...triumphs over death and the grave. No more shall the countenance be sad, nor the eye dim with tears, but the ransomed of the Lord shall " obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" for ever, as unable to live in such pure and holy regions. REFLECTION....

...touched as with seraphic fire, Now wailing like the voice of death. sci REVELATIONS. BY MISS !.. M. BARKER. THERE is silence where " the thunders uttered...revelations ? Now, — when the mind can make for its starting-point in philosophy the goal where wise and venerable men, satisfied with their triumphs,...

...the fire, thou shalt not be burned: neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah xliii. 2. And the ransomed of the Lord shall obtain joy and gladness ; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Isaiah xxxv. 10. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I...

...wrinkled, nor careworn, nor other than innocent and pure, waiting for her in that far-off land, where the " ransomed of the Lord shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." All who had been so kind to her in her first illness, came to see the...

...143 I Y » ' A Y A Y » 4 4 Y A A Y 'Y » 4 i' r 4 4 4 Y 1 ¥ Y A Y 4 Y ' » SCRIPTURE TEXT BOOK. t THE ransomed of the Lord . . . shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.— Isaiah xxxv. 10. There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, Nor sin nor...

...cause to exclaim, "As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing": there the cup of bliss will be unmixed, for "the ransomed of the Lord shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Here they labor to cultivate Emmanuel's vineyard: there they participate...