...yet any more sons with me, that they may be your husbands ? Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah, being unprepared to renounce all her worldly prospects...

...say, I liav;. hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, nnd should also bear sons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they, were grown? would ye stay for them front having husbands 1 nay, my daughters; for it grievetlt me much for your sakcs, that the hand of...

...I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should bear sons, would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay...me. And they lift up their voice, and wept again"." But nothing could shake the resolution of Ruth : she determined to renounce all her old relatives,...

...charging herself as the sole object of divine displeasure, in the afflictions they had undergone—" Nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much, for your...that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me;" (v. 13;) when she thus spake, " Orpah," the elder sister, " kissed her mother-in-law," (ver. 14,) and...

...husband also to-night, and should also bear sons ; 13 Would yc fi tarry tor them till they were grown r would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters ; for vìi grieveth me mudi, for your sakes, that the hand* of the Lutili is gone out aiMin'-t me. 14 And...

...should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear ions; would ye us was the Word with God from eternity taking pleasure...prospect of the fabric which he was about to rear; of the What sweet touches of unsophisticated nature press upon the heart, in perusing this address ! beyond...

...which made her not only dissuade them from sharing her poverty, buta inspired those touching words, "Nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much, for...that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me." For herself, she felt that her years were few, and her joys and sorrows alike buried in the grave ;...

...tenderly the participation of her sufferings. " Turn again, my daughters ; why will ye go with me ! — It grieveth me much for your sakes, that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me." Again they weep aloud. Nature seeks relief in tears. But grace is there, also, to do her work, and...

...say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons; 13. Would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay...nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much, for your sukes, that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. 14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept...

...say, I have hope, if* I should have «n husband also tonight, and should nlso bear sons; 13 Would ye f tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay...them from having husbands ? nay, my daughters: for J it grieveth me much for your sakes, that * the hand of the LORD is out against me. 14 And they up...