Kindness To The Living And The Dead

By the providence of God, Ruth had been brought to the field of Boaz. It was the day of the judges when everyone did what was right in his own eyes, and the law was little regarded any more. The poor were left uncared for and oppressed. There were few fields in harvest time where a gleaner could expect to find enough grain to be worthwhile gathering. Meanwhile, there was the ever present danger, especially for a young woman, of being molested if allowed to enter at all. By the providence of...