Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . And the widows of Ashur^ are loud in their w^ail,And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal,And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! 1. Ashur is the Assyrian form of our word Assyria. 2. Baal was the chief god of the Assyrians. RUTH Note.—This charming story may be found completein the book of Ruth in the Old Testament by those who wishthe literal Bible narrative as it is there given. Little is known as to the date o
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . And the widows of Ashur^ are loud in their w^ail,And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal,And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! 1. Ashur is the Assyrian form of our word Assyria. 2. Baal was the chief god of the Assyrians. RUTH Note.—This charming story may be found completein the book of Ruth in the Old Testament by those who wishthe literal Bible narrative as it is there given. Little is known as to the date of the writing of the bookof Ruth. Some authorities believe that it was written ear-lier than 500 b. c, while others contend that it was not writ-ten until much later. As to the purpose, also, there are dif-ferences of opinion ; is the book merely a religious romance,told to point a moral, or is it an historical narrative meantto give information as to the ancestry of David. Which-ever is true, the story is a delightful one, and we enjoyreading it just as we do any other story, apart from itsBiblical fi^^^^^^OW it came to pass in the days whenthe judges ruled in Judah that therewas a famine in the land, and a cer-tain man of Bethlehem-Judah went tosojourn in the country of JNIoab, he,and his wife and his two they came into the land andcontinued there; but the man died, and the wife wasleft, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women ofMoab; the name of the one was Orpah, and thename of the other was Ruth; and they dwelled thereabout ten years. Then the two sons died also bothof them; and the woman, Naomi, their mother, alonewas left of the family that came into ISIoab. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, thatshe might return from the country of JMoab; for 143 144 Ruth she had heard in the country of Moab how thatthe Lord had visited his people in giving thembread. Wherefore she went forth out of the place whereshe was, and her two da
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