recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.” Next, Ruth, having left her old companions, had come amongst strangers. She was not yet at home in the land of Israel, but confessed herself “a stranger.” She knew Naomi, but in the whole town of Bethlehem she knew no one else. When she came into the harvest-field the neighbours were there gleaning, but they were no neighbours of hers: no glance of sympathy fell upon her from