| William Carus Wilson - 1824
...Marmot? even that God who has made us all, and given us every thing we possess. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." Prov. vi. W, 8. IMIAYER FOR A V£RY YOUNG CHILD. Dear Ix>rd Jesus ! love me, Father, Mother, Brothers,... | |
| Harvey Marriott - 1824 - 480 pages
...commanded to take a lesson of moral virtue from the ways and habits of some of them: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."* But strong also is the feeling, as far as it respects this life alone, in ourselves. Corrupted in all... | |
| 1839 - 248 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." This description is given, as I said before, in the Bibler... | |
| John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer or ruler, provide their meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man ;" Prov. vi. 6 — 11. " The soul of the sluggard desireth,... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 682 pages
...Testament. Every one knows that beautiful passage in the book of Proverbs : — Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which, having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest, (vi. 6, &c.) 1 Isa. xiv. 19. and xrri. 19—21. Hosea Jtiii. 14. Amos iv. 12, 13. Dan. viii. 9 —14.... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 684 pages
...Testament. Every one knows that beautiful passage in the book of Proverbs : — Go to the ant, ikon sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which, having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest, (vi. 6, &c.) 1 Isa. xiv. 19. and xxvi. 19—61. Hosea xiii. 14. Amoe ¡v. 12, 13. Dan. viii. 9 —... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...wisest of men refers us to the bright example of its foresight and activity : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise : which having...meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."0 Their uniform care and promptitude in improving every moment as it passes ; the admirable... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...xxxi. 14 — 16. 1 Prov. xv. 19. ' P«w. xviii. 9. • Prov. xH. 27. it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man '." Shake off then this unmanly sluggishness : iiemember... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...« A'ot »ItilA/tti ¡n butin«« ; feroaU in tpirit ; Ь wn'ing ihr Lord ; » Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having...overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathered her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of... | |
| Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 pages
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
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