 | 1857 - 1196 pages
...workmen, and servants, are eitting in their pews. He opens the Bible, and takes for his text, Habakkuk iii. 17, 18 : " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom,...herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." lie dwells upon the calamitous circumstances here supposed,... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1822 - 552 pages
...crossing thyself, to please him; trampling on thy own will, to follow his. SERMON IV. HABAKKUK iii. 11, 18: Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither...herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. MOST men's industries and employments are most without them,... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...deemed miserable, is really and truly happy ; for he " walks in the light of the Lord," and can say, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." London. A GATHERER OF FRAGMENTS. ASTRONOMICAL SKETCHES. No.... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...comment and manifestation, that I first learned and loved that inimitable language of the Prophet : — " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." Though the affliction, to which reference has been given, was... | |
 | 1839 - 1092 pages
...shall " still " be with " you. " Although the figtree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in th« vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the...herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." (Hab. iii. 17, 18.) . 2. But youth has, also, its perils ;... | |
 | Mary Anne Davis - 1822 - 134 pages
...salvation; whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid (If. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall...fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...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...and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut oil' from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,... | |
 | Brian Hill - 1822 - 454 pages
...name of the Lord." " Though" as the prophet Habakkuk says, " the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive...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... | |
 | John William Cunningham - 1823 - 378 pages
...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...herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation ?" Shall we not say, " It is the Lord ;" it is my Father ; "... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1823 - 554 pages
...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...herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength." And in David, Psalm xxiii. 4t:... | |
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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... 
