Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: (9) Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
How sweet and precious are all the tokens of Jesus to his people! Doth he not, as in the case of Boaz to Ruth, speak personally to everyone of them? Is it not Jesus himself that doth in reality speak when his word comes home with power to the heart'? And is not this the longing desire of every truly awakened soul? Let me hear thy voice, The companions hearken to thy voice; cause me to hear it. Song of Solomon 8:13. My sheep (saith Jesus) hear my voice, and they know my voice. A stranger' will they not follow, for they know not the voice of strangers. John 10:3-5. But this is not all. Jesus bids the poor seeker not to glean in another field. No, blessed Lord! there is no other we need to glean in, nor any other in which the true bread of life can be found, There is salvation in no other, neither is there any. other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we mast be saved. Acts 4:12. But in Jesus there is all fulness, all-sufficiency. Bread for the hungry, and water for the thirsty. We may go therefore to the earthen vessels which the ministers hold the sacred treasure in, and draw with joy from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:3.