Enlargement of the Kingdom of Christ

Enlargement of the Kingdom of Christ

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad or them;

And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly,
And rejoice even with joy and singing;
The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it.
The excellency of Carmel and Sharon,
They shall see the glory of the lord,
And the excellency of our God.
Strengthen ye the weak hands,
And confirm the feeble knees.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart,

Be strong, fear not!

Behold! your God will come with vengeance,

Even God with a recompence;

He will come and save you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped
Then shall the lame man leap as an heart
And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For in the wilderness shallow waters break out,
And streams in the desert.
And the parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In the habitation of dragons, where each lay,
Shall be brass with reeds and rushes.
And an highway shall be there, and a way,
And it shall be called the way of holiness;
The unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those;
The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there,
Nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
It shall not be found there;
But the redeemed shall walk there;
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with songs
And everlasting upon their heads;
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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1:27, p. 4

1837.07.08