| 1828 - 1042 pągines
...knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be. alike good. 7 IT h was wroth, and hael a censer in his hand to burn incense : and while he was wroth 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness;... | |
| Thomas Erskine - 1828 - 282 pągines
...embracing, and omnipotent love, is its joyful and satisfying portion through all eternity. " Surely the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Each revealed perfection of God, as it enters the heart of man, goes to form a part of the Christian... | |
| John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pągines
...The night and the day are both alike to the individual who labours under the affecting privation. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." But in vain the morning dawns ; the beams of day break forth in the east ; the sun rises with • Ur CamIib»ll.... | |
| William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 pągines
...objects, and examine them. We see and admire the light of the day; and we may say with the wise man, "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." But this is the light of the eye: it is not the light of the mind : Christ is that light ; and therefore... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 592 pągines
...comes, the birds sing, the lambs play, and man partakes of the cheerfulness that spreads all around. " Truly the light is sweet ; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Creatures are pleasing ; but none of them can supply the place of God. He is our sun, as well as our... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 538 pągines
...lambs play ; the birds carol their notes — every thing seems to welcome the approach of day. Truly light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. And shall th" Gospel, this day of good things, inspire us with dread and gloom? Is it not intended,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1828 - 478 pągines
...all the elements of nature there is none more delightful and beautiful in its effects than light. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." It diffuses a thousand shades of colouring over the hills, the vales, the rivers, and the boundless... | |
| Henry Scougal - 1830 - 430 pągines
...ariseth, and makes the darkness fly before him, and discovereth all the beauty and lustre of things ; and truly " the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Nor is it less useful and advantageous for directing our ways, and ordering our several employments... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1830 - 176 pągines
...the seal;" and this is a pleasure to the soul that understands itself, and its own true interest. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun;" it " rejoiceth the heart." Hence light is often put for joy and comfort; but no light is comparable... | |
| John Stedman - 1830 - 364 pągines
...sensual enjoyment, and carnal security, would have been ready to exclaim, ' It is good for me to be here. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.' This had been your feeling, rather than that derived from "the wisdom is from above ;" — ' It is... | |
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