 | Richard Baxter - Religion - 2000 - 110 pages
...therefore Solomon says of such laughter, "It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?" And "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:... | |
 | Ellen F. Davis - Religion - 2000 - 324 pages
...is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart. 1 Sorrow is better than laughter,... | |
 | 2000 - 188 pages
...and sat down by my dear mother's grave; and the words came sweetly into my mind, "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." With this such sweet peace and quietness came over my mind. It was that peace, I believe, that passeth... | |
 | John C. Inscoe, Gordon B. McKinney - History - 2003 - 386 pages
...Lenoir, Rev. Jesse Rankin preached from Ecclesiastes, telling his congregation that it was "better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting . . . sorrow is better than laughter," in that it strengthened character. In December, another Caldwell... | |
 | Gary D. Salyer - Religion - 2001 - 450 pages
...reflections are balanced by reflections on the dark side of life. Ecclesiastes 7.2 jars the reader by arguing that it is 'better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting'. The motif of death/mourning joins 7.1-2 together while the juxtaposition of their essential positive/negative... | |
 | Earl A. Grollman - Self-Help - 2001 - 124 pages
...mourner." So essential is this commandment that, according to Ecclesiastes 7:2 "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." For good reason, many synagogues, federations, and funeral homes have established support groups for... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - Fiction - 2001 - 308 pages
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 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:... | |
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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. 
