 | 1808 - 500 pages
...the fatherless. " * It is better," saith (he preacher, " 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. Sorrow," he continues, " is better than laughter, for by the sadness... | |
 | 1802 - 440 pages
...most solemn ever witnessed by America, listen to ^hc. voice of eternal truth — " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting ;"— for none of us " liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself." * ., ; : . BUT there are some men, illuminated... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and a wife that agree together. Eoclesiastes, 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. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...felicity, and seals up his good character. Z [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 ; the contemplation of death is more desirable and useful than any... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 pages
...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 is the end of all men, and the living will Jay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pages
...for his sin, and a lowly submission to the hand that inflicu it. And why should it be better, to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting? For t/tis is the cud i>f at! men, and the living shall lay it to his heart. The house ot mounting hath... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 626 pages
...for bis sin, and a lowly submission to the hand that inflicts it. And why should it be better, to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting? For this is the end of all men,®* i&e living shall lay it to his heart. The house of mourning Ьаш here... | |
 | James Fordyce - Sermons, English - 1809 - 332 pages
...; merciful Redeemer, how edifying to this soul is this generous sensibility ! " 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. Sor" row is better than laughter : for by the sadness of " the countenance... | |
 | Christianity - 1809 - 454 pages
...the world cannot give. This 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... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...death than the day of one's birth. 2 f It in better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to (he ram ; and Aaron and his s<ins shall put their hands upon th living will lay it to his heart 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
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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. 
