| John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 Seiten
...This is the House of Mirth." Then he remembered the words of the wise man, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting :"1 and again, " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the... | |
| 1807 - 570 Seiten
...than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 ^f -ft is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that in the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter :... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 Seiten
...Benefits to be derived from the the House of Mourning. ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to. go to the house of feasting ; for. that h the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for... | |
| 1809 - 454 Seiten
...convinced me that the wordsot the prophet are true, " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting for that is the end of all rrrt. and the living will lay it to btt heart." A Dying Youth, A young person on the bed of sickness... | |
| Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 Seiten
...Rev. xiv. 13 ; 2 Cor. v. 6, 7, 8 ; Phil. i. 23. 2. 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 \\v» ing will lay it to his heart. " It is better to go to the house of mourning," &c. As the day... | |
| Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 Seiten
...better than precious ointrnent : and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. 2 It it better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that it the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter :... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 Seiten
...understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" — It is unquestionably better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, since this is the end of aH men. — But, after all, it will signify nothing, unless the living will... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 Seiten
...Amen. SERMON XL ADVANTAGES OF THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. j- • . : ECCLESIASTES VII. 2. It is tetter to go to the House of Mourning, than to go to the House of Feasting. J\ OTHING seems more contradictory to the general sentiments of mankind, than this declaration of the... | |
| 1834 - 1046 Seiten
...this mournful portion of my Diary. If your tears flow, if your feelings are touched, believe me, 'tis not with romance — it is with the sorrows of actual...to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feastiug ; for that is the end of all men — aud the living will lay it to his heart."] Nov. 9th to... | |
| Samuel Cole, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland - 1817 - 462 Seiten
...— Eccleslastes xii. 1 — 7. Or this Selection. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, which i« there signified, and the living must lay it to hcarl. All flesh shall wax old as a garment)... | |
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