A good name is 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. Eight years in Asia and Africa from 1846-1855 - الصفحة 295بواسطة Israel Joseph Benjamin - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 332عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...afflicting ; for in the day of adversity men are often led to consider ; then is it " better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting " — then ought we, on the present occasion, to call upon the Almighty and say, " So teach us to number... | |
| 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...besides these, which are made use of by another set of men against this truth ; as Eccl. vii. 10. "A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth." Now, say they, if the wicked rise again, the day of their death must be worse than the... | |
| John Scott - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...text. I shall not trouble you with any account of the connection between these two comparisons, A. good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death is better than the day of one's birth : the latter of which I have chosen for the subject of my ensuing... | |
| Russel Canfield - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...descend to a grateful, because a benefited posterity. The same writer has already informed us, that "A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of DEATH, than the day of one's birth." If it be true, that dust returns to dust, and the spirit to God who gave it, we have... | |
| 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 1446
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one s birth. 1 Ч It ii better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : lor VII. mortification, patitnce, iff. that it the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to... | |
| Joseph Butler - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...greatest part of men pass their whole life in. Upon this account Solomon says, that it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting ; ie it is more to a man's advantage to turn his eyes towards objects of distress, to recall sometimes... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 732
...Minister, before the Corpse entering at the Church-door, may begin with one or more of these Sentences. A GOOD name is 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... | |
| 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 108
...righteousness, still To await the award of JEHOVAH'S high will. 72 THE FEAST AND THE FUNERAL. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. For by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Eccl. vii. 2, 3. I VISITED the hall... | |
| John Everitt Good - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...employments in which they engage, are of the most exalting and improving nature. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." || In their visits to such an abode, and in witnessing the miseries of the unhappy, the heart is softened... | |
| 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 1070
...for he day of death than the day of one's that feareth God shall come forth 2 if It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the of them all. 19 Wisdom strengthened the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. end of... | |
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