...•-"-O that they were wise," says the Almighty of the children of Israel, through his servant Moses, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." Few are ignorant of what they ought to do ; but many are inattentive. Day after day closes upon great...

...our reach, of the impending destruction ; and where we<could.do no more, we should sigh and say, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." These words express the tender and anxious concern of Moses for the welfare of the children of Israel....

...fear. 2S. For they are a people without consideration, neither is there any understanding in them. 2(J. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30. How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their refuge had forsaken...

...Moses saw that this inconsideration had a bad effect on Israel ; hence the following wish :— • " Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end P The use we should make of the deaths of others was emphatically taught (though ¡Л jingling numbers)...

...moments, run to waste " That 1, my God ! their worth may see, And dedicate them all to thee. H. " Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" DEUT. xxxii. 29. There is a future state, Of sorrow and of bliss, Doth ev'ry one of us await, When...

...mortification, or any other messenger of death presents itself, they are all amazement and distraction. " Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" Therefore I said, and say it again, die daily: let death be much in your thoughts, and be every...

...saints be honoured, and the upright shall have dominion in the morning.^) O that the careless world were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !(A) that they would be now ol the same mind as they will be, when they shall see " the heavens pass...

...breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded . . . , . . 429 SERMON XXX. NEGLECT OF WARNINGS. DEUT. xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this : that they tsxndd consider their latter end ! . .444 SERMON XXXI. THE TERRORS OF THE LORD. MATT. xvi. 26. What...

...return from the dead, he could only repeat the same message ; and then sigh and say with one of old, Oh that they were wise! that they understood this! that they would consider their latter end! Some of his parishioners have, I hope, felt the truth of his character; and are now convinced that...

...toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. St. Botoliih, Aldersgate. Rev. Dr. Trollop. Deuteronomy, xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that...understood this; that they would consider their latter end. St. George, Botolph-lane. Rev. J. Pridden, Rector. Proverbs, xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow...