 | Alexander Cruden - 1830 - 888 pages
...l.itt.u. 3. an untimely birth is b. than he 7. 1. a good name is 4. than precious ointment 3. sorrow u 4. than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made b. 8. the patiect in spirit it 4. than the proud in spirit y. 4. a living dog is b. than a dead lion... | |
 | James Clarke Franks - Apologetics - 1821 - 570 pages
...the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the...The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning." This is at all times more satisfactory, and it has a far greater blessedness in reserve. It is more... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...Marys at the tomb of our Saviour," cannot easily turn to types of a less impressive character. That the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth, is tangibly and irresistibly placed before us. This is the poetry, as it is... | |
 | Christianity - 1821 - 740 pages
...self-denial ; and that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting" — " for by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better." I would only add, that her prayers were answered : for as soon as the circumstances were known, her... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 472 pages
...that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter i for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is...; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. — ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. MANY of the maxims contained in this book of Ecclesiastes will appear... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 470 pages
...house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living mll lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ;for by the sadness of the...The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ,f but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. — ECCLESI, ASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. MANY of the maxims... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Hawker - 1822 - 620 pages
...man, that it is better to go to the House of Mourning than go to the House of Feasting;" and again, " the heart of the wise is in the House of Mourning, but the heart of fools is in the House of Mirth." Eccl. vii. 2, 4. So he asked the young man what the house was called on the other side of the cross... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. (7 EC. 2, 3.) 9. Is spiritual joy often possessed by the pious amidst worldly disappointments? Although... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 554 pages
...enabled to say, " It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good." It is good for me to be afflicted; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. " Lord, whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth that my heart desires besides thee."... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...better to go to the House of Mourning than to go to the House of Feasting," Eccl. vii. 2, 4 And again, "The heart of the wise is* in the House of Mourning,...but the heart of fools is in the House of Mirth." So he asked the young men what that house was called on the other side of the cross; and they told... | |
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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. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... 
