...the cow arid the bear shall feed together; the lion will eat straw like the ox; yea, the very hills shall break forth into singing, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands ; see Is. xi. and LV. 12. In my own view, Mr. D. has no right to refuse the literal exegesis...

...When this glorious time arrives, then shall the spirit of Isaiah's prophcy be realised ; the hills shall break forth into singing, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands. No more thorn trees, no m ore briars, no mote thistles shall the earth bring forth ; but...

...heaven will chant its epiphany, and earth will take up and echo the strain ; " the mountains and hills shall break forth into singing, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands " ; and the Divine Artist, looking down, will say of His handiwork, as in the earliest dawn of human history,...

...with "For you shall go out in Joy/ And be led forth in peace/ The mountains and the hills before you/ Shall break forth into singing/ And the trees of the field shall clap their hands." Declining the kind offer of a ride back to Oban, I set out along the shore-side road...

...successes. The beautiful figures of the prophet will be almost realized ; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing and the trees of the field shall clap their hands for joy. The cast of piety, which, as the millennial morning draws on, will more and more...