And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances and she was his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back." Judges xl. 29-40. And Ruth said, “Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." Ruth i. 1-19. And Boaz answered and said unto her, "It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy 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. F THE PRESENTATION OF SAMUEL. "For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of Him therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord." And he worshipped the Lord there. My Father! who hast known me, And hast such favour shown me, Accept my carly vow. Accept the dedication 1 Samuel 1. 19-ii. 11. Of this young heart of mine; |