 Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.  The Friends' Library - Page 416edited by - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Keith - Apologetics - 1830 - 176 pages
...sin, or who seek for true consolation amid the bereavements or any of the evils of life, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And none like him ever proclaimed either the acceptable year of the Lord, or the day... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - Families - 1830 - 416 pages
...us, receive forgiveness at thy hands. Look upon all that mourn in Zion ; give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness. Teach those who are in health and prosperity to remember and provide for the time of... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 558 pages
...proclaimed, and a notable change there is of their estate, who mourn in Zion, giving them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Think with what joy the long imprisoned debtor, drowned in debt, receives a full discharge,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1830 - 612 pages
...willing mind, and will " in nowise cast thee out." He will bind up thy broken heart, and "give thee the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Only wait his time ; let him probe thy wounds to the bottom ; catch not impatiently... | |
 | Sunday schools - 1830 - 410 pages
...have been said of Saul of Tarsus—" Behold, he prayeth," before the compassionate Suviour sent him the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Alas! brethren, God's way s are equal; it is ours that are unequal. Our faith is weak... | |
 | Thomas Henry Howard - Holiness - 1924 - 228 pages
...happiness brightens and beautifies in a wonderful way. As Isaiah put it : ' The Lord gives beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.' I stood at the bedside of a dying Cadet, and asked if she wished for anything I could... | |
 | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1925 - 1096 pages
...abundant evidence among the converted sons and daughters of Guatemala that the Gospel provides "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." It has been remarked frequently that the loads of life are heavy in this land of sunshine... | |
 | Alexander Farish Robertson - Legislators - 1925 - 528 pages
...from the limbs of Virginia and her Southern Sisters, and there shall be given unto them "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." When that glorious day shall have arrived, I shall be happy to meet you and your fellow-patriots... | |
 | Mabel Richmond Brailsford - Quakers - 1927 - 218 pages
...omen for the memory of him who sleeps there ; for to him, even while he lived, were given beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Vx>u (>:\f (' 1 1 ' rr t at cr IACOB NAY J. OR ^o |'td)^:NAYLOH ttu^iit jiuter rec i(jrt... | |
 | American Prison Association. Congress - Corrections - 1908 - 340 pages
...Reverting to the prophecy in Isaiah, we find the beautiful promise to captive Israel, ' ' Garlands for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." One day they shall arise from the ashes of humiliation and march forth with garlands... | |
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