...it. " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant," Job xiv. 8. This poor declining soul, though it sit thus sad at the gates of hell, may rouse up itselfat...

...tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and...bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost ; and where is he 1 As the waters fall from the sea, and...

...tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and...thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of waters it will bud, and bring forth boughs as a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth...

...\vill sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not eease. Though the root thereof was old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of waters it will bud, and bring forth boughs as a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth...

...of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and...bring forth boughs like a plant. " But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? " If a man die, shall he live again?...

...that the tender branch thereof will not cease ?" Thus may it lie with our people—with our Church. Though the root Thereof wax old in the earth, and...die in the ground, yet through the scent of water may it bud, and bring forth boughs as a plant." Amen ! said their Pastor, and bowing himself to the...

...grown old, and begins to decay ; it will soon fail ; but there is hope that it " will sprout again, though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground," — that it will spring up with new vigour and eternal beauty in the garden of God. My childhood passed...

...As a tree cut down sprouts again, so though man dies, he shall revive and rise again. " Verse 8. ' Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground.' " This is a supposition of still greater improbability than the former. " 'Tis much that a tree cut...

...of moisture from the earth, and rain ; scent or smell being here figuratively ascribed to a tree ; " it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man," though of so much nobler nature, " dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where...

...— " there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like ,1 plant." Job xiv. 8, 9. This poor declining soul, as sad as it sits stthe gi'tes of bell, m;iy rouse...