 | Charles Adolphus Row - 1887 - 450 pages
...passage in this prophet's concluding hymn is a remarkable one, and requires notice : — " For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...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... | |
 | Wilmington (Del.) Saint Andrew's Church-Vestry - 1888 - 268 pages
...preached on the evening of the Sunday on which be received Deacon's orders, from Habakkuk iii. 17, 18. "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither...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... | |
 | James Stark - 1890 - 200 pages
...the wrecks of time, they found a sanctuary in the Eternal One. Nothing could wrest them from God. " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...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... | |
 | Benjamin Wills Newton - 1890 - 674 pages
...them ivith Ids troops" (Habakkuk iii. 16.) Habakkuk trembled, but he was comforted. " Altlwugh tlt£ fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be...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... | |
 | Edward Anderson Thomson - 1891 - 366 pages
...himself in prospect of being stripped of his possessions and left destitute, or " poor and needy." " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...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... | |
 | Rose Fuller Whistler - 1892 - 198 pages
...peace for those who would have them. And if it be so, what do other things in life seriously matter ? ' Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall ; yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.' " Another writer (an intimate... | |
 | Anna Swanwick - 1892 - 412 pages
...the past, the poet, in conclusion, gives emphatic expression to his unswerving trust in Israel's God. "Although the figtree shall not blossom, neither shall...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... | |
 | 1892 - 850 pages
...because it is independent of worldly recompense, survives the most searching trials and disasters. " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...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... | |
 | 1892 - 880 pages
...because it is independent of worldly recompense, survives the most searching trials and disasters. " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...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... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery (comp.) - 1892 - 426 pages
...be no more sorrow, for the Lord Himself will wipe away all tears from our eyes. * OWEN. « A LTHOUGH the fig-tree shall not blossom, •** neither shall...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... | |
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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 there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice... 
