344 ARBOR DAY 



thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, 

 thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land 

 whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills 

 thou mayest dig brass. 



I. CHRONICLES 



xvi. 33. Then shall the trees of the wood sing out 

 at the presence of the Lord. 



JOB 



xiv. 7, 8, 9. 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 bud and bring 

 forth boughs like a plant. 



PSALMS 



i. i, 2, 3. Blessed is the man whose delight is in the 

 law of the Lord. He shall be like a tree 

 planted by the streams of water that bringeth 

 its fruit in its season, whose leaf also doth not 

 wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 



xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm 

 tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 



civ. 1 6, 17. The trees of the Lord are full of sap; 

 the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted; 



