 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...in glory, and myself raised to a blessed communion with him ! Then shall I indeed have ' beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,' and Sion shall be made ' an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.' Why then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 120 pages
...for praising him whom my soul loveth !" Such was the goodness of the Lord to me, that he gave me " the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ;" and though my voice •was silent, being stopt by the intenseness of 'what I felt,... | |
 | Isaac Penington - 1818 - 326 pages
...the pure garments put on. For here the Lord hath appointed to them that " have mourned in Sion, to give 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... | |
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...and 'heavy-ladai' with the burden of iniquity; comforting mourners in Zion, ^giving them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;' and causing the 'dead in trespasses and sins' to 'hear the voice of the Son of God and... | |
 | Fanny Woodbury - 1818 - 338 pages
...immersed in the deepest gloom. Make this exquisite trial to work for their immortal good. Give them the. " oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Dry up their falling tears. Impress this monitory call on the heart of each individual... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 650 pages
...fellow-saints, the light of his countenance ; and will soon appoint, unto them all, beauty for ashes, tht oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Is he come to a dying bed ? Is Eternity, with all its amazing scenes, beginning to be... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 pages
...year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God — to comfort them that mourn in Zion — to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. So that now amidst all the gloomy desolation of sin, and the mournful, heart-distressing... | |
 | Joshua Bradley - 1819 - 316 pages
...mind, and drove away his despair. Sorrow was immediately turned into joy, beauty was given him for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. . His translation out of darkness and despair into God's marvellous light, was so sudden... | |
 | Dorothy Ripley - 1819 - 216 pages
...forth this language, " Thy will be done ;" yea, I thought some part of her ministration was to me as the " Oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." I came home alone, repeating as I walked through the streets, " Whom have I in Heaven... | |
 | Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour - 1820 - 326 pages
...spirit of his mind. But God, who heureth the sorrowful sighing of the prisoner, at length gave him the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. His gloomy and tormenting fears being happily dissipated, and his heart exulting in the... | |
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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. 
