APRIL 5TH, 1929

APRIL 5TH, 1929

^[p. 178] MY DEAR —, — ... We began Ruth on Wednesday. I do not know whether we were all prepared to see that Ruth was the spiritual product of Naomi’s exercises and sorrows. If she had not been attracted to what she saw in brokenness of spirit in Naomi she would never have found Boaz.

I suppose if there was no sense of this inheritance having been forfeited we should not have much personal interest in the One who has the right of redemption?

Ruth is a most precious book for the present moment of gracious visitation, but it will only be appreciated rightly by those who have learned under the dealings of God how bitter and sorrowful is the departure from the inheritance as bestowed in love at the beginning. I hope we shall be helped as we go on with it; and I count upon your prayers.

With much love in the Lord to you both,

Yours affectionately in Him,

April 5th, 1929.