 | Art - 1820 - 158 pages
...: for, as the Royal Psalmist has excellently told us, Except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. So it is in this case, Except the Lord give a blessing to our endeavours,... | |
 | Peace - 1821 - 388 pages
...must look to a far superior power, recollecting that ' Except th« Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.' The actions of man are indeed impotent ; though he spread devastation... | |
 | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) - Society of Friends - 1821 - 470 pages
...there is no safety. Although we are well aware, that " except the Lord build the " house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep " the city, the watchman waketh but in vain :"1i and though we have repeatedly and recently recommended a diligent... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Arminianism - 1859 - 1200 pages
...Divine favour we anew commend the work of our hands. " Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." City-Road, London, November, 1859. WESLEYAN-METHODIST MAGAZINE. JANUARY,... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...piercing eye, can accomplish any thing without him. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...down one, and setteth up another. — Ps. Ixxv. 6, 7. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain : it is vain for you to rise up early, &c.-.Ps. cxxvii. 1, 2. Put not your... | |
 | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1825 - 480 pages
...degrees for Solomon. A Song of gaingt up for Solomon. 1. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...but the grace of God which was with me, 1 Cor. xv. 10. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...their own wisdom and strength, all their toil is vain. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city,...while, on the contrary, the Father and Mother who seek supremely the divine favour, not only sleep with serenity, but secure just as large a portion of earthly... | |
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EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 
