 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...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 that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... | |
 | William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 544 pages
...instructed by dear experience, tells as, " 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 heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 572 pages
...impressed on him ; for he says, 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 ivill lay it to his heart, chap. vii. 3. that is, he will, or ought to improve the sense of his own... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...and Mary " to comfort them concerning their brother." They doubtless found, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting," for " The chamber where the good maa raeels his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...The Wise Man says, at the 12th verse of this chapter, that Wisdom is a defence — It is better to go to the House of Mourning, than to the House of Feasting...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. There is not a better lesson. It points to the end of man. If any thing will set him on thinking, it... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...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 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. The... | |
 | Samuel Cole, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland - Freemasonry - 1817 - 462 pages
...return unto God who gave it." — Eccleslastes xii. 1 — 7. Or this Selection. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, which i« there signified, and the living must lay it to hcarl. All flesh shall wax old as a garment)... | |
 | Anna Maria Porter - Malta - 1817 - 1054 pages
...painful emotions ? Both his heart and his reason answered, yes. We are told 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 :" and if we do not abandon ourselves to... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1818 - 804 pages
...the Benefits to be derived from the House of Mourning. ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting...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. The... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1818 - 202 pages
...it ? Eccl. ii. 2. and Eccl. vii. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than 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. The... | |
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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. 
