 | Charles Bridges - 1834 - 528 Seiten
...taking within his view the furthest horizon of earthly excellency, he pronounces his judgment — " Vanity of. vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities : all is vanity." 1 That many a promising profession has been blasted by the " choking lusts of other things," we have... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1835 - 306 Seiten
...of profound learning and great knowledge ; and who in the contemplation of this subject exclaims, " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity !" Let us hear the Apostle on this point, " I count all but dung and dross, that I may win Christ."... | |
 | Edward Denison (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1836 - 330 Seiten
...declaration, with which it opens, and to the establishment of which the larger part of it is directed : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." In proof of this painful and mortifying truth, Solomon proceeds to examine in detail, in the first... | |
 | John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 454 Seiten
...inscribed in an imperishable volume. That result receive in his own words of unequalled emphasis :—" Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity."—" All is vanity and vexation of spirit." Some of you, we doubt not, have made the trial so far as to... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 Seiten
...her own works, as they have merited, procure her a public applause in the world. ECCLESIASTES. I. 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. All these earthly things, all that a man can either do or attain, is utterly vain and ineffectual,... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1838 - 386 Seiten
...earth for heaven. Lord, grant it may be thy servant's portion, for Jesus hrist's sake. NOVEMBER 1. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity.'' — Eccles. i. 2. THERE are few passages of Scripture less honoured than the above ; and yet there... | |
 | 1839 - 556 Seiten
...words of a royal preacher, recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes, first chapter and second verse : " VANITY OF VANITIES, saith the preacher, VANITY OF VANITIES ; ALL IS VANITY." You will perhaps demand of me, why I come before you with a sentiment so trite, and yet so paradoxical... | |
 | John Hall - 1839 - 508 Seiten
...frivolous, and unsatisfying. What is all the display that is made in the world, but a proof of this ? Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.** Surely every man walketh in a vain show.*9 How is the vanity of mankind displayed in various ways,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1840 - 60 Seiten
...which the Rnbbi considers as equal to four, and three times in the singular, making altogether seven. " Vanity of Vanities," saith the Preacher ; " Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity." could " have better spared a better print," one of them ? Perhaps you, Sir, may be able trace them.... | |
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 
