| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 576 pàgines
...saith as much for pleasure as any sacred writer ;) " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart : Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
| 1830 - 614 pàgines
...pious Captain Arnold, or slept in a TWO-BEDDED ROOM. THE BLESSINGS OF AFFLICTION. " It ii better tn go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." — Ecc, vii. 2. WHEN perplexed with the cares of this life, or disgusted with its frivolous pursuits,... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1831 - 372 pàgines
...BY THE AMERICAN' PUBLISHERS. IT is one of the maxims of inspired wisdom, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than .to go to the house...feasting ; for that is the end of all men, — and the living will lay it to his heart." The lessons taught from the bed of the . dying are not easily forgotten.... | |
| Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1831 - 152 pàgines
...fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Heb. xii. 10, 11. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
| David Marks - 1831 - 410 pàgines
...its flight. The day after, I attended the funeral and preached from Eccl. 7:2: " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...feasting : for that is the end of all Men; and the living will lay it to his heart." It was a time of much weeping. But alas! the sorrow of many continued... | |
| James Yonge - 1831 - 482 pàgines
...SERMON XVII. THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. ECCLES. vii. «. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. You may remember, my brethren, that the subject on which I last addressed... | |
| Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 pàgines
...by the Preacher, in the book of Ecclesiastes, — " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the * Mai.... | |
| John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 534 pàgines
...are excited to seek the permanent and satisfying felicity of the kingdom of God. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart." The salutary lessons, then, of the house of mourning — the end... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pàgines
...day of adversity consider : God also hath set the one over against the other. 5 It is better to go to the house of mourning., than to go to the house...feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to bis heart. 6 O that men were wise, that they understood this, that they would... | |
| John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1862 - 540 pàgines
...which they behold, and lasting as eternity. SERMON XVIII. THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. EcciJtsujTxs vii. 2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the bouse of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living wifl lay it to liis heart. THE... | |
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