...This is the House of Mirth." Then he remembered the words of the wise man, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting :"1 and again, " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the...

...understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" — It is unquestionably better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, since this is the end of aH men. — But, after all, it will signify nothing, unless the living will...

...Amen. SERMON XL ADVANTAGES OF THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. j- • . : ECCLESIASTES VII. 2. It is tetter to go to the House of Mourning, than to go to the House of Feasting. J\ OTHING seems more contradictory to the general sentiments of mankind, than this declaration of the...

...touched, believe me, 'tis not with romance — it is with the sorrows of actual life. " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feastiug ; for that is the end of all men — aud the living will lay it to his heart."] Nov. 9th to...

...This is the House of Mirth;" then lie remembered the words of the wise man, " That it is better to go to the House of Mourning than to go to the House of Feasting," Eccl. vii. 2, 4 And again, "The heart of the wise is* in the House of Mourning, but the heart of fools...

...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...

...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one s birth. 1 Ч It ii better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : lor VII. mortification, patitnce, iff. that it the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to...

...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...

...righteousness, still To await the award of JEHOVAH'S high will. 72 THE FEAST AND THE FUNERAL. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. For by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Eccl. vii. 2, 3. I VISITED the hall...

...employments in which they engage, are of the most exalting and improving nature. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." || In their visits to such an abode, and in witnessing the miseries of the unhappy, the heart is softened...