attention was specially call
ed to the charming woman who was
so faithfully gathering grain, and be
ing told who she was, he became
greatly interested in her; giv’ng spe
cial instructions to the servant that
she be shown every courtesy and fa.-
vor; also, assuring her that he would
graciously reward her for her services.
The young men were charged to he
very pol'te and complacent in her pres
ence, her virtue was the visible kind;
it was pure and unapproachable, and
Boaz was willing to perceive this par
t’cular quality. He, himself, made
mention to her that he was observing
her color of character, and the inten
sity of her expressions of person, also,
requesting that she not change em
ployers.
SHE REMEMBERS THE MOTTO.
Dear “Bro. Willie.”
I am a little fiirl 11 years old. I
to to school every day, and am in
the fifth grade. I have a good teach
er. You were here about a year ago
and you gave us a little motto and told
us to write to you Christmas and tell
you the motto, and I neglected it. I
happened to see your picture up in
the bank and it reminded me of your
request. This is the motto: “Let
nothing discourage you—never give
up.” We take The Golden Age and
papa and mamma like it very much.
I hope you will come and speak for
us again. My name is
Burma, Ala. MALVINA VAUGHN.
There are men who are willingly
capable of seeing the superior traits in
a character and of overshadowing lit
tle faults, without which no person ex
ists, with the better qualities. There
are also persons, though cultured in
a sense, whose mien and tendency is
to magnify, with the first observa
tion, the inferior traits. Os the first
type the writer would, unhesitatingly,
describe Boaz as an admirable spe
cimen.
Seeing that she had found favor in
the eyes of the aristocratic gentleman,
the young woman was moved to tears.
She had succeeded in touching the
compassionate chord of her mother
in-law’s kinsman, and she was over
joyed with the assurance that these
friendly relations would assist in the
promotion of their welfare. And fall
ing on her face before him, she ex
claimed: “Why have I found grace in
thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a strang
er?”
Replying. Boaz sa’d; “It bath fully
been showed me, all that thou hast
done unto thy mother-in-law since the
death of thine husband; and how thou
hast left thy father and thy mother,
and the land of thy nativity, and art
come unto a people which thou knew
est not heretofore. The lord recom
pense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the Lord God of Israel,
under whose wings thou art come to
trust.”
Then, with gladness, the woman
thanked him for his comforting and
friendly words and returned to her
work.
And when she had gone Boaz said
to the overseer, looking across where
she was at work; “That’s a most
worthy little woman. One who will
forsake her own home to care for one
who is left in the world alone, like
her mother-in-law, deserves much re
ward.” Saying these things, and hav
ing given advice to his servant con
cern ng the work, he mounted his
steed and departed for the city.
Ruth diligently continued gathering
barley until the sun was sinking in
the west, then she beat out that that
she had gathered, wh'ch made about
a bushel and a half. And when the
shades of night began to enshroud the
world she was on her way home in the
city, carrying the barley which she
had been given for her labor. She
was eager to reach home, to tell Naonr
of the things that had happened; how
B az had spoken so friendly concern
ing her saer'fiees and labor, and that
she had been given work until the
end of barley and wheat harvest. As
she plodded along the winding way
side, the moon giving l : ght and the
stars tw’nkling in the 1 firmament
(though quite different from the time
when the shepherds were guided by
the wonderful and miraculous star of
the east to the same city), she could
see, fa’ntly, the lights of the village
and could hear the bleats of the sheep
and cattle from the distant meadows,
waiting to be turned into the barn
yards. Traveling there alone, with
these familiar sounds echoing from
the hillside, she thought of her own
country, and her old home in Moab.
Would not one be induced to let pass
in review the different reserves of the
(Continued on page 15.)
Eugene Anderson,
President.
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