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Rh damsel is this?" Upon being informed of her history, her devotion to Naomi and present circumstances, advanced to where she was resting and addressed to her kindly words of encouragement. Ruth raised her hands to show him how small were her gleanings and that she had not taken from the sheaves; placed them meekly upon her breast as proof of her willingness to submit to whatever lot she might be called upon to endure, casting her eyes upward, as appealing to God.

He ordered his reapers to drop handfuls of barley that she might gather a supply and invited her to eat and drink of the provisions he had supplied. Ruth was encouraged and at evening returned laden with the fruits of her toil, to gladden the heart of Naomi. My sister, be faithful to the duties of your station, ever teaching that honor and justice which Ruth portrayed in the touching and beautiful incidents of her life.

The sign of this degree is given by—

The pass. ( 7. )

The color appropriate to this degree is yellow, whose golden hue symbolizes Constancy, teaching faithful obedience to the demands of honor and justice