 | George Thomas Chapman - 1828 - 424 Seiten
...need of nothing." The good old fashioned scripture is derided, which saith, " It is better to goto the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting;...the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart." Sooner or later, however, they will " be afflicted, and mourn and weep : their laughter will... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 560 Seiten
...rational mind. For 2dly. GOD has informed us, that 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. Even to those, who are mere visiters in the house of mourning, there is, in the eye of GOD,... | |
 | 1828 - 108 Seiten
...righteousness, still To await the award of JEHOVAH'S high will. 72 THE FEAST AND THE FUNERAL. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. For by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Eccl. vii. 2, 3. I VISITED the hall... | |
 | Joseph Walker - 1828 - 116 Seiten
...the law and the testimony?" Eccl. vii. 2. 3, 20 : " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men." " All turn to dust." But it is not the end of all men, without exception, to sleep in temporal death,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1829 - 250 Seiten
...laughter, " it is mad; and of mirth, what doth it?" Eccles. ii. 2. vii. 2 — 6. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better then laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 Seiten
...midst of flattery and dissipation, to be reminded of the days of darkness. Yet " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | 1829 - 986 Seiten
[ Der Inhalt dieser Seite ist beschränkt. ] | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 Seiten
...employments in which they engage, are of the most exalting and improving nature. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." || In their visits to such an abode, and in witnessing the miseries of the unhappy, the heart is softened... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 682 Seiten
...that must die to-morrow ? I conclude, therefore, " 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. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."... | |
 | 1998 - 512 Seiten
[ Der Inhalt dieser Seite ist beschränkt. ] | |
| |
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. 
