 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1831 - 392 pages
...portion, he will liberate thee from the bondage of corruption, and give thee " beauty for ashes; — the oil of joy for mourning, — and the garment of praise, for the spirit of heaviness." Please to present my affectionate remembrance to thy uncle and aunt, to thy sister,... | |
 | 1831 - 408 pages
...portion, he will liberate thee from the bondage of corruption, and give thee "beauty for ashes;—the oil of joy for mourning,— and the garment of praise, for the spirit of heaviness. " Please to present my affectionate remembrance to thy uncle and'aunt, to thy sister,... | |
 | Harriet Livermore - 1831 - 252 pages
...is rising in thy bosom, instantly pray to thy Savior, to put it down. Recollect that he " giveth the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." He hath pronounced a blessing on the mourner in Zion, and upon no inferior sorrow, than... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...that which turns the cup of bitterness into the cup of blessing, which gives " beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." A saint and a Christian are synonymous terms, or words of the same signification —... | |
 | John Henry Jowett - 1920 - 262 pages
...Christ's sake. Amen. 21. THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ... to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. — ISAIAH 61 : 1, 3. This great word sounds like the evangel of some gracious magician.... | |
 | William Kelly - 1922 - 192 pages
...terminates with the figure of the kingdom in manifested power of glory, when beauty is given for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. GENESIS xxii. The last chapter closed that series of divine dealings with our patriarch... | |
 | Thomas Henry Howard - 1924 - 228 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Mellors - 1924 - 368 pages
...surest way to promote the welfare of others, and our own peace, is to substitute " beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Although the object may be good, the method of attainment may be faulty. No one man... | |
 | Alexander Farish Robertson - 1925 - 528 pages
...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... | |
 | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1925 - 1096 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
