 | William Smith - 1803 - 528 pàgines
...earliest examples of venerable antiquity; but likewise fully warranted by divine revelation itself. " It is better, (says the wise man), to go to the *' house of mourning than to the house of feasting." A constant course of prosperity is apt to intoxicate us, and to make us forget either from whence we... | |
 | Jane Townley - 1804 - 111 pàgines
...thee. This is my Gospel : blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted ; it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting. And now I tell thee, if this had been to you all as a day of rejoicing, without a holy solemnity of tears... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pàgines
...ill treatment from others. Let us cultivate a tender, compassionate spirit ; esteem it better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; and weefi with those that toeep. Thus only can we be esteemed true friends. Nay, without this tenderness... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 494 pàgines
...that is set upon us, and the wonderful price that we are bought with, that is to be our comfort. " It is better," says the wise man, " to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, and the day of death is better than the day of our birth:" the former was to sin and trouble, the latter... | |
 | 1819 - 788 pàgines
...by the warmth of his affections to embrace every opportunity of exercising them: he will rather go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, and would rather comfort the afflicted heart than lie on a downy pillow. If he is blest with abundance,... | |
 | 1819 - 774 pàgines
...by the warmth of his affections to embrace every opportunity of exercising them : he will rather go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, and would rather comfort the afflicted heart than lie on a downy pillow. If he is blest with abundance,... | |
 | 1826 - 538 pàgines
...unerring wisdom inflicts. I have experienced the truth of Solomon's declaration, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ;" and in that house where there is nothing attractive to the eye of sense, or agreeable to the natural desire... | |
 | 1827 - 128 pàgines
...had the painful, but highly instructive, task of visiting him on his deathbed. " It is better," said the wise man, " to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ;" and though William was so young, and the generality of those who attended him of an advanced age, yet every... | |
 | Henry Cogswell Knight - 1831 - 280 pàgines
...in possession ; that they leave an aching void in the breast. Therefore, he said, It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting. And can it be better to go, where all is grief, and lamentation ? Let us leave the sound of the viol, and... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 624 pàgines
...exercising and strengthening that principle in your souls. It is said by Solomon, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting:" and this witness is true. Nothing tends more to create in us a thankful heart, than the seeing of the miseries... | |
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I say, whether it is that which has given me the feeling which has come over me, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting," and that " sorrow is better than laughter. 
