 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 534 pages
...and lasting as eternity. SERMON XVIII. THE HOUSE OF MOURNING ECCLESIASTES vii. 2. 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 wiO lay it to his heart. THE present life is a state... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 346 pages
...deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." In this word, O God, we find it written, " 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." By thy wise and special appointment,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 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. 3 Sorrowisbetterthan laughter... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Families - 1833 - 472 pages
...deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." In this word, O God, we find it written, " 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." By thy wise and special appointment,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 436 pages
...Moreover, before they departed, he would have them to visit the grave of Peace : for " 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." Eccles. vii. 2. So Mr.... | |
 | England - 1834 - 1056 pages
...touched, believe me, 'tis not with romance— it is with the sorrows of actual life. " 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."] 9íA to ША inclusive.—... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - Preaching - 1834 - 662 pages
...to itself imaginary, woes ! No. 18— The same author on Eccles. vii. 2—4 : " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting," &c. Many of the maxims contained in the book of Ecclesiastes will appear strange sayings to the men... | |
 | Joseph Jowett - 1835 - 344 pages
...two judges, (the one incompetent, and the other not impartial,) all others will agree with Solomon, that "it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting;"2 or with Him who is greater than Solomon—" Blessed are they that mourn;" " blessed even... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - Sermons, English - 1836 - 398 pages
...together at the hours of festivity. Or, in the words of the wise man, I shall endeavour to convince you, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." These, I say, are the two chief objects of Societies such as yours. Let us first, therefore, well consider... | |
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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. 
