T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Orpah chooses to return into unbelief with her people. A little girl anxious about her soul, waited at the close of one of Mr. Moody’s meetings. One worker advised her to “ Read the Bible” , another to “ Pray to God.” In agony of soul she went home, got on her knees and cried, “ O, Lord! I cannot read, I cannot pray; so take me “ We trus.t the Lord is on our side, Mr. Lincoln,” said the speaker of a dele gation of Christian people to that good man during one of the darkest days of the American Civil war. “ I do not re gard that as so essential as something else,” replied Mr. Lincoln. The worthy visitors looked horror-struck until the President added: “ I am most con- .cerned to know that we are on the Lord’s side.” Have you chosen the Lord’s side in all things like Ruth? God’s Kindness. Joshua 24:1, 13-16, 25-29; Judges 2:11-13, 16; 3:9-11. Memory Verse: “He careth for you.” 1 Pet. 5:7. v. 1. A man of Bethlehem. Bethle hem, “ House of Bread” , where David and Christ were born, was the place of God’s favor. Moab was the place of Divine displeas- COMMENTS FROM ure. (Deut. 23: MANY SOURCES 3). This family Keith L. Brooks of the chosen people allowed testing to drive them out of the place of favor into the place of judgment. (Gen. 12:10; 26:1; 43:1.) God could have kept them in their own land (1 Cor. 17:1-7).— Eliott. Went to sojourn in Moab. Was it wrong to abandon his native land in order to sojourn with Moab until the famine was past? No doubt it was. He was abandoning his place among the elect people to sojourn among heathen. He was wealthier than many of his neighbors. True, he as I am.” A wise choice. Golden Text Hlustration.
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across Kansas and into what is now Oklahoma. Streams and roads did not impede its progress. Thousands of set tlers lost their houses with many horses and cattle. The man who set fire to the grass was very sorry for his thought less choice. Our Destiny Hangs On a Choice. A man asked to speak to Evangelist Lyall at the close of a meeting. He said, “ One night I was alone in my room. I knew if I yielded to God I , would be saved. But I began to count the cost and deliberately and wilfully got' up from my knees and walked out of the room. About a year later the Spirit of God came to me again, and I felt that He was giving" me another chance, hut I resisted again. Then he added, with a strange look in his eyes that almost froze my blood, “ Mr. Lyall, listen; standing before you tonight is a lost soul. I believe I am as much lost tonight as I ever will he in hell, only I have not reached there. I want you to tell my story wherever you go to warn others, that they do not make my choice.” “ I’ll run my chance” was the reply of the Captain of the Royal Charter when assistance was offered on that wild night, October 26, 1859. In response to signals of distress, as a troopship hove to, “ For what will you tow us into port? Our engines are broken down,” queried the, captain of the Royal Charter. The price was named, and the answer given. “ I’ll run my chance.” ' Within 24 hours the boat went down with 490 souls, in the sight of home. The awfulness of founding a choice on a chance. Classes of Choosers. 1. The Backslider’s choice— Elime- lech chooses Moab rather than Jeho vah’s land. 2. The Repentant’s choice—Naomi chooses to go back to Jehovah’s land. 3. The Sinner’s choice— Ruth chose to come to Jehovah’s land. 4. The Mère Professor’s choice—
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