 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.  Hosea - Page 284by John James Given - 1888 - 462 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 516 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 feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart." Death has always been... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...tears, shall reap in joy ; he that goeth forth and weepeth, &c. — Ps. cxxvi. 5, 6. 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. Sorrow is better than laughter:... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 514 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 feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart." Death has always been... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 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. 3 Sorrow is better than... | |
 | Companion - 1843 - 274 pages
...cheer the heavy laden, A changeless Father, and a Friend in GOD. WASTED HOURS. " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting." — ECCLESIASTES, vn. 2. Yes, wander on in gilded halls, In robes of silken hue, When all is light... | |
 | William Adams - 1843 - 120 pages
...asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. iv. 13. " 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. Sorrow is better than laughter,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pages
...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 end of all men, and the living will lay it to his • heart. Sorrow is better than... | |
 | John Steel - 1843 - 160 pages
...inviting you to what the world would call the house of mourning : be it so — " 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.'' [Ecc. : vii. 2.] In the... | |
 | 1874 - 590 pages
...have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." It was better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. The Apostle exhorts — '' Be not weary in well-doing, for in due time ye shall reap, if ye faint not"... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 406 pages
...greatest part of men pass their whole life in. Upon this account Solomon says, that it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting ; ie it is more to a man's advantage to turn his eyes towards objects of distress, to recall sometimes... | |
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