Isaiah 55:12

Isaiah 55:12. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

"For," if ye do this - if ye forsake your sins - if ye turn unto God - God can make such joy in the heart that all the world shall be full of joy. When a man feels that his sins are forgiven, then nature seems replete with ditty, and the hills, and rocks, and trees all proclaim the presence of a gracious God. Until then, when the heart is heavy, nature seems dull and dreary; but, oh! may the grace of God so light up our hearts that all the world may be lit up for us.