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
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 606
...therefore Solomon saith of such laughter, " it is mad, and of mirth, what doth it? — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting ; for that is P Psal. Ixxxiv. 10. the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...birth-day, or than the most joyous day he ever had on earth : " A good name," says the wise man, " is better than precious ointment : and the day of death than the day of one's birth." O ! what solid joy and consolation may they have who are true Christians, being in Christ,... | |
| 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 614
...pious Captain Arnold, or slept in a TWO-BEDDED ROOM. THE BLESSINGS OF AFFLICTION. " It ii better tn go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." — Ecc, vii. 2. WHEN perplexed with the cares of this life, or disgusted with its frivolous pursuits,... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...instance, the declarations which precede my text : " The day of death is better 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 : " and " sorrow is better than laughter." Will any one say that these apophthegms are agreeable to... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...name is rather to be chosen than gmi riches, and loving favour rather than silver. / '.-. xxii. 1 . A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. EC. vii. 1. Pray far us ; for we trust we have a good consaence, in all thing* willing... | |
| Archibald Watson - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...Gospel, than the bigotted inhabitants of the plains." — Up. Heber's Journal, vol. i. chap. 9. — ED. is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth." NS Rungpore, 6th Sept. 1831. No. 40. From the Calcutta John Bull, September &]th, 1831.... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...PREFACE, BT THE AMERICAN PUBLISHERS. IT is one of the maxims of inspired wisdom, that " 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." The lessons taught from the bed of the dying are not... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...spendeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? LESSON LXXXVIII. A GOOD name is 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... | |
| 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 846
...Great is he in a good name, which shall endure for ever! To him belongs the saying of Solomon, ' A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.' If thy conversation here hath been good, thy reward shall be like it. And know this,... | |
| S. T. Sturtevant - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 662
...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... | |
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