ow Naomi, who was very
glad, indeed, and very thankful.

Naomi asked Ruth where she had gleaned, and when she had heard the whole
story, she told her that Boaz was a near relative and that it was well
for her to stay in his fields, as he had given her permission to do,
until the end of the harvest. So Ruth kept close to the maidens who
gleaned in the fields of Boaz until the end of both the barley and the
wheat harvests.

Then one night when Boaz was to have a winnowing of barley, Naomi told
Ruth to make herself ready, putting on her best clothing, and to go to
the winnowing and the feast and to ask Boaz what she should do.

The winnowing is the fanning out of the straws from the kernels after
the husks have been beaten off. A great many people helped about the
work, and a feast was prepared for them.

Ruth did as Naomi had told her to do. When she had informed Boaz that
she was a near relative he said, "Blessed be thou of the Lord, my
daughter." Then he told her not to be afraid, but to bring the long veil
which she wore, and when she had brought it he poured a large quantity
of barley into it. She carried this to the city and gave it to her
mother-in-law, telling her what Boaz had said, and Naomi was comforted;
for she knew that Boaz would advise them wisely.

After this Boaz went to the city and consulted with the chief men and
those that were interested in the welfare of Naomi and Ruth, and when he
found that it would be wronging no one, he told the people that he was
going to take Ruth for his wife, and the people said, "We are
witnesses." So Boaz married Ruth; but in her new position as the wife of
a very wealthy and influential man, this noble woman did not forget her
love for Naomi, whom she still tenderly cared for. When a little son
came to bless the union, Naomi rejoiced, for she felt almost as though
it was her own little son, and she named him Obed and delighted in
taking care of him.

When Obed became a man he married and had a son named Jesse, who in turn
became the father of David, the great king of Israel. Jesus Himself was
of the House of David, and so God's promise to His chosen people was
fulfilled.

MOSES.

Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, had made a law that every boy baby of the
Hebrew race should be killed, and there was great sorrow because of it.
But when Moses was born, his mother managed to hide him for three
months; then she made a cradle, or little ark, and putting him into it,