...body was more1 ghastly and horrible than the children expected, and making out the words of Job; " But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down, and riseth...

...good. ' Man cometh up (says Job) like a, flower, and is cut down. 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. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? he lieth down, and riseth...

...passage, which the bishop brings forward, is taken from the book of Job. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender...away: yea, man giveth up the ghost ; and where is he 1 As the waters fall from the sea, and the Jlood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down and riseth...

...leaf.' — Our days are as an hand-breadth, and our years as nothing. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the...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...

...from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hepe of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasleth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail...

..." There is hope 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...away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? " If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change...

...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...

...the truth, that ' The days of man are determined,' &c. " Verse 7. ' 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.' " This may be viewed as an argument to move the Lord to spare Job ; though he had beaten off his leaves,...