 | Mrs. Howard Taylor - 1894 - 534 pages
...sitting-room, amongst other texts was one that seemed strangely appropriate to that little conference : — " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the f1eld shall yield no meat ; the flock be cut o,f from th* fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls... | |
 | Joseph Parker - 1891 - 470 pages
...philosophy and bows himself under the influence of this sublime resignation can never be poor. His song is: "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 in... | |
 | William Straton Bruce - 1895 - 312 pages
...treasure. Habakkuk gives voice to this conviction of a rich inheritance in Jehovah : — " 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... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1896 - 326 pages
...129 SERMON XLVI. fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 1857. THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST IN HIM. '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 oft' from the fold, and there shall be no herd... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1897 - 438 pages
...rest in the day of trouble : When he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. 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... | |
 | William Henry Bennett - 1897 - 288 pages
...a Cf. Ps. vii. A Shiggaion of David. 3 Passim in the Psalter. * Psalms iv., vi., etc. " 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... | |
 | 1911 - 664 pages
...of the Pentecost service accounts for the amplification of the Haphtarah by the words ' 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 lesson was at the same time brought up to the maximum lectionary... | |
 | Charles Sumner Nutter, Methodist Episcopal Church - 1884 - 488 pages
...salvation praise. CHARLES WESLEY. This is the first half of a hymn written upon Hah. Hi, 17, 18: 1 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 lock shall be cut off from the (old, and there slmll ae no herd in... | |
 | 1902 - 184 pages
...9-11. I waited patiently for the LORD ; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — Psalm xl. i. 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... | |
 | John Woolman - 1903 - 362 pages
...their hearts, shall rejoice in the midst of adversity, and have to experience with the prophet, that, "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 in... | |
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