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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COteBORNE, ONT. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935 unday ^2°Lesson LESSON II -- NAOMI ( A WOMAN OF FAITH AND COURAGE). -- Beck of Ruth. GOLDEN TEXT. -- A '/oman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. -Proverbs 31:30. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME -- Ruth lived during the time of the judges, and may be dated approximately 1310 B.C. PLACE -- The country of Moab on the east side of the Jordan, and the city of Bethlehem, in Judah. Ruth 1:14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her. And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return, thou after thy sister-in-law. •'And they lifted up their voice. ar..l went again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law." And, though the text does not say, one rightly assume that, with this final greeting, Orpah returned to 'Moab. "But Ruth clave unto her." "And she said. Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god." The god of the Moabites was Chemosh (Num. 21:29; 1 Kings 11:33). "Return thou after thy sister-in-law. "And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou go-est, I will go; and where thou lodg-est, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people". Is our example such that Some of those around us would be willing to say, Thy people shall be my people? "And thy God my God." Certainly a radical change had come into the life of this Moabitish wo- man. Nothing is deeper in one's soul than religion, and nothing but the most powerful force can change the heart of a strong character in the matter of religious faith. "Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried." She had no thought of making merely a trial of the land of Judah, and of Naomi's people and her God. She made a decision that was not to be reversed and was taking a step never to be retraced. "Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." Naonr.{ was a widow indeed. She was desolate, but she trusted God and continued in supplication and prayer night and day. "And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her." "So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehen, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?" Bethl>r.em was pot a large city, and, in the Orient, the population of such a place is more or less permanent, families living in the same town generation after genera- "And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi." Naomi, on the surface, appears to mean my sweetness, a name expressive of the mother's joy in the new-born child. "Call me Mara." Mara means bitter. "For the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me." AJmost the same words as in Job 27:2. "I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Al- mighty hath afflicted me? Surelj widowhood, and misfortune, and disappointment, and sorrow, are not to be taken by Christian believers as indications of God's wrath or displeasure. Whatever we are called upon to suffer, we know that "whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. "So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab; and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest." The time is identified by this statement as the month of April. Barley was the first crop to be cift (Ex. 9:31, 32; 2 Sam. 21:9>;4* iRH "And the women mid unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel." It is one of the peculiar beauties of our narrative that its last wcrds are almost wholly devoted to Naomi. And justly so; for it was Naomi who, by her exemplary life in Moab, had been the instructress of Ruth. "And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him." In itself, the child is only the grandson of her family and estate; on account of Ruth's love, it becomes to her a veritable grandchild of love, nearer to her heart than if a daugh-ter of her own had given birth to it. The power of pure and self-forgetful love such as Ruth had entertained; could not be more beautifully delin- "And Naomi took the child, andl laid it in her bosom, and became1 nurse unto it." The great love that a grandmother has for the first grandchild is something that all of us have rejoiced to see. "And the women of her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi and they called his name Ohed; he is the father of Jesse, the father of David." The word Obed is an abbreviated form of Obe-diah, which means "the servant of God. Thus does Ruth become the great-grandmother of Israel's-great king and, ultimately, an ancestress of the great kinsman himself, the Son of David, the Messiah of Israel, the Savious of the world (Matt. 1:5, 6; Luke 3:31, 32). Kis Removal Sought fjj Sketch Club ffi Alejandro V. Martinez, Mexican Consul at Tucson, Ariz., who is one of the two consuls whose recall is requested. "Unwarranted . interference in internal affairs" is charge. PURCHASERS OF GOLD FROM BANK OF FRANCE Because of their fears that the franc may be devalued, paper franc notes for gold bunion. So great did the crowds srowd waiting in line for the bank to open. LESSON 61 A DECORATIVE BORDER, INITIAL LETTER, AND TYPE IN DESIGN Now we have the opportunity to study the contrast of dark tones with type as against the light tones and type of last week. See fig. No. 197 which illustrates a Rythm of Dark Tones in the general appearance and relation of Type and Border. Personally, I believe that this entire design would be improved very much by leaving more white space between the type and the border, thus avoiding the crowded effect The same crowded effect could have is used for the outside border. Note that the printer's typ< used is heavier than that u~ed las( Alhough the initial letter is the darkest spot of the design, note thai the eye is naturally attracted to the! heading or title. This is due to the! contrast obtained ty the judiciousi use of white space ir connection with the title as against the dark initial, Also there is a natural movement in this whole design th it toe eye of th< observer easily passes from one t< the other; therefore, it will I > th< reader passes i II TO MANON: COMPARING HER TO A| FALCON watching still the world, thy prey, |I saw thee pass in :hy lone majesty, Untamed, unmated, .high above the press. The dull crowd gazed at thee. It could not guess i The secret of thy proud aerial way, Or read in thy mute face the soul which lay A prisoner there in chains of tenderness. --Lo, thou art captured In my hand to-day I hold thee, and awhile thou deignest to be Pleased with my jesses. I would fain beguile My foolish heart to think thou lovest me See. I dare not love thee quite. A little while [me! And thou shalt sail back heaven wards.Woe is fSJjSn been avoided in fig. No. 196 by allowing more white space between the e of the initial letter design and i printer's type. Otherwise, giving itrong, dark, general effect of tone; the other, an effect of light delicate grey. Now study how this dark effect is obtained. You remember last week cut up the black background by ppling with white dots and the decoration was left in outline. This week the design is of a heavy black t on a white backgrot initial letter is a solid bl Prince Of Wales Lays Another Foundation Stone ■ building in Trafalgar Square, London, When a designer accomplishes t>h< above; that is, lead the observer') eye along the right direction, he " assured of his work being in dema. i EX. NO. 60. Create, a new decorat ive page to take the place of fig. No 197. Keep in mind you have to use the same amount of type; but th« decoration could be slightly smallei to avoid a crowded effect. Question will be answered in this department. Anyone wising to receive a personal reply may have same M 3c stamped, addressed envelope is ed with the request. The Art £Utb^73 AdeL ^ Toronto. " Knit Your Own Bathing Suit Suggests Laura Wheeler KNITTED BATHING SUIT It i PATTERN 982 diyidu^som^h^lS r&dVff^'tfif Sfe ^ ffti'Zl suit. This suit will indeed fulfill those requirements for it t.an exclusive Laura Wheeler model. 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