6 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BE LLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY #6, 1897. THE STORY OF RUTH. Some Uesoful Leasons are Drawn from It, Trouble Develops Many Virtues -- The Beauty of True Friendship The Ime Portance of Gleaning Rest and Reward Will Burely Follow, The subject of Dr. Talmage's atest sermon was gleaning and the text on which he based his remarks was Ruth 2:8: And she went, and came, and gleaned in the fleld after the reapers; and her hap was to light on a part of vhe field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech The time that Ruth and Naomi ar- rive nt Bethlehem is harvest time, It was the custom when a sheaf fell from a load in the harvest fleld, for the heapers to refuse to gather it up; that was to be left for the poor who might happen to come along that way. If there were handfuls of grain scattered across the fleld after the main harvest had been reaped, instead of raking it, as farmers do now, it was, by the cus tom of the land, left in its place, so that the poor, coming along that wav, might glean it and get their bread But, you say What is the use of these harvest fields to Ruth and richest man in Uz; but when his prop- erty went and the trials came, then there were none so much that pestered as Eliphaz the Temanite, and lildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamanit Life often seems to be a mere game where the successful player pulls down nll the other men into his own lap. Let suspicions arise about a man's charac- ter, and he becomes like a bank ina panic, and all the imputations rush on him and break down in a day that character whieh in due time would have had strength to defend There are reputations that have half a century in bullding which gi down under one push, as a vast temple is consumed 1 the touch of a sulphur- ous match A hog can uproot a cen- tury plant In this world, { and hypoerisy, how thrilling it is to find some friend as faithful in days of adversity as in days of prosperity! David had such a friend in Husha; the Jews had such a fHend in Mordecai, who never forgot thelr cause; Paul had such a friead in Ogesiphorus ised him in jail; Christ had Marys, who adhered to lim cross; Naomi had such a one who eried oul: “Entreat me leave thee, or to return fi ing after thee; for whither [ will go, and whither th will lodge; thy people s pie, and thy God my diest } 4 wad ud: “Oh, what a foolish » away from ber father's | wv ‘ with an old woman toward t ofJudati: They wopis live t the desert, They will} the se ness will dest: dark m | back, thes y full of heartlessness long-continued strains of Jubals harp and Jubal's organ, It seemed to be a | matter of very little importance that | Tubal Cain learned the uses of copper { | nnd iron; but that rude foundry of an 4 | cient days has its echo in the rattle of Birmingham machinery, and the roar | and bang of factories on the Merrimac It seemed to be a matter of no ime | portance that Luther found a Bible in | « monastery; but as he opened that Jible, and the brass-bound lid fell jarred everything, and the rustling of the wormed leaves was the sound of the wings of the angel of the Reformation seemed to be ter of no nportance that a woman whose name has been forgotten, dropped a tract in the way of a very bad man by the name of Richard Bax | ter. He picked up the tract and read it, and it was the means of his salva- tion In after days the man wrote a book called “The Call to the | verted,” that was the means of a multitude to God, amor # Philip Doddridge Philip wrote a book i d Progress of ridge brought ds into the other IDOLS FOUND WANTING. Thrown Into the Fire For Falling to Re spond to Frayer, A missionary of the Basel society in India gives an account of a lad 18 years of age named Velayuthan, whose fa- ther sought to take him away from the Christians, whom he had joined. The lad stood firmly, but efforts to shake his resolution were continued, In the middle of July his mother came and told her son, with many tears, that his father was dangerously il) and wished to see him once more before his | death This message melted tho heart of Velayuthan, and, wishing to see his father, ho was permitted to sccompany us on our tour. How glad he was in the anticipation of seeing his parents and brothers and sisters again his face clear ' ly indicated. We heard no sound as we {| entered the compound, the door « the | house was ajar, and Velayuthan’s fa- | ther, who was lying on a mat behind tho door, was heard groaning as if with great pr His son ru Their Attractivene ALL MEN LOVE BEAUTY. Mrs. Pinkham Counsels Young Wives to Keep A letter From a Young Wife. y Strongest Bicycles IN THE WORLD. » 1897 Columbia Bicycles are made of 5 per cent Steel Tubing. We , tubing and use it entire production of this "100 Bicycles STANDARD OF THE WORLD. —_—— HARTFORDS, *60, °50, *45 SECOND ONLY TO COLUMBIAS, 2% POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. stalogue free fr { ia de By mall for . ent sta If apt to be sarcastio a netimes #0 quick at repartee that she COMPLETE MODEL OF THE GREAT COLUMBIA FACTORIES, Nthographed appears aimost brutal. The best dra n mnt nation on march welgn aristocracies that i and tyrannies that have pt down under the omnipotent wrath of God, who hates despotism, d who, by the strength of His own re i rig vill make all men free And so It is individually, and in the family, and in the chureh, and in the world, that through dark ness and storm and trouble men, wom en, churches, nations are developed. Again, I see in my text the beauty of unfaltering friendship, 1 suppose there were plenty of friends for Naomi while she was in prosperity; but of all of her aequaintances, how many were willing to trudge off with her toward Judah, when she had to make that lonely journey? One-—the heroine of my text, Ome ~absolutely one. 1 sup. pose when Naoml's husband was liv. ing, and they had plenty of money, and all things went woll, they had a great many callers, but I suppose that after her husband died, and her prop. erty went, and she got old and poor, she was not troubled very much with callers. All the birds that sung in the bower whils the sun shone have gone to thelr nests, now the night has fhllen,' Oh, these beautiful sunflowers that spread ont their color in the morning hour! But they are always asleep when the sun is going down! Job had plenty of friends when he was the 1 satis hgd been dra ning His last drop of blood, the sheeted dead bursting from the sepulchres at His erucifixion I'ell me, O Gethsemane and Golgotha, were there ever darker times than those? Like the booming of the midnight sea against the rock. the surges of Christ's anguish beat against the gates of eternity, to be echoed back by all the thrones of Heaven and all the dungeons of hell But the day of reward comes for Christ; all the pomp and dominion of this world are to be hung on His throne, crowned heads are to bow be fore him on whose heads are many crowns, and all the celestial worship is to come up at His feet, like the hum- ming of the forest, like the rushing of the waters, like the thundering of the pons, while all Heaven, rising on their thrones, beat time with their seeplers: “Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipos tent reigneth That song of love, now low and far, Ere long shall swell from star 10 star; That light, the breaking day which ups The golden-spired Apocalypse. It seemed to be of no Importance that Jubal invented rude instruments of music, calling them harp and organ; but they were the introduction of all the world's minstrelsy; and as you hear the vibration of a stringed instru. ment, even after the fingers have been taken away from it, so all muosio now of lute and drum and cornet is only the part of pher it Nae phy, or the chief fit, while, as a physician, he was vaiting for the door of the sick rox mn to open Yet how many there dre in this day who say they are so busy they have ne time for mental or spiritual improvement; the great duties of life cross the fleld like strong reapers, and carry off all the hours, and there is only here and there a fragment left, that is not worth gleaning. Ah, my friends, you could go into the busiest day and busiest week of your life and find golden opportunities, which, gath- ered, might at last make a whole sheaf for the Lord's garner. It is the stray opportunities and the stray privileges which, taken up and bound together and beaten out, will at last fill you with much joy. \ There are a fow moments left worth the gleaning. Now, Ruth to the fleld! May each one have a measure full and Panning over! Oh, you gleaners, to the fleld! And if there be in your house. hold an aged one or a sick relative that is not strong enough to come forth and toil in the field, then let Ruth take home to feeble Naomi this sheaf of gleaning: “He that gooth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves with him." May the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi be our portion forever! A SP I Yellowstone Geysers, The Yellowstone geysers are re to be gradually increasing in activity,’ matic and hterary critios possess this | type of nail. —Exchang: A Mussulman's Ideas, A respectable and honest Mussulman | | =and of course there gre millions of Mussulmans entitled to that dessription | ~will not swallow alcohol if he knows it, even for the good of his health: will not lift ‘the harem veil,’’ even if lift. ing it is essential to the life of his wife or daughter; will not take out an insur. | ance, even when failure to do =o is rain. | | ous to him in a business competition, | and will not in a country ruled by Mus sulmans from any motive whatever short of a necessity such as destroys freedom of will accord equality to men of any other faith. In these respects he is a “fanatio’’—that is, he will act upon the precepts of his creed, as inter preted by its doctors, without reference to any other consideration, and ospe- cially without reference to convenience or to the opinions, moral or otherwise, of men of any other faith, A Mussulman's creed is for him the operative law, as custom is for a China. man, or a oaste rule for a Hindoo, or duty for a good Englishman, or that which is econvenant for a respectable Frenchman, and though there are points upon which ho will break the law, especially for gain, thero are also points, especially those wo have mentioned, upon which bo will not——rather will be chopped in pieces or chop you and take all conse. quences serenely. London Spectator, old and young, sent by rs, ready to be cut out and built up, affording unlimited amusement and instruct. 1 on receipt of five s.cent stamps A. IL. 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