 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
 | J. Greaves - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...Hence, the wise man, after having had experience of all these things, concludes—'' It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The... | |
 | Thomas Mann - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 282
...be made fat ; and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Prov. xi. 25. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. Eccl. vii. 2. I was sick, and ye visited me ; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Matt. xxv. 36.... | |
 | Rose and crown lane - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 152
...enabled to say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted," Psa. cxix. 71 ; "it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting," Eccles. vii. 2. Samuel Price sustains the honourable character of " an old disciple," Acts xxi. 16,... | |
 | Abraham O. Baldwin - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...heart, No evil shall come upon you. L. WOODS. Importance of a Minister's Reputation. Eccl. 7: 1. A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. SCHAUPFLER. Fastidious Hearers. Num. 21: 5. Our soul loatheth this light bread. » PRES.... | |
 | Army - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...how good is it ! A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." Visiting at the sick chamber of Mrs. Rowe, and particularly the remarks made to him by Mr. Moore relative... | |
 | Isaac Nordheimer - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...proud, Prov. 16 : 19. 25 : 7., rP2rtj$ lYjbb 2113 «~il?raJ'!2 rPS"bX rrjIS basf (it is) better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, Eccl. 7 : 2. When both verbs would be alike, as in the preceding instance, the last may be omitted,... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 696
...here, and shall have that which is good for us hereafter. The Preacher setteth forth the right way. 1 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... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. [Ecclesiastes vii. 1.] A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. ^ 1 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting;... | |
 | Thaddeus Fiske - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 68
...days better than he. May his virtues be remembered, cherished, and imitated by all who knew him. 'Ji good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.' 1 " Our daughter, named Elmira, was born on the 23d of April, 1792, and was married in... | |
 | 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." It was better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. The Apostle exhorts — '' Be not weary in well-doing, for in due time ye shall reap, if ye faint not"... | |
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