...comment and manifestation, that I first learned and loved that inimitable language of the Prophet : — " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and...

...tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy...

...fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there thall be no herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy...

...not, even in the worst and most paralyzing circumstances, adopt the language of a fellow-sufferer : " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and...

...better. (7 Ec. 2, 3.) 9. Is spiritual joy often, possessed, by the pious, amidst worldly disappointments? Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and...

...made God his stay, can do both ; see it in that notable resolution of the prophet, Hab. iii. 17—19: "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and...

...scripture applied, or rather miserably misapplied ; for instance, that in the last chapter of Habakkuk : Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and thefields shall yield no meat, theflock shall be cut of from the fold, and no...

...now and for ever! Amen. VOL. v. No. II. VERSES SUNG AFTER HER FUNERAL SERMON. HABAKKUK, iii. 17, 18. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields sftall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off" from the fold,...

...scripture applied, or rather miserably misapplied ; for instance, that in the last chapter of Habakkuk : Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut of from the fold, and...

...himself at the gloomy prospect of the calamities which he saw coming upon his native country. Though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, thefiock shall be cut off from the fold, and...