 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pages
...one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. [Ecclesiastes vii. 1.] A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. ^ 1 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the... | |
 | Thaddeus Fiske - 1843 - 68 pages
...days better than he. May his virtues be remembered, cherished, and imitated by all who knew him. 'Ji good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.' 1 " Our daughter, named Elmira, was born on the 23d of April, 1792, and was married in 1811, to Joseph... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...he spcndeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall oe after him under the sun ? CHAP. VII. my soul is full of troubles ; and my life drawetb nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with t •2 It, is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house ol feasting: for that is... | |
 | 1844 - 274 pages
...from this to the time of his death. The Death of St. Columbkille. " A good name," saith Solomon, " is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth." The Life and death of St. Columbkille, as recorded by those who have written on the subject, seems... | |
 | 1852 - 672 pages
...men followed him to the tomb and made great lamentation over him." The proverb was verified in him, " A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth." His death was improved in Salem Chapel, on Sabbath evening, Aug. 24th, 1851, by the Rev. W. Hughes,... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1845 - 204 pages
...which his judgment approved, and to which he directed the attention of those who were to follow him. A good name is better than precious 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... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 pages
...out the lip, they shake the head" (Psalm xxii. 7). A good name is more precious than life to some : " A good name is better than precious ointment : and the day of death, than the day of one's birth " (Eccles. vii. 1). The coupling of these two sentences shows, men had rather die than lose their name.... | |
 | Protestant association - 1845 - 396 pages
...replenished hell, and left heaven almost empty." " A good name," we are told by " the Preacher," " is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of one's birth." The memorial of the just is blessed to survivors, as well as precious in the sight of the Lord. And... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...the most favored of the sons of earth, death is to be preferred to life, or non-being to existence. " A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth." The phrase " the day of death" is better " than the day of one's birth," is not to be understood, as... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1846 - 304 pages
...out, and the Bishop himself preached her funeral sermon from these words ; — " A good name is letter than precious -ointment, and the day of death than the day of flne's birth." His whole discourse on this occasion was such as deeply affected all who were present.... | |
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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. 
