awake and sing

"Though bright expectations have turned to ashes, and joy has been changed to mourning, the promise is that there will be given to all who are worthy in the days of trial, 'Beauty for ashes, and the oil of joy for the spirit of mourning'. 'Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust'--no longer to dwell there, for dust is the serpent's meat, not the portion of those who share Christ's victory over the serpent. There is no snake in the grass of the green pastures of the days of Immanuel; no dust; the souls of men will be as watered gardens, as trees planted by the river of God, bearing fruit in all seasons."