 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...is excited, he exultingly exclaims, I shall soon be changed; speedily I shall " receive beauty for ashes, the " oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of " praise for the spirit of heaviness." While " faith" is thus " the substance of things hoped " for, and the evidence of things... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...in the advent of him, who is come to bind up the broken-hearted, and to give them beauty for a^hes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness?—] But the " daughters of Ziorr" in particular should rejoice at this event [The daughters... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 528 pages
..." will satiate every weary soul, and replenish every sorrowful soul:" he " will give you beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that God may be glorified." V. The last observations we proposed to make, was, that Christ is the same in... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 pages
...rid of your troubles, or where did you leave your burden? Christ says, " I will give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." If this is your experience, your joy is the joy of the Lord. The faith of those who... | |
 | Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1811 - 414 pages
...cause the sunshine of heaven to break in upon the soul. Oh ! how often, christians, has he given you " the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." How often in times of darkness, of perplexity, of gloom, has he spoken to your heart... | |
 | James Meikle - Travelers - 1811 - 476 pages
...restore health to his mourners:" He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds ; and gives the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.—If their grief be on account of the decay of religion, or the afflicted state of Zion,... | |
 | Henry Venn - Christian life - 1811 - 464 pages
...Son. Have mercy on all who are wounded in spirit, and distressed for sin ; give them beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may flourish as trees of the Lord's planting, that he may be glorified. Bring those to the right use of... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1812 - 426 pages
...Do you, suffer me to repeat my question, do you not think it possible for your Creator to give you the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness? K. Yes, Sir, possible, but not probable ; I have been always in such a state as was known... | |
 | James Meikle - Meditations - 1812 - 384 pages
...restore health to his mourners :" He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds ; and gives the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. — If their grief be on account of the decay of religion, or the afflicted state of... | |
 | Missions - 1848 - 752 pages
...conscience. It tillers to pardon every transgression ; to justify and cleanse the soul ; to give " beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." It offers, in short, " for a foundation," that which " God has laid in Z ion ¡"for... | |
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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. 
