| New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 pages
...lofty strain of Habakkuk, we may exclaim, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall the fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...in the day of trouble: when he corneth up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. 17 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 l>e no herd in the stalls : > 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, > I... | |
| William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 544 pages
...sufferings. The prophet Habakkuk triumphantly declares, " although 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 stalls." Though all the supports and comforts of life... | |
| William Alexander - Christian biography - 1815 - 204 pages
...impossible to acknowledge with the prophet, that <l 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 flocks shall be cut off from the Ibid, and there shall be no • HA».... | |
| 1824 - 452 pages
...religion ; and this can do it, and enable Mm to say, '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 locks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...him with a pleasant countenance. And, therefore, " Although 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 stalls ; yet will he rejoice in the Lord, he will... | |
| Charles Richard Cameron - 1816 - 184 pages
...x' Then [ called to mind the words oF the prophet: "Although 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 jf>y... | |
| William Russel - Bible - 1816 - 122 pages
...the just shall live by his faith." (Habak. ii. 4%) " 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 flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1817 - 294 pages
...proof against every fear and every contingency : '. 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 ; the flocks shall be cut oil" from the fold, and there shall be no herd... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1831 - 516 pages
...the earth be shaken, we shall be kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation : — then, " although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall...fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, ahd there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet we will rejoice in the Lord, we will joy... | |
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