...something better to do ; and I will not repent of the lesson given me by the clever thief, — for 'if these things be done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?'" This reflection served to bring back his good-humour. He went into his study, and was soon joined there...

...original sin be thus punished, what do the transgressions of a long life deserve ? "If those things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ?" Oh, let the terrors of the Lord arouse you. Your opportunities of salvation are almost gone. Now,...

...imperfectly i old as the history of the French negotiations with Vienna and Berlin. And if these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ? How can France be certain that her Executive is not equally uncandid with respect to its treatment...

...bishop, as bishop, and as a successor of the Apostles. This being so, let me ask, If these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry H If those commands of the bishops only are obeyed which the power of the law will compel, what will...

...body defined and ruled by law, with established courts and a paramount legislation. If such things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ] If men wage fierce and perpetual strife within the limits of an established and governed society,...

...onslaught on our carrying trade, and, with these beginnings, we may wonder that, if such things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry." It is true that ocean-carriage is the only department in which the gigantic expansion of our commercial...

...chargeable, in this one instance, with anger, disobedience, and unbelief. What is man ! If these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ? If heroes accustomed to the battle take to flight, what will the mere recruit do ? If the hoary oak...

...our hands ! O the wonders of His love ! You remember the words of our Lord : " If these things were done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ? " If the Sinless One, bearing the sins of others, thus suffered, — what, think ye, must be the...

...chargeable, in this one instance, with anger, disobedience, and unbelief. What is man ! If these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry ? If heroes accustomed to the battle take to flight, what will the mere recruit do ? If the hoary oak...

...house" must die ; of Calvan', where the well-beloved Son " bears our iniquities." " If these things were done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?" God is love, but the supreme law of his love is holiness. He cannot love us better than He loves holiness;...