 | 1833 - 614 pages
...as a symbol of death ; there seems to be an allusion to some such custom in Ecclesiastes, ch. xii. " Because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners...or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the diat return to the earth us it was," 8fc. It seems probable that the Preacherwould illustrate his subject... | |
 | 1833 - 736 pages
...of death ; there seems to be an allusion to some such custom in Ecclesiastes, ch. xii. " Because maa goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about...or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dusi return to the earth as it was," fye. It seems probable that the Preacher would illustrate his... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 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... | |
 | 1834 - 784 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...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 body, it would seem, is pulled... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pages
...his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Then follows an account of MAN'S dissolution. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. This is the end of human life —... | |
 | 1830 - 820 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...at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit shall return to God who gave it." But old age, while it is thus a... | |
 | Thomas Tunstall Haverfield - 1835 - 304 pages
...furnish an answer to the inquiry, which we may learn from the sublime words of the inspired Preacher—" Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about...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 body, then, * Eccles. xii.... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 608 pages
...the circulation of the blood? Frank. It must be the 6th to the end of the 7th : " Or ever the cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher...at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it." Mamma. Yes, that is a beautiful and... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1835 - 364 pages
...train, Their wishes, smiles, and looks deceitful all, and vain. TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK III. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Kcclesiastes, xii. 6. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hastetb. to bis place where... | |
 | James Ellice - 1835 - 230 pages
...Ecclesiastes proclaims the future judgment, and in positive terms, asserts the immortality of the soul : Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about...streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be 1 Heb. x\. 35. 38. This most remarkable chapter is nothing less than one general summary,... | |
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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... 
