ER, with us and in us. When He says, "Whom shall
We send and who will go for Us?" He means to send us on no lonely
errand, but on one which will give to Him a better opportunity of
revealing Himself, and to us of "finding out the greatness of His
loving heart." Who will not answer Him, "Here am I, send me;" or,
"Here are mine, send them"?

A Full Reward.

"It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done ... and how
thou hast left they father and thy mother, and the land of thy
nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given
thee of the LORD GOD of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust" (Ruth ii. 11, 12).

In this interesting narrative we have another instance of the way in
which the HOLY GHOST teaches by typical lives. We have dwelt on some
precious lessons taught us of our KING by the account of the coming
of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. There we were specially taught
how our hard questions are to be solved, and our hearts to be fully
satisfied. Here a still higher lesson is give us: How to serve so as
to obtain "a full reward," while as to the nature of that full reward
no little light is given us.

To us these lessons are of special interest, as bearing on missions
to foreign nations, and perhaps they somewhat explain why He who
delights to bless, and is able to bless the obedient soul, said so
emphatically, "Go, teach all nations;" "Go ye into all the world."
The service of GOD is a delightful privilege anywhere. Those who stay
at home, however, need to become strangers and pilgrims there. This
is not always easy to do in the present day; and many fail, and
forget their true position. To those who are permitted to labour in
foreign lands, there is a lessened danger in this respect; and hence
many obtain a fuller joy in present service, and look forward to a
fuller reward by-and-by, than they anticipated ere they left all for
JESUS' sake.

Ruth was by nature a "stranger to the commonwealth of Israel," but by
marriage with an Israelite was brought amongst that people. On the
death of her husband, she still clave to her mother-in-law and to her
GOD, the GOD of Israel. She so esteemed her privileged position that
for it she left her native land and all its enjoyments; left parents,
relatives and friends, and all those attractions that led Orpah to
return to Moab. To her it was better to be the companio