 | James Clarke Franks - 1821 - 570 pages
...says the wisest of men ? " The day of death is better than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...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.... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...thy statutes. (119 P. 67. 7l.) 8. .Are sorrow and sympathy truly beneficial? .. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 516 pages
...BENEFITS to be derived from the HOUSE of MOURNING. ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to tlie house of 'mourning, than to go 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... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 716 pages
...ointment: and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of.mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. 1 am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, yea, though he were dead,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 232 pages
...good name is better than sweet odours. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the hall of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. Better is sorrow than laughter, for by dejection of countenance the heart is improved. In the... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...THE CHARACTER OF THE WlSE. 2 Again, I observe in reference to True Wisdom, that [it is] better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that visitation of the afflicted [is] what ADMONISHES us OF the end of all men; and the living will lay... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 494 pages
...Solomon represents every instance of mortality as affecting to the living. He says, " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart." Death has always been the greatest source of sorrow to all the inhabitants of this world. Maoy who... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1823 - 258 pages
...Moreover, before they deparled, he would have them to visit the grave of Peace: for it is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (Eccles. vii. 2.) So Mr.^Orthodox and Mrs. Bountiful led the way, and the children followed. Now, when... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...learn thy statutes. (119 P. 67, 71.) 8. Are sorrow and sympathy truly beneficial? It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 pages
...every instance of mortality as affecting to the living. He says, " It is better to go to the house ot mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for...all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart." Death has always been the greatest source of sorrow to all the inhabitants of this world. Many who... | |
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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. 
