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THE CEDAR. 
FINUS CEDRUS. 
“ The cedar proud and tall.” 
It has been remarked that the fig, the vine, and the 
olive, are richer in scriptural associations than any other 
trees: this statement must be recalled, for even they, 
honoured as they are, yield to the cedar. The cedar of 
Lebanon! — what a crowd of interesting recollections 
rush on the mind at the very mention of it; for we meet 
with it in almost every page of the Bible! In the 
poetical parts, it is made the constant symbol of pros¬ 
perity, majesty, and duration. 
It is called upon to figure the flourishing state of 
“ the righteous : ” — 
“ He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” 
To denote the prosperity of the Jewish nation,— 
The boughs thereof were like the goodly ced.irs.’ 
