 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...of such will be happy and glorious. The Psalmist of old could say : " I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness : for the Lord God is a sun and a shield. The Lord will give grace and glory, and no gx>od thing will... | |
 | 1838 - 668 pages
...Behold, 1 come, for one day in thy courts U better than ten thousand: 1 had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of sin." If they hear his voice calling them to go into the fire or water for him, they will be ready... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1839 - 302 pages
...bat thee ; and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee ?" I would rather, says he again, " be a door keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of ungodliness." Now do you suppose J that the truly Christian man would ever make the excuse that you... | |
 | George Barber Paley - 1839 - 88 pages
...: and look upon the face of thine Anointed. For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 1 had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1839 - 612 pages
...monarch. He could say, " A day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." " O," says he, " what a privilege, to open the doors, and let people in to see his power and glory... | |
 | Bible - 1840 - 254 pages
...house: they will still be praising thee. Ver. 10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand: I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Ps. Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound;... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1840 - 478 pages
...pillar," calleth himself " a servant of Christ ;" and David, a king, saith, " I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness " (Psalm xlviii. 10). The office of the Nethinims, or door-keepers in the temple, was the lowest ;... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...CHRISTIAN'S SABBATH. " A day in thy courts, is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door.keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of the ungodly,"— PSAI.M Ixxxiv. 10. THE worldling sees the Christian with his Bible, and his prayers,... | |
 | M. A. Stodart - Christian life - 1840 - 260 pages
...a day thus spent ! " A day in thy courts, is better than a thousand. I had rather he a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of the ungodly." The worldling sees the Christian with his hible, and his prayers and his psalms, hut... | |
 | Phillis Breay - 1841 - 234 pages
...into the house of the Lord. Ps cxxii. 1. Children. A day in thy courts is better than a thou-. sand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Ps. Ixxxiv. 10. Super. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house... | |
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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
