 | 1911 - 844 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... | |
 | Isaac Charles Johnson - 1912 - 166 pages
...spoken of in the Word of God. I learned the meaning of, and took refuge in the language of Habbakuk, "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... | |
 | James Hastings - 1912 - 532 pages
...my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? " It is the touching and childlike confidence of the prophet — "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... | |
 | Charles Chapman Grafton - 1914 - 386 pages
...tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flocks shall be...the fold; and there shall be no herd in the stall: yet I will rejoice in the Lord: I will joy in the God of my salvation." Or, if the death of some one... | |
 | Hensley Henson - 1915 - 314 pages
...finally sanction the triumph of wickedness. So the prophecy ends in a Hymn of Faith : " 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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 376 pages
...kingdoms of the world as HE pleases; and with cheerful submission to His sovereign will, devoutly say, "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... | |
 | Sheila Kaye-Smith - 1922 - 302 pages
...ministering to others I have done much to heal my own wound. My heart has often been vexed within me. But although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...no meat, the flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of... | |
 | John Woolman - 1922 - 720 pages
...these shall rejoice in the midst of Adversity,"1 and have to experience with the profet, that though the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit...in the vines, The labour of the Olive shall fail, & the iidtls shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd... | |
 | 1923 - 520 pages
...kingdoms of the world as HE pleases; and with cheerful submission to His sovereign will, devoutly say, "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... | |
 | Hannah Whitall Smith - 1906 - 264 pages
...whether we feel ourselves to be in a desert or in a fertile valley. We are to say with the prophet, "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither...vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in... | |
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