old paths where the good way is timeless truth from the bible christian teaching thought and meditations from prior times read by missionary to africa james robinette Devotional thoughts by C. H. Spurgeon, based upon Isaiah chapter 54, verse 1. Sing, O barren. Sing, believer, for it will cheer thine own heart and the hearts of other desolate ones. Sing on, for now that thou art really ashamed of being barren, thou wilt be fruitful soon. Now that God makes thee loathe to be without fruit, he will soon cover thee with clusters. The experience of our barrenness is painful, but the Lord's visitations are delightful. A sense of our own poverty drives us to Christ, and that is where we need to be, for in him is our fruit found.