...he cannot pass ; turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hepe of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasleth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail...

...' We all do fade as doth the leaf.1 — Our days are as an hand-breadth, and our years as nothing. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it \vill sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not eease. Though the root thereof was...

...similitude, Job amplifies and illustrates the truth, that ' The days of man are determined,' &c. " Verse 7. ' There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.' " This may be viewed as an argument to move the Lord to spare Job ; though he had beaten off his leaves,...

...and his sunbeams remember the broken tree thou leavest behind thee. Saith not his holy word " that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease ?" Thus may it lie with our people—with our Church. Though the root Thereof wax old in the earth,...

...may stick upon the ground again, but they will never take root.' Foolish man ! Did he not know that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease:' and' that through the scent in water it will" bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' " " I think,"...

...not. " And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee ? " There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground...

...tomb, and its leaves appeared covered with the dust of the grave. " But there is hope of a tree, though it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease." This hope was fully realised as it regards this Plant of Renown. On the third day after it had been...

...grown old, and begins to decay ; it will soon fail ; but there is hope that it " will sprout again, though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground," — that it will spring up with new vigour and eternal beauty in the garden of God. My childhood passed...

...period of his life, which thou hast allotted him, as a man appoints a set time to a hired servant. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again ; " but man, though a far nobler creature, is apparently in a worse condition, for when once he loseth...

...— " there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like ,1 plant." Job xiv. 8, 9. This poor declining soul, as sad as it sits stthe gi'tes of bell, m;iy rouse...