| Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 570 páginas
...of the walls took away my veil. Ibid. chap. v. ver. 7. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watoheth but in vain. Psalm cxxvii. ver. 1. Athens, and other cities of Greece, had at least... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 páginas
...arm all endeavours to build the work would be in vain. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain." The presence and power of his almighty arm is sometimes more, and sometimes... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 páginas
...temple, and the people of Israel, were in old time. 1 . Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it, : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. In every undertaking, *he blessing of God must accompany the labours 'of... | |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1910 - 1018 páginas
..."renouncing for the love of Him, all that is not He," and remembering that unless " the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it, except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." The Answers to these Queries are the outward expression of our inward... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 páginas
...Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus. XCEPT the Lord -build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. E 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread... | |
| 1820 - 590 páginas
...efforts will be fruitless without the favor of the Almighty. " Except the Lord build the house : they 24 labor in vain that build it : except the Lord keep...prosperity, which caused a Chief Magistrate of Judah pray ; " Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zic build thou the walls of Jerusalem." Influenced by the... | |
| 1826 - 302 páginas
...succeed your glorious undertaking, and perfect all that concerneth you. "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." May you feel a sense of your dependence on him, a submission to his government... | |
| Art - 1820 - 158 páginas
...: for, as the Royal Psalmist has excellently told us, Except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. So it is in this case, Except the Lord give a blessing to our endeavours,... | |
| 1821 - 388 páginas
...must look to a far superior power, recollecting that ' Except th« Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.' The actions of man are indeed impotent ; though he spread devastation... | |
| London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) - 1821 - 470 páginas
...there is no safety. Although we are well aware, that " except the Lord build the " house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep " the city, the watchman waketh but in vain :"1i and though we have repeatedly and recently recommended a diligent... | |
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