...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...good tidings to the meek, and to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment...of praise for the spirit of heaviness," Isa. Ixi. l, 2, 3. And these seasons of mourning arise from the foes that are without, and the fears within,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...diseases, comforted their sorrows, soothed their sighings, stilled their sobbings and dried their tears. He gave them "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." The true deaconess is a successor of the Saviour. She carries forward His work. Her...

...broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Ps. li 17. He will give the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Isa. Ixi 3. A woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit. Isa. liv 6. Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is...