...all this shouting and clapping of hands, as somewhat premature. We remembered the wise saying,—' Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.' We knew that the easiest part only of the work was done,—that difficulties and perils were yet to...

...for the trial ; not with that fear which diminishes hope, but with that which forbids boasting—" Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." DECEMBER 21. — "I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath...

...a correct judgment. It may not, however, be amiss to admonish the reviewer of the inspired caution, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off;" and to remind him, that we live in a community where the public sentiment will not permit a reputation,...

...brethren. " It is naught.it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 13 Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. LESSON LXVIII. A MERBY heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 2 The...

...a Protestant's breast, as well as in mine, by the recollection of Ahab's admonition to Benhadad, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Sounding epithets, your readers find, are not synonymous with solid arguments ; and the skill of the...

...he preached a sermon, from 1 Kings xx. 11 — " And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." " Here," says the good man, "I sensibly felt my infirmities of body and mind. I was very kindly entertained...

...dear ! seeing he had (humanly speaking) ample means to do so. Yet the proverb quoted to him by Ahab, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off," must ever apply to all arrogant boasting. What says the New Testament, something to the same effect...

...he preached a sermon, from 1 Kings xx. 11-—" And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putleth it off." " Here," says the good man, "I sensibly felt my infirmities of body and mind. I was...

...objectionable ; and we hope there will be enough found that will bid them God speed. Till then, we might say, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." I hope I would not speak uncharitably ; I am sure I prayed this morning to be preserved from that spirit...

...all this shouting and clapping of hands, as somewhat premature. We remembered the wise saying, — " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." We knew that the easiest part only of the work was done, — that difficulties and perils were yet...