. Stories from the Hebrew . home to Naomi. Ruth was a dutiful daughter always. The people ofBethlehem said she was better to Naomi than sevensons. In time, Boaz took Ruth to be his wife. But where thou goest, I will go;With thine my earthly lot is cast; In pain and pleasure, joy and woeWill I attend thee to the last. That hour shall find me by thy sideAnd where thy grave is mine shall be. Death can but for a time divideMy firm and faithful heart from thee. Examiner* RUTH She stood breast-high amid the cornClasped by the golden light of morn,Like the sweetheart of the sunWho many a glowing kiss
. Stories from the Hebrew . home to Naomi. Ruth was a dutiful daughter always. The people ofBethlehem said she was better to Naomi than sevensons. In time, Boaz took Ruth to be his wife. But where thou goest, I will go;With thine my earthly lot is cast; In pain and pleasure, joy and woeWill I attend thee to the last. That hour shall find me by thy sideAnd where thy grave is mine shall be. Death can but for a time divideMy firm and faithful heart from thee. Examiner* RUTH She stood breast-high amid the cornClasped by the golden light of morn,Like the sweetheart of the sunWho many a glowing kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flushDeeply ripened ; such a blushIn the midst of brown was born,Like red poppies grown with corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell,Which were blackest none could long lashes veiled a lightThat had else been all too bright. Sure, I said, heavn did not mean,Where I reap thou shouldst but thy sheaf down and come,Share my harvest and my home. John Godfrey Saxe. VII.—DEBORAH. HE children of Israel sufferedmany temptations. Some-times they resisted bravely,and sometimes they did evilin the sight of the Lord. Atone time, because of wrong-doing, they were sold toJabin,1 the king of Canaan. For twenty yearshe allowed Sisera,2 the captain of his soldiers,to oppress the Israelites. This Sisera had nine hundredchariots of iron and a multitude of soldiers. The Israelites at this time had a judge whose namewas She was also a prophetess. She dweltunder the Palm tree of Deborah, in Mount Ephraim,4between Ramah5 and One day she called Barak7 and told him to go withten thousand men toward Mount Tabor where heshould meet his enemy, Sisera, with his chariots andhis multitude. She told him they should join in battleand that the victory should be to Barak, but that theglory of killing Sisera could not be his, for Siserashould fall by the hand of a woman. 1 Jabin = jabin. 2 Sisera = sfse-ra. 3 Deborah = debo-ra. 4 Ephraim = efra
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