 | William Jay - Christian life - 1830 - 302 pages
...pleasure. " Then I looked on all the work. that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I hud laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished many of the excellent of the earth.... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...looked on all the works that my hands had wroi and on the labour that I ha. boured todo: and behold, all ible Society( "` 1830 <Stereotyped by A. Chandler, for " 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for what can the man do tha: cometh... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pages
...all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then 1 looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured...behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there teas no profit under the sun. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...world : " I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on all the labor that I had labored to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun" — (2 : 11.) "il hated life." — The difference between Solomon and our worldlings is this : He succeeded... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Eschatology - 1831 - 332 pages
...pursuits and labours which engage us day by day, of which Solomon says, / looked on all the works my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, — these are things seen. Every intellectual improvement, the stores of human learning and wisdom,... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - Sermons - 1832 - 416 pages
...mortality, came at last to this melancholy conclusion : " Then I looked," says he, "on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Would not all the felicities of this world become spiritless, if our hopes were confined alone to them,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclei. i. 13, 14. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Eccles. ii. II, Therefore I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...my labor. Then I looked on the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun. — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. — Her ways are ways... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 pages
...courses. "I looked on all the works that ray hands had wrought, and on the labor, that I had labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under thesun;" and at last he says, ''Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, Fear God and keep his... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. %12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh... | |
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and , behold , all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 
