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 off. Paraphrases on hard texts - Page 372by Joseph Hall - 1808Full view - About this book
| Thomas Lewis - Christian life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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 off." And now, brethren, having thus taken a brief and rapid view of christian duties arising out of the present... | |
| Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : g. oil'. CHAP. LVI. 1 The prophet exhorteth to sanctification. 3 He promiseth it shall be general without... | |
| George Mogridge - Trees - 1840 - 136 pages
...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 off," Isa. Iv. 13. Whenever the Holy Spirit comes to the heart of a sinner, the change is equally great.... | |
| Henry Fitz - Sermons - 1840 - 512 pages
...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 off." What shall be unto the LORD, for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut offl Ans. The... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Black people - 1840 - 328 pages
...of the thorn," has " come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar," has " 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." When we were conversing with the intellectual nobility of your land, at Washington, we restricted ourselves,... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Blacks - 1840 - 336 pages
...of the thorn," has " come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar," has " 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." When we were conversing with the intellectual nobility of your land, at Washington, we restricted ourselves,... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...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 off. 13 The moral world shall be changed. Evil, which, like thorns and briers, had spread over men, shall... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Black people - 1840 - 214 pages
...of the thorn," has " come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar" has " 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." When we were engaged in waiting on the intellectual nobility of your land, at Washington, we restricted... | |
| Prison Discipline Society (Boston, Mass.) - Prisons - 1841 - 628 pages
...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.' " I found it give me great encouragement to go on to pray to see if I could find relief from all my... | |
| Charles Spear - 1841 - 448 pages
...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.' What grand and striking language ! How feeble is all the imagery in human compositions, when compared... | |
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