Faith a Root
J. L. Jackson. Job 19:28 But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Faith is the root of that tree whose flower and fruit is righteousness. Not much fruit is produced without roots. Generally the roots are hid, but they are always there. Sometimes they are unsightly, but they are very necessary. He is a foolish gardener who neglects them, or allows beast or insect to destroy them. So intimate is the relationship existing between belief and righteousness. This utilitarian age may find fault with the careful culture of a faith in the unseen, but these roots, so ugly in many eyes, have produced some luscious fruit. While the world cries out so lustily for the fruits of pure lives and noble deeds, why should it despise the roots from which the finest virtues spring? Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as the flowers are animate spring buds. (J. L. Jackson.) Parallel Verses KJV: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? WEB: If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,