SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY

FOR

THE YOUNG;

WITH

CRITICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

AND

PRACTICAL REMARKS

RUTH.

BY REV. T. H. GALLAUDET.

HO STATE

UNIVERSITY

PUBLISHED BY THE

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY

150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK.

PS:

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839 by T. H. GALLAUDET, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. 1.-A famine in Israel.

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Elimelech and his

family go to Moab. He dies. His sons marry there,

and die also.

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CHAP. 2.-Naomi sets out on her return to Bethlehem.

Orpah and Ruth accompany her. The former

turns back. The latter clings to her mother-in-law.

Their

CHAP. 3.-Naomi and Ruth reach Bethlehem.

reception. Ruth goes to glean in the fields of Boaz.

He ascertains who she is.

CHAP. 4.-Boaz treats Ruth with great kindness. She

is advised by Naomi to continue to glean in the

fields of Boaz, which she does till the end of the

harvest.

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CHAP. 5.-Naomi advises Ruth to present her claim

to Boaz, to take her as his wife. She does this.

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CHAP. 6.-The reply of Boaz to the claims of Ruth.
She returns to Naomi. Boaz at the gate of the city.
His interview with the kinsman of Elimelech.
Boaz becomes the husband of Ruth. Obed is born
Conclusion.

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