 | 1825 - 664 pages
...8vo. Pp. 24. Is. Smart. • ECCLES.' vii. 2. " It is better to go into the house of mourning than into the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart." It has been said that the best of all sermons is a funeral itself; and it is so, because sight... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 546 pages
...those who are deceased, and to such as they have left behind them. I. With respect to himself. Death is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart *. It is because we do not lay it to our hearts, that we most of us go on just as if we imagined there... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...afflicting ; for in the day of adversity men are often led to consider ; then is it " better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting " — then ought we, on the present occasion, to call upon the Almighty and say, " So teach us to number... | |
 | 1825 - 434 pages
...not hesitate to lay it down as a proposition universally applicable to the case of believers, that by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The truth of this remark is too obvious to require any proof, in those cases where Christians have been... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...precious ointment; and^S;?."-30the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 f 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. A. c. 060 4 The heart of the wise w in the house of mourning ; but to075' the heart of fools is in... | |
 | Benjamin Blech - 2003 - 232 pages
...my own. It comes from the Bible, in the Book of Ecclesiastes. The author writes: "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart" (Ecclesiastes 7:2). What Solomon meant is beautifully expressed in a wellknown poem... | |
 | Carolyn J. Baker - 2003 - 365 pages
...sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Isaiah 66:2 . . . but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 2003 - 382 pages
...would have loved her once happy friend the more. I Probably a memorial reference Ecclesiastes 7.3: "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Perhaps also, given the situation, with the opening lines of this chapter in mind: "A good name is... | |
 | Robert M. Correale, Mary Hamel - 2002 - 646 pages
...the wise man; where there is exuberance, there the heart of the fool. 2. 1 8 An d again: Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of mirth." 2.19 Mellibee respondi a Prudence sa femme ainsi: "Toutes les choses que tu dis sont vrayes... | |
 | Jennifer Michael Hecht - 2010 - 578 pages
...of one's death should be thought of as better than the day of one's birth; that it is "better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."70 Let yourself know that you are small and mortal and therefore free to go about your little... | |
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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. 
