 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...and that those who bewail our loss, may not sorrow as others which have no hope, 1 Thess. iv. 13. 6. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Some interpreters understand this verse literally : first, of the ornaments : secondly, of the more... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1813 - 440 pages
...while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when we shall say, we have no pleasure in them; or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern m " When affliction comes upon us, it may be too late for us to profit by it. It may come, when our... | |
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...boldly shadowed forth by Solomon in describing the decay of nature and the creeping on of old age ? " Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the cistern ; " Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : " And the spirit shall return to God who gave it." We have thus attempted to show... | |
 | 1818 - 632 pages
...reciprocally attempted the discomfilure or harassment of the opponent, " or even the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher...fountain, or the •wheel broken at the cistern," when the dust shall return to the earth — the wish that our latter end may be like his. I conclude... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners...fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall tbe dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. I will say... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto God who gave... | |
 | Joshua Bradley - 1816 - 340 pages
...and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail ; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners...be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at ihe cistern : Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit return unto God who... | |
 | Samuel Cole, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland - 1817 - 462 pages
...flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man gocth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: or ever the...at the cistern: then shall the dust return to the earth sis it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." — Eccleslastes xii. 1 — 7.... | |
 | Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1817 - 444 pages
...while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when we shall say, we have no pleasure in them; or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the foun r tain, or the wheel broken at the cistern 1 "." m Ecpl. xii. 1, 6. When affliction comes upon... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Kentucky - 1818 - 238 pages
...way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners...at the cistern : then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." The working tools of a master... | |
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... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the... 
