 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 pages
...encouragement, and the encouragement of his friends, from that Scripture, Ecclesiastes, xi. 4, He lhat observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. • P. Henry. Orig. MS. t Opportunity is the flower and cream of time. All opportunity is time, but... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...they shall reap, if they faint not.' To them the exhortation it addressed, ' In the morning sow thy seed, and, in the evening, withhold not thine hand, for thou knowest not which shall prosper, this or that. or whether both shall be alike good.' And, if he who painted for... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...com* ply with Solomon's counsel — "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that" My young friend sailed a few days before me. We parted, I think, with mutual feelings, that will render... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...of your subjects in these parts ; mindful of the saying of the wisest man, ' in the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand;...knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that.' To do this, hath been the most delightful employment of my whole life : in my youthful years, I sowed... | |
 | John Scott - Sermons, English - 1826 - 490 pages
...this would be a sanctuary, when all earthly comforts should fail : and he remembered the wise maxim, He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap, Eccles. xi. 4. and therefore without minding the weather, or taking directions from the sky, he went... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...which side ever it falls, it will there be found, when the owner thereof inquireth after it. Ver. 4.] He that observeth the wind, shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap.] By these similitudes, he preventeth all those pretences and objections, which carnal hearts are apt... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...is with child : even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether t shall tu<*>. prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be '***' alike good. 7 ^| Truly... | |
 | American Tract Society - Tract societies - 1826 - 384 pages
...means of grace in every way that may occur to the thought of a Christian — " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand, for thou knowest not which shall prosper, this or that." 6. It is a delightful fact, that as the Institution is sustained... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pages
...When in the riches of His grace supreme He gave His life to ransom and redeem. F a SIGNS AND TOKENS. "He that observeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that regardeth the derails shall not reap.'' — Ecclesiastes, xi. 4. CHRISTIAN pilgrim, seeking still Zion's high and... | |
 | William Dealtry - 1827 - 700 pages
...it is to bring up others in sacred knowledge, whether parents or ministers, In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand,...knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that. * Continue to sow, even if it should be in tears ; some of the seed may fall upon good ground. The... | |
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In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this... 
