 | Horatio Potter - 1841 - 56 Seiten
...esteeming his regal estate, and all that men most covet, he takes for his text these startling words : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vanity ! " Apart from religion, every thing is perishable, every thing is infected with evil, every thing... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - 1841 - 594 Seiten
...experiment ; and this is his verdict upon all earthly enjoyments, after the most impartial trial : " Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity and vexation of spirit." On the other hand, the soul may possess some degree of happiness, under all... | |
 | 1745 - 518 Seiten
...follow him to the grave ! " What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity." What will then be to him all those companions of evil communications which corrupted his good manners... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 Seiten
...withereth, the flower fadeth; But the word of our God shall stand forever. [Ecclesia»tes i. 2.] 13. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun T One generation passeth away,... | |
 | Horace Hooker - 1843 - 408 Seiten
...'indulgence of his appetites and desires. And what was the result of the experiment ? Hear his own words. " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." " I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom remained... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1846 - 1102 Seiten
...where he arose. 6 AM 3027. rpHE words " of the Preacher, the ' son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 b — That is, So smitten that there is and the iniquity of our fathers : for AM 3 d What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 IT One generation passeth... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1846 - 636 Seiten
...least, easy and clear, that he is preaching to the world the vanity of all things under the sun. " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better ? For who knoweth what is... | |
 | 1846 - 512 Seiten
...applicable to such individual whether he is or is not giving utterance towhat is in itself true. Verse 2, " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity;" — may be said to contain the text of which the subsequent parts of the discourse are an exemplification.... | |
 | 1848 - 592 Seiten
...Object on which the soul may fix itself and partake of everlasting stability. OUR ILLUSTRATED BIBLE. " . . — Eccles. i. 2. A HUNDRED years ago Lord Chesterfield was the most admired of England's gay and voluptuous... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1847 - 564 Seiten
...not 7 for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Ec. 1 : 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of... | |
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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? 
