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See, in the vineyard of the Lord 
 See, in the vineyard of the Lord, A barren fig-tree stands; No fruit it yields, no blossom bears, Though planted by his hands. 
 From year to year the tree he views, And still no fruit is found; Then "cut it down," the Lord commands, "Why cumbers it the ground?" 
 But lo ! the gracious Saviour pleads — "The barren fig-tree spare, Another year in mercy wait, It yet may bloom and bear: " 
 "But if my culture prove in vain, And still no fruit be found, I plead no more; destroy the tree, And root it from thy ground."