 For there is hope of a 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 the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 216edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...mouldering urn, Ah ! when shall day dawn on the night ot the grave ?" " There is hope," said he, " of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...should I fast can I brrng him back again !" Ah, no ! says one ; but this is the very accent of my loss " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease; but man lieth down and risetli not"... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - Highlands (Scotland) - 1831 - 508 pages
...cold grave — his eyes closed for ever — his, the narrow house, and the deep sleep of death ? " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it shall sprout again, and the tender branch thereof shall not cease — through the scent of water, it... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet, through... | |
 | Village pastor - Consolation - 1832 - 226 pages
...protection ; but the ashes of the dead revive not with the dews, and showers, and influences of spring. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through... | |
 | Lois Williams - Religion - 2003 - 146 pages
...brought about God's final satisfaction? And I wonder... what would I have done? THE APPLE TREE "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease," Job 14:7 They pruned the apple tree today, the saw wielded, indiscriminately, it seemed, tossing to... | |
 | Karen D. Reid - 2003 - 305 pages
...to spend my extra change in the pursuit of life's joys. If a tree can come back, surely I can. "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch will not cease. O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until... | |
 | Anthony Winterbourne - Philosophy - 2004 - 202 pages
...atypical and are widely held by scholars. The lines from Job noted by Lochrie read as follows: "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. /Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;/ Yet through... | |
 | F. Cornelius Ogundele - Religion - 2004 - 158 pages
...human beings? He toyed with the notion of non-existence, hopelessness, and whether all was vanity. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through... | |
 | John Howard Reid - Performing Arts - 2005 - 250 pages
...quotation, the writers have come up with something admirably fresh. I tracked it down to Job 14:7-l2: "There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the roots wax old in the earth, and the stock die in the ground, yet through the scent of water... | |
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