...Instead of the thorn shall come up thejir tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off.-' t " The groans of nature in this nether world, Which heaven has heard for ag-es, have an end, Foretold...

...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut oft'. ISA. i. 18. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet,...

..."Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God." " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid." "The beasts...

...all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree,...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." ' But, although the preaching of the gospel is God's leading ordinance for the salvation of a perishing...

...shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. LESSON CLXXVII. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come...

...form, and the fragrance of their odor.' Again : ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the myrtle tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off,' Isaiah Iv. 13. These quotations, continues the writer just quoted, refer to the effect of the gospel,...

...all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.' " " Then," said Henry Milner, " you think, uncle, that all the holy people who lie now buried in the...

...to act. — Proceedings of In/ant School Society. DECEMBER, 1841. 2 K A STRAY CHAPTER ON FLOWERS. " INSTEAD of the brier shall come up the myrtletree;...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." " Faithful is he that hath promised, who also will do it." These two passages, among the many that...

...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree; and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." This glorious change from sin to holiness, which O my soul! after what object art thou thirsting? After...

...peace ; that instead of the thorn may come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier the myrtle tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." " Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things ; and blessed be his glorious...