...me now. Let me turn from the shadows, and look at thy eternal and rich promises to me. " They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him," Psa. cxxvi....

...-greater or less degree, so long as he continues in his state of pilgrimage here below; but " they " that sow in tears, shall reap in joy; he that " goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, " shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, " bringing his sheaves with him." Last...

...for us ; [whereof] we are glad ; vie rebounded the declaration 4 with, fileaaure and thankfulness. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south ; an Jordan, and many other rivers which Jlow toward the south, grow tinder and derfier in their firogress,...

...or not, as pleaseth him. But his word shall prosper unto the thing whereunto it is sent. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed shall doubtless comeagain withrejoicing, bringinghis sheaves with him. Undimmishable...

...xii.) Such conduft was perfectly well understood, and was very significant. No. 187. — cxxvi. 4. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.} " This image is taken from the torrents in the deserts to the south of Judea ; in Idumea, Arabia Petroea,...

...Psalmist describes the felicity of the Jews in their national deliverance from captivity.'*-" They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious -seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, VOL. I. Q q 3. The scripture speaks of harvest...

...hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us ; tuhcrccf we ate glad. 4 invented 5' They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and wecpeth, bearing precious seed,...

...mud, And they'll come up like a wood. This could not but mind me of David's expression, t They that sow in tears, shall reap in. joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. These last...

...pious grief. I was soon convinced this was the case by the sudden application of this text, " They that sow in tears shall reap in joy ; he that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him," Psalm cxxvi....

...redemption thereby prefigured, which is the grand subject of thanksgiving in the Christian church. 4. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. The joy occasioned by Cyrus's proclamation having been described in the former part of the Psalm, we...