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Show BASED ON LOVING KINDNESS Writer's Opinion as to Why the Book of Ruth Is the Greatest Pastoral Pas-toral Idyl. Tho Book of Ruth la tho greatest pastoral idyl In literature It Is found-cd, found-cd, according to tho Christian Hornld, on loving kindness, tho loving kindness kind-ness of tho MoabitcBB rovcaled to her family, and tho loving klndnosa of Roaz, tho wealthy Israollto, to Ruth, hlB kinswoman. It also contains tho germ of that great-hcartedness which Is tho center of tho Gospel of Christian Chris-tian Iovo. It is n book that opens with tears and famine, nnd ends with tho sound of weddlngi bolls. Tho story turns upon tho straightforwardness ot Boaz, who showed kindness and manliness to Ruth, n member of a nation that was Israel's foe, and Jn that kindness founded n now houso of Jcsso nnd David, tho royal lino that begat a greater than David. It was tho first mingling ot tho blood ot tho Jow and Gcntllo, symbolic of tho cosmopolitan width of tho Christian rollglon. It was tho sign that that religion was not to bo founded upon wealth or upon up-on social casto, but upon tho largo, wholesome lovo of tho human heart. Boaz Is Immortal among Blblo heroes for his kindness, his plain, everyday ev-eryday generosity, hia sonso of protection pro-tection nnd caro for tho lonely, unprotected un-protected Moabltlsh girl, his dead kinsman's kins-man's wife who In her poverty gleaned In his harvest field after tho reapers. Boaz gavo ordors to his reapers that they should allow her to glean ovon nmong tho sheaves of barley, nnd by his largo-hcartcdnosB gnlned a wlfo and, moro than that, mado a place for himself In that Immortal company who nro renowned for naught but for bolng bo-lng kind. |