...happiness and peace, and by no other means hath such an end been gained." " ' I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green...not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.' ' How are they brought into desolation as in a moment ! they are suddenly consumed with terrors.' '...

...of many wicked. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." (Ps. xxxvii. 1, 2, 14 — 16, 35, 36.) " Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways....

...fares it then ? "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found," Psa. xxxvii. 35, 36. How permanent is a Christian's joy ! Its roots are strongly imbedded like the...

...shall not be. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Such are the comminations wliich hypocritical extortioners, and, in their own little way, remorseless...

...represented by the language of the psalmist, when speaking of the evil-doer ; " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green...: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."* Like the leaf in its vernal beauty and freshness, our hopes expand, and our expectations become enlarged...

...the Redeemer, yet deny him by their lives. In the 37th Psalm it is written, " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green...not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Whether the bay tree thus alluded to in Scripture be of the same description as that which grows in...

...shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power', And spreading himself like a green bay-tree'; Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not'; Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright', For the end of that man is peace'; But the transgressors...

...of many wicked. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree: yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." (Ps. xxxvii. 1, 2, 14 — 16, 35, 36.) " Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways....

...have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed awayT and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not he found." (Ps. xxxvii. 1, 2, 14 — 16, 35, 36.) " Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of...

...in him who does not always give the battle to the strong. " I," said David, " have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green...not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Those that oppress you, are now, quarrelling among themselves. When their ever increasing numbers were...