...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...

...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...

...the place of my feet glorious." Chap. Iv. 13 : " Instead of the thorn shall come up the _/?r-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off" ! " Let those now deck, who never deck'd before ; And those, who always deck'd, now deck the more '."...

...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 P." Isaiah xi. 6 — 8 : " The wolf also shall dwell with " the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down...

...and the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose ; and 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." CHRISTIAN TREASURY. Persevere. — Believers, go on ; your last step will be on the head of the old...

...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." Oh ! may God teach us perpetually to take him at his word. Again ; another reason why we should wait...